Graubünden Building Authority submits planning application for university of applied sciences

Chur - Das kantonale Hochschulamt hat bei der Stadt Chur das Baugesuch für den Standort Pulvermühle der Fachhochschule Graubünden eingereicht. Der Neubau soll auch mit einheimischem Holz realisiert werden.

The Graubünden University of Applied Sciences is to receive a new university of applied sciences centre at the Pulvermühle site in Chur. The cantonal building construction office submitted the digital building application to the city of Chur on 12 March, exactly one year after the project was approved by the Grisons electorate. “By submitting the building application for the university of applied sciences centre, we have taken another important step,” said cantonal architect Andreas Kohne in a government statement.

The building construction office expects a decision from the city in the course of the summer. Demolition work on the site will begin in spring. The official ground-breaking ceremony is scheduled for late autumn 2024. If everything goes as planned, the University of Applied Sciences Centre will start operations in 2028.

The UAS centre will provide space for 2,000 students and 300 employees. Today, the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden teaches in nine buildings at five locations. A total of 178 million Swiss francs will be invested in the project.

The new building will be constructed by the Partenaris general planning team under the direction of Zurich-based Giuliani Hönger Architekten, who won the project competition in 2021. Local timber will also be used for the construction. The timber has already been felled in a total of 34 Grisons municipalities and is now being processed in eight sawmills in the canton.