In the heart of the city of Zurich is the university area with the knowledge and health clusters of the University Hospital Zurich (USZ), the University of Zurich (UZH) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich – three successful institutions with a high international reputation. The spatial proximity of the three institutions offers unique opportunities for intensive cooperation, which brings about innovations in research, teaching and medical care. However, numerous buildings in the Zurich center university area no longer meet the requirements of modern hospital, research and teaching operations. The infrastructure has reached its capacity limits. With the generation project at the Zurich Center University Area (HGZZ), the infrastructure of the USZ, UZH and ETH Zurich is being improved and the leading position of the institutions is being secured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Common vision<\/strong> Upgrading the quarter<\/strong> The generation project for the University Area Zurich Center (HGZZ) brings together the infrastructure of the USZ, UZH and ETH Zurich under one roof. A mammoth project!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12489,12485],"tags":[13352,12522,12858,16659,16660,16661,16662,16663,13330],"class_list":["post-24730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-construction","category-projects-en","tag-bauprojekt-en","tag-eth-en","tag-hochschule-en","tag-institution-en","tag-potenzial-en","tag-roman-baechtold-en","tag-universitaet-en","tag-usz-en","tag-uzh-en","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":{"bild_mit_ki_erstellt_worden":[],"lead":"The generation project for the University Area Zurich Center (HGZZ) brings together the infrastructure of the USZ, UZH and ETH Zurich under one roof. A mammoth project!","autor":"Text: Mohan Mani, Image: HGZZ University Area Zurich Center","ort":"Z\u00fcrich","bildunterschrift":"","zusammenfassung":"","bild_im_grid":false,"gallerie":null,"newsim":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
The \u201cZurich Center University Area\u201d building project is a Herculean task: \u201cThere are three levels of government (federal, canton and city) and three institutions (university, university hospital, ETH) involved,\u201d says Roman B\u00e4chtold, head of the HGZZ office, which is responsible for the various projects in the Coordinated university area. \u201cGetting the interests and needs of all these players under one roof, right in the center of Zurich, was and is a special challenge. The potential is enormous. If it succeeds, the population will benefit far beyond Zurich, and not just today and tomorrow, but across generations. ” Zurich has a unique knowledge and health cluster that integrally combines research, teaching and health care in a very small space. It is important to secure and strengthen this advantage. This shared vision made it possible to unite the parties. That was and remains demanding and time-consuming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The planning goes way back. The main milestones were the location decision in September 2011, the elaboration of a master plan (2012\/2013), its approval in August 2014, the tendering and implementation of the study contract for the urban space concept HGZZ (2016\/2017). But the adoption of a joint white paper in March 2018 was also an important stopover on the way to our destination. The University of Zurich can be recognized from afar by its green dome. Will it stay that way? – \u00abThe green dome remains. But the quarter will be massively upgraded, greener, more accessible, more liveable, \u201dsays B\u00e4chtold. And he adds: \u201cThere are hardly any projects in Switzerland that are so complex and varied. You come into contact with countless stakeholders from politics, business, the population and the media. This great challenge is appealing and exciting \u00bb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"