Yellow and Orange are the dominant, currently, colors on Tulpenweg in Schwamendingen. Where until a year ago, a cooperative settlement, pile up today, in yellow construction trailer. Workers in bright orange robes make in between to create. The noise from the highway is deafening. The preparatory work for the construction of the enclosure at Schwamendingen are in full swing. You should increase the residents quality of life on the road, on the every day 120 000 vehicles.

Something increases the visitor’s center from the container is built with a façade in Yellow, Orange and Red. In January, can obtain information as those interested to sign-in on the building, on Thursday it was presented by the three project partners, the Federal government, the Canton and city of the media.

In the visitor center shows how complex the enclosure. The place is cramped, the traffic flows during the most. Therefore, it is not possible for safety reasons, to lead groups of visitors through the construction site. Can immerse yourself interested in a guided multi-media Installation. It will be shown, how it came to the project, what tasks the individual partners of the project and how the construction expires.

repair of the sin of architecture

Long as the Federal government, the Canton and city of Zurich have been waiting for the Moment they fired the starting shot for the Canopy section of the Motorway in Schwamendingen. Originally the Building was planned for 2012. So it was said in the referendum in 2006, 87 percent of the people said Yes. Extensive licensing procedures, discussions of the cost-sharing and negotiations with the expropriations affected landowners, the project moved in the length. Appeals there were, however, no.

Now the ground-breaking ceremony is definitely next spring, 2023, the Canopy should be with Park. Jürg Röthlisberger, the Director of the Astra , says: “It has taken a long time, but we realize projects. For the Germans, we are already role models, because they come only rarely in the planning stages.”

Move the Slider to the left and to the right, and you will see the change in Schwamendingen.

For economy, the Director, Carmen Walker Späh (FDP) is created with the enclosure is an important connection of the district schwamendingen. “We repair a sin of architecture,” she says, and takes the opportunity to advertise for another city repair: the construction of the rose garden tunnel.

Councilman Richard Wolff (AL) is looking forward to the super Park, which will make the city even more attractive. “And we can now say with Pride that the longest the house of Switzerland is in our city.”

guided tours visitor center: from the middle of January 2019. 60 minutes, up to 40 persons, free of charge. Registration: www.einhausung.ch (Tages-Anzeiger)

Created: 13.12.2018, 17:50 PM