Zug: Metalli area to be redesigned

Zug Estates wants to redesign its real estate on the Metalli site in the medium term, with the focus on "making better use of the existing potential - both in terms of urban development and economics," according to a company statement. More space is to be created for living, working and leisure, and new uses, meeting places and open spaces are also planned..

The Metalli site comprises the Metalli center development with over 50 stores, office and residential space, the two business hotels Parkhotel Zug and Hotel City Garden, as well as other residential and commercial properties, and is majority-owned by Zug Estates. The Metalli shopping avenue dates back to 1987.

The timing for a redesign is ideal, says Zug Estates, because there is a need for renewal of the shopping avenue and the parking garage, and the demand for living and working space in Zug remains high.

Three teams for the urban planning competition

With the planning agreement, Zug Estates and the City of Zug have now bindingly agreed the framework conditions for the joint procedure for adapting the Metalli and Bergli development plans. Among other things, the agreement also regulates the building density, including high-rise buildings, uses and publicly accessible spaces. The population of Zug is also to be involved in the planning process as part of a dialog process.

Three planning teams were named for the urban design competition: Baukontor Architekten with Caruso St. John Architects and Müller Illien Landscape Architects, Hosoya Schaefer with Nyx Architects and Lorenz Eugster Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, and as a third team Huggenbergerfries Architekten with Hager Partner. The favored design will be used to create an indicative project that will form the basis for a subsequent development plan. According to Zug Estates, this phase of the process will take about two years. The first construction measures could therefore begin in 2023 at the earliest. (ah)