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1 zürich Projects 29 Created 30-Nov-11 By Denny Rudolf, Amsterdam, Netherlands Theater 11 EM2N auditorium, theatre Bad Allenmoos Pavilion Extension of Kino Xenix Heidi Weber Museum Library of the Institute of Law Freitag Flagship Store Stadelhofen Station Collective Housing at Zurich 7 Tyre Shop Art Exchange 14 Single Wall House 15 Stadion Letzigrund 16 Careum Centre 17 GWJ Architekten housing, library, university 8 Dynamo Metal Workshop 18 Phalt education, workshop, youth house 9 Obsidian 19 baumschlager & eberle office Evolution Design housing Railway Switching Box Bétrix & Consolascio football stadium, sport Santiago Calatrava train station 6 spillmannechsle architekten landmark, shop 13 Christian Kerez dwellings, private house Santiago Calatrava archive, library, renovation, university 5 Le Corbusier museum Cocoon Evolution Design exposition space, garage, shop Frei + Saarinen Architekten bar, cinema 4 Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten kiosk, pavilion, restaurant Evolution Design office M E Haefeli sport, swimming pool 3 's and Artist's Apartment House Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten housing Aussersihl Community Centre EM2N community centre 12 Gigon Guyer Architekten industry, office, watch-tower Leutschenbach School 22 Christian Kerez kindergarten, primary school, sport 1

2 Branco Weiss Information Science Laboratory baumschlager & eberle auditorium, education, laboratorium, library, university focusterra Research and Information Centre SIA Hochhaus Prime Tower 28 St Josef Vicarage 29 The Dolder Grand 30 Foster & Partners hotel 26 EM2N commercial space, market, mixed-use development Brunnenhof Frei + Saarinen Architekten religion Romero & Schaefle commercial space, government, office Im Viadukt Gigon Guyer Architekten housing, kindergarten, nursery Holzer Kobler Architekturen exposition space, museum, university 23 Wohnhaus Neptunstrasse 31 Maier Hess Architekten GmbH housing, office 27 Gigon Guyer Architekten commercial space, office 2

3 photo: Hannes Henz photo: Hannes Henz Theater 11 Thurgauerstrasse Zurich 'A case of cannibalism in architecture' is what EM2N architect Daniel Niggli calls his conversion of the Stadthof 11 in Zurich-Oerlikon into a theatre for musicals The new building incorporated everything of the old theatre it could use, though that was little more than the stage house and the cellar, and gave it state-of-the-art technology Faced with the large buildings of its surroundings and the open space in between, the theatre responds without copying their scale Its highest corner juts forward, opening up at the base like a shark's jaws From this corner, the dark casing of perforated sheet metal enveloping both the outer walls and the roof, angles downward until, by the time it gets to the back wall, it is down to the level of the single-family homes there Piercing the perforated sheet-metal shell, a few large windows frame particular views into the building In the evening, light shines through the many small openings in between, which are visible only in outline by day photo: Hannes Henz 2006 EM2N MCH Messe Zuerich Axel_Simon Depend on the agenda Check the website for information on current events Located in Oerlikon, an industrial district in Zurich's north, across the street from the Velodrome and indoor Stadium Public transport: S-Bahn Lines S2, S5, S6, S7, S8, S14, S16 until Bahnhof Oerlikon then take Bus lines 63/94 or Tram line 11 until Messe/Hallenstadion 3

4 photo: Samuel Hasler photo: Bad Allenmoos Ringstrasse Zurich The Bad Allenmoos is in the inventory of local art and historic-cultural objects included, and internationally well known under architects It was built in 1939 by architects ME Haefeli and Werner M Moser together with the landscape architect Gustav Amman They made one of the most beautiful works, a combination of park and swimming pool: A public parkbad The fine and slender architecture, combined with the nearby waterworks make a unprecedented picture In the 1990 s the whole complex was renovated by architect Ueli Zbinden and Kienast Vogt, landscape architect photo: Samuel Hasler Main designer, Landscape architect M E Haefeli Ueli Zbinden Vogt Landschaftarchitekten Werner M Moser City of Zürich Samuel_Hasler Open from the beginning of May, until September Take tram 11 to Bad Allenmoos, and walk another 300 m along the road 4

5 photo: afgh Pavilion Seefeldquai Zurich This take on the classic glass pavilion is no demonstration model for a transparent utopia, nor is it an attempt to 'frame' the natural surroundings It is a less formal design for a kiosk in the park beside Riesbach Harbour in Zürich The take-away restaurant, with seating for 35, is contained within a glass object that is in keeping with a series of sculptures in the park The polygonal shape, the transparency and lightness of the material, and the various tints of the colored films on the glass, ensure that, depending on the time of day, this object stands out from or merges with its surroundings On a less prosaic note, another reason for choosing glass was the fact that graffiti and dirt can be easily removed photo: afgh Floor area/size m² Supplier Supplier Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten Glas Trösch AG MTV Villmergen City of Zürich Kirsten_Hannema 5

6 photo: Hannes Henz photo: Hannes Henz Extension of Kino Xenix Kanzleistrasse Zurich In 1904, several temporary wooden pavilions were erected in Zurich in order to respond to the rising demand for classrooms In 1984, one of these 'temporary' structures was conquered by a group of young film enthusiasts who wanted to set-up an alternative cinema The schoolrooms became the auditorium and the corridor served as a bar In order to achieve a more efficient, more flexible, and more user-friendly building, we were asked to redesign every single corner inside the existing structure and to project an extension The result is a seamless new whole of old and newthe bar, for example, is one continuous space consisting of two halves from 1904 and 2007 This effect is achieved by a continuation of the existing ceiling, including replicas of the old beams, as well as the mimetic materialization of the extension The strategy of unification is used on the exterior as well: The roof of the extension is stretched over parts of the existing building in order to fuse old and new photo: Hannes Henz Floor area/size m² Frei + Saarinen Architekten City of Zuerich MS Daily open except 31Dec Mon-Thu , Fri , Sat , Sun Zurich "Langstasse"-District, Tram Nr 8, Bus Nr 32, Helvetiaplatz 6

7 photo: Leonardo Noguez photo: Leonardo Noguez Heidi Weber Museum Höschgasse Zurich The Heidi Weber Museum reflects the harmonic unity of Le Corbusier's architecture, sculptures, paintings, furniture designs and his writings which is unique and possibly the only one such existing structure in the world: a total work of art Located on the wooded shores of Lake Zurich, the last building designed by Le Corbusier, synthesizes Corbusier's genius Yet it marks a radical change of his achievement of using concrete and stone so poetically He to put in practice the construction system based on cubic units of 226 meters each side, created according to the Modulor measures He framed his final masterpiece in steel and glass and thus created a signpost for the future Le Corbusier made great use of prefabricated steel elements together with multi-coloured enamelled plates fitted to the central core, and above the complex he designed a 'free-floating' roof to keep the house protected from both the rain and the sun (text by Arch Leonardo Noguez) photo: Liesa Siegelmann Le Corbusier Mrs Heidi Weber JMMM From July to September on Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm to 5 pm for updates take Tram 2 along Seefeld Strasse to Hoeschgasse Walk along Hoeschgasse towards the lake (that's to the right if you're coming from the town center) The pavilion is at the end of the road on the left, within the Zürichhorn park 7

8 photo: Michael Buschor photo: Michael Buschor Library of the Institute of Law Rämistrasse 76 CH-8001 Zurich Library for the law faculty of the university of Zurich (Rechtswissenschaftliches Institut RWI) The old building from Hermann Fietz was built 1909 Calatrava received the assignment already in 1989 but it took another ten years until the construction started The exterior stayed pretty much untouched The whole intervention is more of a giant piece of wooden furniture placed in the atrium of the existing building The library has 5000 meters space for books and 500 working places The oval skylight has an integrated mechanical sun shade Santiago Calatrava University of Zurich Buschi photo: Michael Buschor Library: Mo - Fr: 8:00-21:00 Sa: 8:00-17:00 Info desk: Mo - Fr: 10:00-12:00 and 13:00-17:00 train station 'Zurich Stadelhofen' (by Calatrava as well), tram 11 (to Auzelg) or tram 15 (Bucheggplatz) or 3 minutes walk to 'Bellevue' Take tram 9 (to Hirzenbach) or tram 5 (to Kirche Fluntern) to 'Kantonsschule', then 100m walk in the direction of the tram Classizistic building on the right with a bronze sculpture Entrance on the back 8

9 photo: Roland Tännler photo: Roland Tännler Freitag Flagship Store Geroldstrasse 17 CH-8005 Zurich Freitag started to make tarp-bags in 1993, inspired from a view onto the transit-bridge In 2006 they decided to sell bags-made-from-tarps in a shop-made-from-containers Completely built from 17 rusty, recycled freight-containers, selected in person in Hamburg and brought to Zurich by rail Stacked low enough not to violate the city s restriction on high-rise, high enough to send shivers down anyone s spine The way the elements are stacked is authentic, and only connecting elements from the shipping industry are used This also means that dismantling the tower and leaving the site in its original state will be a straightforward process Freitag s decision to locate its flagship store here enriches the area, adding a new, high profile building which is used by members of the public during the day The view from the roof of the Freitag shop onto the transit-bridge is the same view that started the whole shebang in 1993 For some it s just noisy For others it s a source of inspiration photo: Roland Tännler 2006 Landscape designer Structural engineer spillmannechsle architekten bbz Landschaftsarchitekten Henauer Gugler Daniel und Markus Freitag MI_MOA Monday to Friday: 11:00-19:30 Saturday: 11:00-18:00 Sunday: closed 9

10 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Stadelhofen Station Stadelhoferstrasse 8001 Zurich Stadelhofen Train Station, built in the early 1980s, is a major transportation junction for the Zurich area The original design consisted of a 300 metres long terminal building, running along a curved railway line, which itself runs along a hillside in the town's centre In 1990, Santiago Calatrava received the assignment to add a new third track to the existing train station In order to accomplish this, his design envolved excavating part of the hillside to add the track, only to restore the hillside in part on top of the new structure This way the new track has an open, naturally lit platform, while above ground space was created for walkways photo: Maarten Helle 1984 Santiago Calatrava HelleBeelden Depending on departure times Swiss Railways operates regional train services through Stadelhofen However, the station is only for regional lines, and is not the main station in Zurich You can reach it from the main station in about minutes by tram (No 11, going south) 10

11 photo: Ferit Kuyas photo: Camenzind Evolution Collective Housing at Zurich Seefeldstrasse Zurich This project, also called Seewurfel, proposes a possible alternative to individual luxury homes, which traditionally take up large amounts of space with a very low population density In this case, the low population density, with a maximum of two housing units per building, is complemented by a programme of offices on the lower floors, which generates activity in the area during the day, in spite of they do not affect to the density parameter The private garden that characterises the nearby villas becomes a series of public plazas which help to create interaction between those who use them The other main aspect of luxury homes, individuality, is achieved by creating differences in the built volumes as well as in common areas using varied materials and finishes photo: Reinhard Zimmermann Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Evolution Design Swiss Life aplust 11

12 Railway Switching Box Duttweilerbrücke Zurich This project was designed by Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer, a Zurich based architecture office Their plan won the design competition in 1996 Construction took place from 1998 to 1999 photo: Project is not public! Gigon Guyer Architekten y_kanezuka This building is located at the the crosspoint of Duttweilerbrücke and Hohlstrasse 12

13 photo: Gregor Kämpfer photo: Camenzind Evolution Cocoon Seefeldstrasse Zurich This exclusive office building is situated within a beautiful cluster of mature trees and generates its geometry directly from its surroundings The building forms an opening spiral and creates a new concept for office buildings All office spaces are openly arranged along the internal circulation ramp, which leads around a stunning internal atrium photo: Camenzind Evolution Public access unknown! Floor area/size m², Interior architect Lighting designer Evolution Design EvolutionDesign Modular Lighting Swiss Life 13

14 photo: Martina Issler photo: Martina Issler Tyre Shop Art Exchange Mythen-Quai Zurich This tyre fitting shop / art exchange is situated on a brown field site adjacent to the lake of Zurich, between a railway station and the main access road into the centre of the city In this stark environment one finds petrol stations, 24-hour shops, night clubs and start-up companies of every kind which are served by a never ending stream of people moving in and out of town The client was looking for a highly efficient tyre-fitting shop with a strong visual identity The entire façade of tyre shop's first floor was therefore conceived as a 4-sided, interactive communication surface This created a building which acts as a drive-by gallery for passing traffic and engages even more powerfully with pedestrians waiting for buses or trains photo: Martina Issler Project is not public! Floor area/size m², Interior architect Evolution Design EvolutionDesign Schaller 14

15 Single Wall House Burenweg Zurich Outwardly simple, this project is, in fact, rather sophisticated, both structurally and spatially On a small and narrow plot, overlooking the heart of Zurich, the architect has built a structure containing two houses Instead of sitting them one above the other, or in tandem, the volume has been split vertically and longitudinally, so that each dwelling can take equal advantage of the views The parting wall zig-zags and follows a different line on each of the three floors This stabilizes it transversely and maximises the variety of spaces, which flow from floor to floor via open stair flights The wall is formed in reinforced concrete as is each floor plate, which is cantilevered from it, so that there are no perimeter columns to obstruct the views The above ground external walls are completely glazed; some sections can be slid open for ventilation External roller blinds located along the edge of the floor slabs can be lowered to control solar gain and help with privacy Project is not public! 2007 Project manager Structural engineer Christian Kerez BGS & Partner Architekten AG Dr Schwartz Consulting AG davidb Take the number 11 tram to Burgweiss and the Tram Museum From here turn east into Wasserstrasse (this road is very steep) At the first crossroads, turn right into Eierbrechtstrasse Follow this road until it turns left and becomes Burenweg The project is at the end of the turn at the junction with Hirtenweg 15

16 Stadion Letzigrund Badenerstrasse Zurich This stadium is home to FC Zurich and was used for three matches in the Euro 2008 tournament To avoid dwarfing its surroundings, this massive structure was sunk into the ground The excavated material was sifted on site to extract the local gravel, which was then used in the concrete The most remarkable feature of the stadium is the sweeping roof It is held aloft by 31 pairs of raked columns (formed with Corten or rusting steel) such that it almost seems to float The soffit of the roof is clad with timber slats Sheets of Corten are also used to form the perimeter fence The capacity is for football matches, for athletics and for concerts Main designer, Services engineer Services engineer Contractor Structural engineer Bétrix & Consolascio Frei & Ehrensperger HeftiHessMartignoniAarau AG Hobler Engineering GmbH Implenia Walt & Galarini davidb Apart from match days, the stadium is often left open for the public to wander in and out From the city centre, take a number 2 tram in the direction of Farbhof, and alight at the stop called Letzigrund This is immediately outside the stadium 16

17 Careum Centre Gloriastrasse Zurich The Careum Centre is operated by the Careum Foundation, which was established in 1880 as an organization for promoting healthcare training In 2005, the Canton of Zurich granted the Foundation permission to build the new centre in the heart of the university and hospital district As part of the agreement, a number of dwellings had to be included The new centre consists of five buildings - three of which are residential - grouped around a series of courts All five are treated in a similar fashion architecturally A brindled red brick, laid conventionally, has been used in horizontal bands at each floor slab level In between these bands are horizontal ribbon windows In places the windows are concealed behind perforated screens of rusticated brickwork Where there are no windows, the same screening brickwork has been used, but without any kind of transparency The whole effect is simple, refined and understated Public access unknown! 2007 GWJ Architekten davidb The Careum Centre is next to the Platte tram stop on lines 5 &

18 Dynamo Metal Workshop Wasserwerkstrasse Zurich Dynamo is a cultural organisation, based in Zurich and aimed at young people It offers classes and workshops in a diverse range of subjects such as music, dance, theatre, graphics, photography, sculpture and textiles It now boasts this metal workshop designed by Phalt In spite of the address on Wasserwerkestrasse, the building sits down from the road on the Limmat waterfront, where the Drahtschmidlisteg bridge meets Neumuhle-Quai Thanks to Dynamo this area serves as a popular meeting place for young people The building is very simple A distorted rectactangle in plan contains a small office/workshop and a secure store The roof cantilevers out several metres all around to provide additional covered work space The entire building (apart from the roof) is clad in galvanised steel flooring plate This has been punched with numerous little circular cut-outs reminiscent of moon craters This gives the building a very utilitarian air, with a highly textured yet transparent surface 2008 Phalt City of Zurich davidb The project can be reached on foot: travel north from the Schweiz Museum (on the north side of the Hauptbahnhof) At the end of the park, cross the footbridge over the river Alternatively take a number 14 tram (direction Seebach) or a number 11 tram (direction Auzeig) Alight two stops after the Hauptbahnhof at Beckenhof and make your way on foot to the riverside 18

19 Obsidian Hohlstrasse Zurich This project sits on a small plot, sandwiched between a main rail route and the residential area south of Hohlstrasse It is one of numerous new commercial developments recently built on this thin sliver of land For an office building, it is a new take on the classic slab and podium model Here, B&E spring the tower slab from one side of the podium rather than striking it from out of the top The three visible corners of the tower are marked where they reach the ground by double-height entrance features The slick, tinted glass envelope features a double façade which acts as a thermal and acoustic buffer On the inner façade, openable windows are located at 1200mm centres Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Services engineer Landscape designer Structural engineer baumschlager & eberle Helbling Ingenieurunternehmung Vogt Landschaftarchitekten Wismer + Partner Senn BPM AG davidb Take a number 2 tram in the direction of Farbhof, and alight at the end of the line The Farbhof terminus is on a traffic island at the junction of Badenerstrasse and Hohlstrasse The project is approximately 300m walk along Hohlstrasse 19

20 's and Artist's Apartment House Sädlenweg Zurich This contemporary block of four apartments sits on a north-facing hillside in the western suburbs of Zurich It is spread over four levels, with two duplex apartments and two smaller roof top units - all of which wrap around each other At first glance (and in most photographs) it looks as if it is clad in concrete, when in fact the skin is made of 3mm-thick galvanised sheet steel The armature of the house, that is to say the foundation slab and the main internal stair cores, are indeed formed from in-situ concrete However the remainder of the walls, both internal and external, are formed using timber studs Internally, the materials and surfaces are undecorated, giving the interior a neutral appearance In total contrast are the bathrooms and kitchens which are lined with some very vivid colours, coated onto the backs of glass sheets Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten davidb Take a number 9 or 14 tram in the direction of Tremi The last part of the route runs along Birmensdorfer Strasse to a traffic island containing the tram terminus Alight from the tram, continue west along Birmensdorfer Strasse, up the hill for approximately 600m, then take the second left into Sädlenweg The project is about half-way along the street on the right-hand side 20

21 Aussersihl Community Centre Hohlstrasse Zurich This project was won in competition in 1999 The site is a historic memorial park, on the western side of the city centre - a sensitive location The architects decided to break with convention for a community centre, and build vertically, rather than horizontally The initial proposal was for a six-storey, angular tower nestling by some trees on the eastern side of the site After completing the design, the budget was slashed, and the design team were sent back to the drawing board The revised scheme is still in the form of a tower, but only four storeys, including a basement and kidney-shaped in plan The structure is formed of lime brick walls and concrete floor slabs It is clad in timber boards, stained dark green, to help the building blend in with its surroundings By contrast, the interiors are painted in many different and bright colours The ground floor contains a café, which is popular with the locals out enjoying the park 2000 Services engineer Structural engineer EM2N Amstein+Walthert Tragwerk Bauingenieure GmbH City of Zurich Department of Social Welfare davidb The project is located in Backeranlage Park The number 8 tram stops here 21

22 Leutschenbach School Saatlenfussweg Zurich The Leutschenbach School (Schulhaus Leutschenbach) is located in the north of Zurich Designed by architect Christian Kerez, aimed to offer a completely new dimension for learning, this building has brought all the function zones under one roof and one next to another: classrooms, meeting rooms, the cafeteria, the music room and even the gym hall To highlight the architectural creation, the gym hall is designed to be on the top floor instead of submerged under the earth The statics of the building is provided by a steel structure and an embedded slab which is supported on only six points These form the foundation for the large gym hall and ensure the building to be completely earthquakes resistant Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Landscape designer Building physics consultant Project manager Roof & facade consultant General consultant Project manager Roof & facade consultant General consultant Services engineer Acoustics consultant Infrastructure consultant Infrastructure consultant Supplier Structural engineer Roof & facade consultant Building physics consultant Christian Kerez 4d AG Landschaftsarchitekten BSLA Bakus Bauphysik & Akustik GmbH BGS & Partner Architekten AG Dr Lüchinger + Meyer Bauing Dr Schwartz Consulting AG dsp Ingenieure & Planer AG SIA/USIC gkp Fassadentechnik AG Gysi Leoni Mader AG Hartmann Engineering GmbH Lienhard Martin MPA Engineering AG MTP Meili Tanner Partner AG Planbar AG SCE GmbH Sika Waldhauser Haustechnik AG Stadt Zürich Roderick From Oerlikon Bahnhof: Bus 63 / 94 to stop Saatlenstrasse or Bus 781 to stop Kehrichtverbrennung 22

23 photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Eke Miedaner Branco Weiss Information Science Laboratory Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse Zurich Within ETH Zurich this new building is simply called the 'HIT', but its full name is the 'Branco Weiss Information Science Laboratory', named after ETH Zurich alumnus Branco Weiss who supported the building financially The building, with its panoramic view of the entire city, will certainly be filled with a lot of electronics by the users, and yet it is not a high-tech building, as a symbol of the information highway The façade is a contributor to the building's climatic properties; sensors respond to the weather and the height of the sun The depths of the balconies differ depending on their compass direction, so they also act as sunshades Openings of various sizes from the small spatial units, the entrance area and the two-story seminar rooms situated along the outer walls lend the façade its own rhythm //text from architects' website Floor area/size m² baumschlager & eberle ETH Zürich Roderick mo to fr 8-22h From Zürich HB: tram 11 (direction Auzelg) to Bucheggplatz, change to bus 69 to terminal stop ETH Hönggerberg tram 14 (direction Seebach) to Milchbuck, change to bus 69 to terminal stop ETH Hönggerberg From Bahnhof Oerlikon Nord bus 80 (direction Triemlispital) to stop ETH Hönggerberg 23

24 photo: Radek Brunecky photo: Radek Brunecky focusterra Research and Information Centre Sonneggstrasse Zurich The centerpiece of the "focusterra" exhibition is a tower located in the covered courtyard at the newly renovated Natural Sciences Institute building on the campus of the ETH Zurich The free-standing spiral form of the exhibition tower sets itself confidently apart from the existing building Analogous to the forces at work below the earth's surface, the tower spirals up three levels reaching just below the skylight of the inner courtyard A staircase and a continuous ribbon of showcases connect different levels of the exhibition in a seamless continuum, and guide visitors through the fascinating layers of the earth The concept and design connect the existing historical-mineralogical-geological collection with contemporary research done at the institute photo: Radek Brunecky Floor area/size m² Associate architect Holzer Kobler Architekturen ANS Architekten und Planer SIA AG ETH Zürich Roderick Monday to Friday: 9h-17h; Sundays: 10h-16h; closed on Saturdays Tram 6, 9 or 10 to ETH / Universitätsspital 24

25 SIA Hochhaus Selnaustrasse Zurich The in 1970 completed high-rise building by Hans von Meyenburg for the Swiss Engineers and s Association (Schweizerischen Ingenieur- und Architektenvereins, in short: SIA) has recently been renovated The new design by Romero and Schaefle for the SIA-Hochhauses consists of two connected volumes: A tower that orients to both the road on the front, and the Limmat river on the back and an annex which forms a floating body that lets the landscape flow through the building The façade of the tower consists of highly reflective glass panels Due to their angled placement they alternate reflecting either the surrounding landscape or the sky above Even though in floorplan the annex flows seamlessly into the tower, it is covered with trapezium-shaped sun shading, which clearly gives it a separate identity from the tower Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Main designer, Romero & Schaefle Hans von Meyenburg SIA Roderick Tram 8 to Bahnhof Selnau 25

26 Im Viadukt Limmatstrasse Zurich Up until now it separated the old and the new District 5 Now the railway viaduct will be the element linking the two This monument to early industrial times is to become the site of an unusual shopping and commercial district with Zurich s first ever covered market Direct, simple, reduced to a minimum this was the EM2N architects motto The rough stonewalls can still be seen on the interior of the rooms, preserving the rugged charm of the construction and accentuating the uniqueness of the surroundings This fits in with the PWG Foundation s intention of charging low rents for the arches The foundation envisaged creating a hub of enjoyment, aesthetics and creativity from which both the city and the tenants could profit The area enjoys a broad, eclectic mix for different sections of the population IM VIADUKT is a melting pot of the individual strengths of extraordinary and creative businesses Contractor Landscape designer EM2N b+p baurealisation ag Schweingruber Zulauf Landschaftarchitekten Stiftung PWG Roderick From Zurich Hauptbahnhof: Tram 4 (>Werdhölzli) or Tram 13 (>Frankental) to Station Dammweg S-Bahn S3, S5, S6, S7, S9, S11, S12, S15, S16 to Bahnhof Hardbrücke 26

27 photo: Philipp Haefeli photo: Sandro Gaemperle Prime Tower Hardstrasse Zurich Prime Tower Zurich is situated in the heart of the city on the site of the former Maag cogwheel factory, where Zurich has been undergoing a transformation process for several years The octagon-shaped Prime Tower is the project unanimously chosen as the winner of an international competition involving top-ranking architects The decision that came out in favour of the Zurich architect team was influenced among other things by the crystalline exterior that stands apart from its neighbours, the fine movements and projections, the many uses of the large ground plan and the static design with the pre-stressed ceiling Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Gigon Guyer Architekten Swiss Prime Site Roderick photo: Sandro Gaemperle From Zurich HB take S5, S6, S9 or S15 to Zurich Hardbrücke 27

28 Brunnenhof Brunnenhofstrasse Zurich Two lightly bent, elongated volumes of different heights restructure Buchegg Park The six-storey building on Hofwiesenstrasse is oriented towards the park as well as to the street It borders off the park from the street and protects it from the street noise The facades are formed by the protracting balconies and the concrete bands that wrap horizontally around the building Between them storey-height windows and alternately coloured glass panels form together with sliding anti-sun and screening glass panels an interplay of reflecting and matt, translucent and transparent coloured surfaces The colour concept was developed together with the artist Adrian Schiess Facing the street the glazing is dark blue and violet while facing the park the colour tones progress over large spaces from blue tones to green and then red The impression of the fluent, changing play of colours is enhanced by the varying positions of the sliding elements Project is not public! 2007 Artist Project manager Structural engineer Landscape designer Gigon Guyer Architekten Adrian Schiess b+p baurealisation ag Dr Lüchinger + Meyer Bauing Hager Landschaftsarchitektur AG Stiftung Wohnungen für kinderreiche Familien Roderick From Zurich HB take tram 11 direction Auzelg to stop 'Radiostudio' 28

29 photo: Stefan Wülser & Nicolaj Bechtel photo: Stefan Wülser & Nicolaj Bechtel St Josef Vicarage Röntgenstrasse Zurich Frei + Saarinen implanted a new wooden Lobby into a 100-years-old building The faceted geometry results from the given bearing structure that had to be respected The old fashioned treatment of materials "works against" the trendy shape The resulting "timeshift" between shape and detailing leads to a unique atmosphere Floor area/size m², Interior architect Frei + Saarinen Architekten MS Catholic Church Zurich photo: Stefan Wülser & Nicolaj Bechtel Mon-Fri, 09AM-17PM 29

30 The Dolder Grand Kurhausstrasse Zurich Towering above Lake Zurich, the historic The Dolder Grand has been reinvented to form a luxury-class city resort The scheme integrates a substantial new extension, more than doubling the hotel accommodation and reconnecting it to the surrounding forest and resort The scheme restores the logic of the original hotel, designed in 1899 by Jacques Gros, and the external fabric has been restored and rendered in the original red and ochre palette Internally, the planning has been transformed The most significant moves have been to create a linked suite of grand public rooms, including a new ballroom, and to reinstate the grand southern entrance so that arriving guests now enjoy breathtaking views across Zurich and the Alps Two new wings frame the historic Dolder, complementing the addition of a spa and a new ballroom 2008 Associate architect Foster & Partners Itten + Brechbuehl AG Architekten Roderick The Dolder Grand can be reached easily using public transport Take one of the trams numbered 3, 8 or 15 to Römerhof and then take the rack-and-pinion railway to Dolderbahn Bergstation The final station is right next to the Hotel A Hotel shuttle bus service runs regularly during the day, taking guests to the city centre free of charge Or visit the hotel in style by having them arrange for a personal limousine service along with your booking 30

31 photo: Beat Bühler photo: Beat Bühler Wohnhaus Neptunstrasse Neptunstrasse Zurich An apartment building made of structured, monolithic insulating concrete The organic texture of the material contrasts with the sharp edged geometry of the subtle shaped windows Floor area/size m² Maier Hess Architekten GmbH schpadolin photo: Beat Bühler The court is open to the public 5 minutes walk from Bahnhof Stadelhofen 31