The development on the Rietpark is larger than 17 football fields

The Geistlich site in Schlieren with the adjacent former industrial areas is one of the largest development areas in the region.

On the former industrial site of the Geistlich glue factory in Schlieren, the second stage of the new quarter "amRietpark" is being built under the building contractor of Helvetia Insurance and Geistlich Immobilia AG Soccer fields. Where fabrics were once dyed and glue was produced, a total of 921 apartments and the Tertianum AG retirement center will be available from 2020. The Geistlich area alone covers 80,000 square meters and is directly adjacent to Schlieren train station.

Between 2007 and 2015, 600 apartments, 12,600 square meters of office space and 14,600 square meters of commercial space, 330 square meters of which were for restaurants and bars, were built on the Färbi site. The Geistlich area includes the “Magnolia” project, completed in 2015, with 137 condominiums and the new buildings along Brandstrasse and Engstringerstrasse with a usable area of 55,000 square meters. The public “Rietpark” takes up around half of the new quarter: it is 600 meters long, comprises 42,000 square meters and is the heart of the development.

Part of the project is a double kindergarten with lunchtime care at Engstringerstrasse 5. This is rented in the residential and commercial building with 84 apartments and commercial space on the ground floor realized by Geistlich lmmobilia AG. Zurich office E2A was hired as the architect. The new building consists of a U-shaped part of the building with residential use from the 1st floor and a continuous basement on the ground floor. All apartments face the park. On the roof, the tenants will find 15 roof gardens based on the former allotment gardens on the site.

The buildings on Brandstrasse, which were occupied in 2020, were designed by two different architectural offices. Graber Pulver Architects are responsible for the building owner Geistlich Immobilia AG with four towers shifted towards each other like a chessboard at Brandstrasse 1-7. The towers merge into a unit over a two-storey base and guarantee optimal light irradiation and views from all corners of the building. The diverse housing options include classic apartments, maisonettes and cluster apartments as well as commercial and restaurant space and the retirement center for the anchor tenant Tertianum AG. Within the block, a “Rue Interieure” cut lengthways through the ground floor connects the towers.

Gmür & Gschwentner Architects designed a building with 202 apartments for Helvetia Insurance at Brandstrasse 21. The new building divides the construction site into two structures, each placed around their own courtyards. The center is a hall that residents can use for communal events. A novelty for Schlieren is the pool on the roof with sundeck, which is freely available to the residents. Here, 3.5 to 5.5 room apartments and various commercial spaces were created along Brandstrasse. ■

Text: Linda von Euw / Bild: Geistlich Immobilia AG