It is a Renovation of superlatives: The city of Zurich wants to rehabilitate for 87 million Swiss francs for the administrative building Walche. The five-storey distinctive building was created in 1932/33 and must be fully repaired, as the Zurich city government announced on Wednesday. At the same time, an increase from five to six floors is planned.
For the repair approved by the city Council is already bound editions of 72,744 million Swiss francs. For the increase and further measures he proposes to the municipal Council for a property loan of 14,624 million Swiss francs.
the renovation and Expansion will increase the number of office jobs from 300 to 400. In addition, the medical will be extended-watch “the centre”, in order to create more space for the growing number of Employees, and emergency vehicles. Further, there is a Central reception Desk will be created, the staff cafeteria will be expanded and new sanitary facilities installed.
The planned increase in adapts according to the city Council to the existing building structure. The roof is landscaped and with a photovoltaic system. The entire project is planned with the involvement of the urban monument conservation, and run.
Extraordinary temporary
While the rescue vehicles of protection & rescue Zurich over the entire construction period, shall remain in the vehicle halls at the administration building, which housed associated jobs, cloakrooms, rest – and recreation-rooms in a temporary.
The three-storey temporary solution is to stand on a pile construction in the Limmat river, at Neumühlequai to the administration building. For operational reasons, the provisional had to be in the vicinity of the vehicle hall, wrote to the unusual location of the city Council. That is why only a provisional solution in the river was out of the question.
The temporary restoration is expected to be created at the beginning of 2020. The actual tag should then begin in the autumn of 2020 and up to mid-2023 to be completed. (meg/sda)
Created: 27.02.2019, 15:31 PM