Centre for student initiatives and talent in ETHZ by Buchner Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
08/11/2021.
[Zürich] Switzerland
metalocus, JAVIER ARIAS
metalocus, JAVIER ARIAS
The new center, named HIC, is an idea developed by ETH Zurich to offer its students more freedom to develop their entrepreneurial talent and implement their own ideas. The winner of the architectural competition was EQUILIBRES by ARGE GP Buchner Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten.
The building, with the name of HIC, and a program with modern and flexible use offices, workshops and multipurpose rooms, which is also a response to the growing number of students of the institution, will be built on the Hönggerberg campus and is scheduled to open by 2024.
In addition, various ETH organizations and teaching projects, which are currently still spread across different locations, will meet here under one roof.
The building, with the name of HIC, and a program with modern and flexible use offices, workshops and multipurpose rooms, which is also a response to the growing number of students of the institution, will be built on the Hönggerberg campus and is scheduled to open by 2024.
In addition, various ETH organizations and teaching projects, which are currently still spread across different locations, will meet here under one roof.
Rendering by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Rendering by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Rendering by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Rendering by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Rendering by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Rendering by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Rendering by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Site plan by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Location plan by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Ground and basement floor plans by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
First, second, third and roof floor plans by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Cross and longitudinal section by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Elevations by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Competition board by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Competition board by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Competition board by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Competition board by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Competition board by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Competition board by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Structure model by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
Model by Bründler Architekten with Rapp Architekten
The jury chose as the winner the project Equilibres by ARGE GP* Buchner Bründler Architekten (Basel) y Rapp Architekten (Münchenstein). The project shows an open character, with various meeting rooms and lounges, including access areas designed as communication rooms, as well as additional intermediate areas with metal walkways along the façade. Added to all this is a convincing concept of sustainability, which, according to the competition jury, is a "natural integration in the campus context."
As a multi-storey longitudinal block it reacts directly to its surroundings: to the north, the building's basement runs over a path that crosses it, displaying its sculptural reinforced concrete structure. To the east, the ground floor overhangs an existing underground car park. Here is also the slightly elevated entrance area, which is accessed through an inclined plane as a bridge element towards the esplanade.
Upwards, the construction appears increasingly light thanks to a reinforced concrete structure on which a wooden structure is located, ending with a green roof with a pergola. The construction is complemented by rammed earth floors, clay plaster walls and large-format sliding windows. Surrounding metal walkways such as balconies and overhang folding canopies create additional outdoor areas and give the building a distinctive look.
*ARGE GP: General Planner Consortium
As a multi-storey longitudinal block it reacts directly to its surroundings: to the north, the building's basement runs over a path that crosses it, displaying its sculptural reinforced concrete structure. To the east, the ground floor overhangs an existing underground car park. Here is also the slightly elevated entrance area, which is accessed through an inclined plane as a bridge element towards the esplanade.
Upwards, the construction appears increasingly light thanks to a reinforced concrete structure on which a wooden structure is located, ending with a green roof with a pergola. The construction is complemented by rammed earth floors, clay plaster walls and large-format sliding windows. Surrounding metal walkways such as balconies and overhang folding canopies create additional outdoor areas and give the building a distinctive look.
*ARGE GP: General Planner Consortium
Project description by Buchner Bründler Architekten
ETH Zurich is planning a new building on the Hönggerberg campus to give the student associations and initiatives based at the university space for inspiration, exchange and creativity. In a stringent manner, the building transmits the conditions of the task and the location in a multi-layered legible building structure, which develops an independent symbolism at the edge of the structural development and thus in a special location.
The new building enters into direct dialogue with the HIB stand-alone building opposite and thus opens up an independent urban spatial sequence in the context of the university area and its prelude to the west. Adjusted to the length of the neighboring building, a field-like open space is created on which the HIN test laboratory stands as a free-standing solitary building. In the basic form of the new building, existing lines are taken up in order to strengthen the contextual location. The restriction on the construction site due to the existing parking leads to a specific cut figure with a distinctive overhang. On the ground floor, this is additionally expanded in order to address the house in a special way with a volume that floats slightly above the ground and to create a public effect. The five-storey building is complemented by an open pergola structure, which spatially characterizes the roof garden. A movable PV screen on the west side also creates an additional elevation.
A place for mutual exchange is deliberately developed, an approachable house that creates a low-threshold effect in order to promote the identification of users and visitors. The stacking of the architectural elements and their clear hierarchy also testify to the willingness to make force curves visible. The wooden upper floors, which lie on a concrete structure, form a filigree and transparent grid. The building thus differentiates between primary and secondary structures. When walking through the Othmar-Ammann-Weg, one of the load-bearing elements made of concrete becomes visible, the action of the forces is translated into a sculptural gesture.
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Architects
Client
ETH Zurich.
Dates
10.2020 - 2024.
Location
Hönggerberg Campus. ETH Zurich. Stefano- Franscini-Platz 5, 8049 Zürich, Switzerland.
Daniel Buchner, Andreas Bründler. Buchner Bründler Planer
Buchner Bründler Planer. In 1997 Daniel Buchner and Andreas Bründler founded the office of Buchner Bründler Architects in Basel.
Daniel Buchner. He was born in 1967 in Berneck, Switzerland. In 2003 he was accepted into the Association of Swiss Architects. In 2008 and 2009 he led a visiting professorship at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). From 2010 to 2012 he was visiting professor in the field of the project at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ).
After an apprenticeship as a structural draftsman from 1984 to 1987 at Berneck, he studied architecture from 1988 to 1989 at the St. Gallen School of Engineering and then at the Basel School of Engineering from 1989 to 1993. From 1994 to 1997 he worked at Morger & Degelo Architects in Basel.
Andreas Bründler. He was born in 1967 in Sins, Switzerland. In 2003 he was accepted into the Association of Swiss Architects. In 2008 and 2009 he was visiting professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), a guest lecturer in the field of design followed from 2010 to 2012.
An apprenticeship as a structural draftsman in Zug from 1984 to 1987 was followed by a degree in architecture at the Basel School of Engineering from 1989 to 1993. He then worked from 1994 to 1997 at the Miller & Maranta architecture studio in Basel.
Daniel Buchner. He was born in 1967 in Berneck, Switzerland. In 2003 he was accepted into the Association of Swiss Architects. In 2008 and 2009 he led a visiting professorship at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). From 2010 to 2012 he was visiting professor in the field of the project at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ).
After an apprenticeship as a structural draftsman from 1984 to 1987 at Berneck, he studied architecture from 1988 to 1989 at the St. Gallen School of Engineering and then at the Basel School of Engineering from 1989 to 1993. From 1994 to 1997 he worked at Morger & Degelo Architects in Basel.
Andreas Bründler. He was born in 1967 in Sins, Switzerland. In 2003 he was accepted into the Association of Swiss Architects. In 2008 and 2009 he was visiting professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), a guest lecturer in the field of design followed from 2010 to 2012.
An apprenticeship as a structural draftsman in Zug from 1984 to 1987 was followed by a degree in architecture at the Basel School of Engineering from 1989 to 1993. He then worked from 1994 to 1997 at the Miller & Maranta architecture studio in Basel.
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