IM VIADUKT – Refurbishment Viaduct Arches

Zurich, 瑞士
照片 © Ralph Hut
照片 © Roger Frei
照片 © Roger Frei
照片 © Roger Frei
照片 © Joël Tettamanti
照片 © Joël Tettamanti
Siteplan
Overall ground floor, Ground floor part 3
Section, part 1
建筑师
EM2N
位置
8004 Zurich, 瑞士
年份
2010
客户
Stiftung PWG
Type of Commission
Competition
Competition
2004 1st prize
Planning
2005–2008
Start of construction
2008
Completion
2010
Space Program
Spaces for trade and services, ateliers and workshop spaces, market hall and restaurants, nursery
Size
Gross floor area: 9’008 m2

In this project we examine two essential questions: How can an infrastructure element that is a protected monument be programmed and made part of the urban system? In an era with an increasing amount of regulations (energy, hygiene, fire protection etc.) and greater demands for comfort, how can low-budget projects be carried out?

The viaduct is more than just a bridge. Like a mountain chain erected by human hand it appears in the town with a scale derived from the landscape and topography. The infrastructure element, originally used as a railway line, is to form a linear park that will be part of a culture, work and leisure mile.

This reprogramming of the viaduct initiates two decisive urban impulses: a spatial barrier becomes a linking structure, and the outdoor spaces bordering it are upgraded. The viaduct becomes a large-scale connecting machine and a linear building. We view this ambivalence as a fundamental quality and use it as the architectural leitmotiv to symbiotically connect the new uses with the viaduct structure. The characteristic Cyclopean masonry here forms the central atmospheric element.

The new structures are deliberately restrained so as to emphasise the existing arches. In fitting-out the interiors the future users can choose from a kit of elements or design the spaces themselves.

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