From office building to residential building
At Tiergarten 7 in Zurich-Friesenberg, Mobimo is converting a commercial property into an attractive residential building.
The office building with the plate facade from 1992 has been empty since the beginning of January. The five-story building was last used by artists from the Lemon Association. Mobimo decided to convert and build a new property at Im Tiergarten 7 in Zurich-Friesenberg: “We already own a commercial property with the neighboring building,” says Daniel Garcia, the project manager in charge at Mobimo. In addition, there is great demand for apartments in the city of Zurich. “The conversion was therefore obvious,” explains Garcia.
59 rental apartments in the medium price segment are to be built here by 2022. The architecture contract went to Theo Hotz Partner Architects: “With this architecture office we have found a partner who optimally embeds the property in the surroundings and does not make it look like a foreign body. Architectural details that reflect Mobimo’s values in the context of sustainable construction were incorporated into the project, ”says Garcia.
The architectural office has planned a free-standing, triangular block of flats that will form an urban hinge between the neighboring Friesenberg office building and the surrounding residential area. The 1.5 to 4.5 room apartments are intended for singles, families and senior citizens. The energy concept provides for central heat generation by means of a heat pump and the use of waste heat from the cooling network of the data center in the neighboring building.
Mobimo commissioned W. Schmid AG as total contractor for the new building. The owner is spending around 49 million francs on the new project. The first occupancy is planned for December 1, 2022.