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Vocational School for Construction Trades Zurich
The “building school” is to become an urban school building. It not only incorporates the urban space on the ground floor, but also creates spatial relationships downwards, upwards, and to the rear. The requirements in terms of location, space, and structure are implemented in a very direct and concrete manner. This makes the construction itself the theme of this architecture.
Commission type | Open competition, 1st prize, 2018 |
Client | Hochbauamt Kanton Zürich |
Ort | Limmatstrasse, Zürich |
Use | Vocational school |
Floor area | 9'000 m² |
Completion | 2025 |
Team | Sandro Christen, Ariane Senn, Carmen Kempf, Jana Läpple, Lilian Pala, Elettra Carnelli, Gilles Gasser, Guillaume Guisan, Mathias Gunz, Michael Künzle |
Project partner | Jaeger Coneco AG Baumanagement, Kollektiv Nordost, Ingeni AG, PZM AG, R+B Engineering AG |
Signage | mdbuero |
Public art | Marie Schumann (Innenperimeter); Laurent Güdel, Michal Florence Schorro, Giona Bierens de Haan & Raphael Raccuia (Aussenperimeter) |

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