Innovation Park Zurich gets its first new buildings
The Zurich Innovation Park will begin construction on its first seven new buildings later this year. They will be built on the apron in the northern part of the site. The seven projects were selected in a globally advertised competition.
The first development phase of the Zurich Innovation Park on the airfield site in Dübendorf is taking shape, the operator announced in a press release. Construction work on a total of seven new buildings on the apron of the site is set to begin this year. The projects were selected from a total of 28 proposals submitted last year in a global architectural competition.
The projects now selected were developed by the architectural firms E2A, Roger Boltshauser, Mulder Zonderland and TEN from Zurich as well as Muoto from Paris and 3XN from Copenhagen. According to the current planning status, around 24 per cent of the total floor space is to be divided into office space, 8 per cent into laboratory space and 12 per cent into production space, for example for the manufacture of prototypes. A further 36 per cent is planned as flexible space for various uses. In addition, areas for utilities, services and research-related living are to be created. Catering, leisure and shopping facilities are also planned.
With its own development, the Innovation Park Zurich aims to set an example for innovative urban development and sustainability. “Accordingly, special building typologies are being developed that can be used sustainably over long periods of time thanks to their flexibility and modularity and have a significantly reduced ecological footprint through the use of new technologies,” the press release states. Plans include the installation of an anergy grid and large solar panels on roofs and façades.