Ceremonial handover

A milestone has been reached at Haus Adeline Favre in Winterthur, the new campus for the ZHAW School of Health Professions: Implenia, as developer and total contractor, handed over the new building today to the owner SISKA Immobilien AG. “We are pleased that the building will open for operations on schedule. Our thanks go to everyone involved; their commitment and tireless efforts have allowed us to complete this challenging property development project in just under ten years, creating the new campus for the School of Health Professions at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). We’d particularly like to thanks SISKA Immobilien AG for the confidence they have shown in us and for their positive cooperation throughout the whole project,” said Adrian Wyss, Head of Division Development at Implenia. Implenia successfully brought together its specialists from various disciplines for the Haus Adeline Favre project, especially those from Divisions Development and Buildings, and we delivered the full benefits of the Group’s integrated business model. The success of the project was also aided by the clear ideas of Canton Zurich, as tenant, and the excellent cooperation between our team and the local authorities,” he added. ZHAW, the user, will start moving into the building on Katharina-Sulzer-Platz on 1 July 2020. It will remain closed to the public until the end of July 2020. Switzerland’s largest training and research centre for occupational therapy, physiotherapy, midwifery and nursing will then open its doors with the official opening ceremony on 28 August 2020. There will be an “open house” day on 26 September 2020.

The building, designed by pool Architekten of Zurich, impresses with its high architectural quality. The whole plot has been used for the building, which has six storeys and two underground floors. These provide a variety of functional spaces, including teaching and practice rooms, staff offices, an outpatient clinic and simulation centre and a cafeteria. The architects have arranged the rooms in a compact multi-storey ring around a central inner courtyard. Offset blocks turn the inner area into a walk-in sculpture that stretches all the way up to the overarching glass roof. The original industrial character, including a crane runway, has been retained, the brick façade has been rebuilt and the new windows visually complement the windows of the old foundry. Implenia is committed to sustainability and it has built the building, which offers around 19,200 m² of rental space, to comply with the Minergie standard. The building meets all the requirements of a modern educational building.

Further information about Haus Adeline Favre and the new campus can be found here.