Railway and City Development in Zuerich

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Railway and City Development in Zuerich
Peter Noser, Architect ETH/SIA, former Vice Director City Planning Departement
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Where is Zuerich?
Alps
Lake Zuerich
City
Zuerich West
Zürich Nord
< Airport
ETH Hönggerberg
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Airport
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What does Zuerich want to be?
The art of remaining a sustainable city with unique spatial positions
Compact System
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Variety of different Uses
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Discreet Urbanity
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Liveable Openness
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Extraordinary Quality of Location
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Efficient Networks
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Spatial Development Strategies 2035
City Council Decision (2010)
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Where do we come from?
Zuerich 1825
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1847 – 1870 1st Railway tracks towards West/North
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1915 1. Incorporation 1893 - Tracks towards South/East
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1945 2. Incorporation 1934 - City Expansion after WW II
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1975 – Expansion with University Campuses
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2005 – Regional Railway System: Transformation era
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Building
Projects
1990 - 2012
+ 30‘000
+ 1,5 Mio m2
1 Mio m2
60%
40%
0,35 Mio m2
0.15 Mio m2
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Inhabitants
Living Area
of which
Replacement
Brownstone Areas
Living quarters
on unbuilt land
Remodeling
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New underground Railway Station opening 2014 - 16
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Railway-, Tram- & Bus-Systems as a „pump“
European & National
Train Connections:
Integrated regional
Train- and Bus-System
Local Tram-, Bus- and
Boat-System
Synchronized timetables guarantee that all the networks reach into each other
clockwork-like and offer low-emission public transportation to the public.
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Portfolio Coordination with Federal Railway Co.
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Foto: Desair AG
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Redevelopment - Zürich Main Station
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Process
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Urban Design Testplanning – Thinking in Variations
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Process I
planning
urban design
planning instrument
projects
regional plan
principles concerning:
building projects
building permits
city council - goals
of legislature
• public space
• height / density
• traffic / parking
• mix of utilization
investors
users
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Process II
dialogue between property owners, administration, planners
themes of
3 teams in an open
planning process
volume / space
traffic / parking
uses
environment
designing,
tuning,
setting up and
defining
the main
aspects
of concept
area a
area b
competition
or
area c
area d
process
economy
and limits
defined for each area
building codes
from 6'03
concept for urban design
set up preliminaries, design process
definition of project organization
urban design
competition
from 3'04
from 9'03
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Europaallee – Present Situation
Foto: SBB Immobilien Development
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Mix of Uses
Retail / Gastro
Services
School
Rental Apartments
Condominiums
Seniors Residence
Hotel (25hours)
Copyright: SBB Immobilien-Development
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Facts & Figures
total floor area
300‘000 m2
utilization
350 %
inhabitants
1‘000 - 1‘500
employees / students
6‘000 - 8‘000 (incl. @ 2000 students)
total investment
1,2 - 1,5 billion swiss francs
realization
from 2008 - 2018
uses
office, housing, hotels, commercial,
restaurants, schools, wellness &
fitness, leisure
www.europa-allee.ch
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Lot A: Max Dudler, David Chipperfield, Gigon Guyer Arch.
Foto SBB Immobilien Development
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Lot E: Caruso St. John Architects, London
Copyright by Architects
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Lot F: Boltshauser Architects, Zuerich
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Factors of Success
withdrawal from building across railway tracks
relation to neighborhood, integration
identity in city context
public space: „street und square“
mix of different uses
substantial part of housing (@20% all over)
structural openness to different utilization
process of development instead of mega-project
building in stages / flexibility
building areas with set of rules
cooperation with city of Zurich
interweaving with existing quarters and old main station
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District Management: Coordination, Monitoring
Politics
Media
Investors
Projektleitung
Government
Builders
Citizens
Associations
Landlords
Neighbors
Associations
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Spatial Development Strategy: City & Region
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Planning and Building in the North of Zürich
Infrastructure (08-12): ca. 3.5 Bio. SFr.
Incl. Airport, Glattal-Lightrail, SBB DML
Cover up Freeway in Schwamendingen
Urban Development: ca. 5.5 Bio. SFr.
Incl. ZH Nord, Glattpark & Glattbrugg
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Airport - Leutschenbach - City Centre
Copyright Desair AG
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Leutschenbach
Copyright Desair AG
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Glattal-light train as a Catalyst in Zürich Nord
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Spatial Strategy:
->Public Spaces
->Ports of Arrival
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Oerlikon: 6. important Swiss RR Station
Neu Oerlikon
Living: 5’000
Working: 12’000
Source: SBB Daily frequences
von 6 - 20 Uhr (2008)
1. Zürich HB – 300’000
2. Bern – 145’000
3. Stadelhofen – 135’000
4. Winterthur – 122’000
5. Basel – 120’000
6. Oerlikon – 110’000
7. Geneva – 85’000
8. Olten – 80’000
Inhabitants Oerlikon: 19’000
Leutschenbach
Living: 3’000
Working: 20’000
Train Station:
110’000 P daily
Oerlikon
Living: 14’000
Working: 10’000
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Neighborhoods
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Directions for Development and its Key Projects
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Underpass connecting old
& new Oerlikon
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Underpass/Opening East
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New Busline-System
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Improvement old Centre
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Square South
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New Development Triangle
East
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Overall Improvement
Station Oerlikon
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Max Frisch-Square North
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Building area Southwest
10 New Highrise Development
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2012
Foto: Tiefbauamt der Stadt Zürich
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2015 – Square
South side
Oerliker
Bahnhofplatz
Süd
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Visualization Tiefbauamt Stadt Zürich
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2016 – Access
from Seebach
Zugang
PU-Ost
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Visualization Tiefbauamt Stadt Zürich
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2017 – Expanded Underpass
Quartierverbindung
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Visualization – 10:8 Architects
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2018 Max Frisch-Square – North side
Max-Frisch-Platz
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Visualization Tiefbauamt Stadt Zürich
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2020 Re-designed Train Station Oerlikon
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Thank you for your Interest and Attention!
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