Basel: Resistance to large-scale Nauentor project
In May, Swiss Post and SBB presented the plans for the Nauentor project at the SBB train station, and the development plan application has now been completed. According to media reports, there were 16 suggestions and objections to the ensemble with three high-rise buildings.
Post Immobilien AG and SBB are planning a new urban ensemble in the form of the Nauentor in place of the dark red post office building that spans the tracks at the SBB train station in Basel.
According to plans by the Basel architectural firm Morger Partner, the post office building is to be demolished down to the track-spanning support floor. On top of this, three new basement floors with various courtyards and the "Nauentor-Magistrale" will be built. The ensemble will be complemented by three high-rise buildings. Two will be located in the Peter-Merian-Brücke/Nauenstrasse area, the third on Solothurnerstrasse.
Within the framework of the zoning plan, the following are required according to a report of the Basel newspaper 16 suggestions and objections were received. The Department of Construction and Transport is now reviewing the objections before the government decides on them and passes its bill for the attention of the Grand Council, it says. It is not yet known what exactly is being criticized about the large-scale project and from whom the objections originate.
How it at the presentation of the plans in May the concrete architectural design will be worked out and presented to the public after the development plan has been submitted.
