Zurich: Architectural competition for Guggach III has been decided
The Guggach III site is an undeveloped land reserve of the city of Zurich and is to be built over. The architectural competition for the overall project with apartments, service and commercial areas, neighborhood park and school has now been completed.
The city of Zurich wants to give part of the Guggach site to the public-law "Foundation for Affordable and Ecological Housing - Einfach Wohnen" (SEW) under building rights. Around 120 non-profit apartments are planned. The first floors of the residential buildings will also house service and commercial areas, such as a grocery store to supply the neighborhood. The development will also include a kindergarten and a school for around 300 children, as well as a park of around 5,000 square meters. The school will also include a double sports hall.
The winner of the competition is the project "WANINC" by the consortium Donet Schäfer Architekten and Tanja Reimer from Zurich with Weyell Zipse Architekten from Basel and Atelier Loidl Landschaftsarchitekten from Berlin. It staggers two residential buildings and thus creates a small neighborhood square towards the streetcar stop "Radiostudio". The staggered construction is intended to shield the street noise, but at the same time open up the neighborhood park to the street and enable visual references between the buildings, the park and the street. The kindergarten is placed between the park and the residential buildings. The school is located on Wehntalerstrasse.
According to the city of Zurich, the settlement, the school complex and the neighborhood park are to be further developed in parallel. Construction work is to start shortly after the referendum on the school building in 2021. The development is then expected to be completed by mid-2023.
Around CHF 43 million is estimated for the residential development including kindergarten and other ground-floor uses. The school complex, including a double sports hall and outdoor facilities, is reported to cost 38.4 million, and the neighborhood park around 3.3 million (in each case excluding land costs and credit reserves).
