“Tivoli Garden”: An identity-defining project

The “Tivoli Garten” development in Spreitenbach is on track. The major project with 445 rental apartments should be completed by mid-2024. The “Tivoli Garden” also has a stop for the Limmattalbahn.

A look back: The major project in Spreitenbach is marked by years of delays. For example, VCS Aargau defended the project in 2012 and submitted an objection. He demanded an expansion of the environmental impact assessment, which covers the entire area, including the shopping center.
rums “Shoppi Tivoli”, the Limmatpark and the parking spaces available to the “Shoppi Tivoli” in the environmental arena. After the revised design plan, the VCS filed another complaint, this time because of the parking space management, which did not go far enough for the traffic club. Those involved were finally able to agree on a compromise solution in January 2019 – and nothing stood in the way of the project.

Identifying feature
With the “Tivoli Garten” development, five houses with a total of 445 rental apartments, a double kindergarten, an Obi hardware store and a stop for the Limmattalbahn are now being built in the immediate vicinity of the “Shoppi Tivoli” shopping center. The proposed mix of apartments consists of 1½ to 5½ room apartments. The generous private outdoor spaces are intended to meet the needs of the various tenant groups, i.e. families, singles and pensioners, for example.

Base construction with two towers
The superstructure consists of a base building with the Obi hardware store and the Limmattalbahn stop, from which two high-rise buildings and three up to seven-storey long buildings extend. The project managers emphasize that the two high-rise buildings act as an identity-defining feature of the development. They also interact with the two existing high-rise apartment buildings in the “Shoppi Tivoli” area from the 1960s. The spacious outdoor areas are located in the private courtyard of the "Tivoli Garden". Eiffage Suisse, Zurich office, was entrusted with the implementation of the major project. Solid construction strives for the Minergie / greenproperty standard.

Direct access to the "Shoppi Tivoli"
A public pedestrian level with direct access to the “Shoppi Tivoli” is planned on the base building. The passerelle concept of the municipality of Spreitenbach allows further connections to the surrounding parcels at this level, and at street level a new transfer hub for public transport with the Limmattalbahn and various bus routes is designed.

The major project was developed jointly by the Migros Aare cooperative and Credit Suisse Asset Management. The owner is MEG Tivoli Garten, which consists of two real estate funds from Credit Suisse Asset Management. ■

Text: Philipp Dreyer / Quelle und Visualisierungen: Dachtler Partner AG Architekten, Zürich