Prime Tower by Schweingruber Zulauf Landschaftsarchitekten
Landscape Architecture: Schweingruber Zulauf Landschaftsarchitekten
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Client: SPS Immobilien AG, Olten
Design Development: 2005 – 2009
Construction: 2010 – 2011
Architects: Gigon Guyer, Zürich
Photos & text: Schweingruber Zulauf
Framed by the bridge Hardbruecke, the SBB tracks as well as the Maag factories, the resulting public realm forms part of the context set by its surroundings. Rather than a static courtyard, the public space is a continuous entity stretching in between Primetower, the platform and the Diagonal building. Setting up strong links to the adjacent public spaces the ground level is articulated as the connecting tissue – the common ground.
The central courtyard has got a direct link to the SBB train station. Trees grow from three planters recessed into the asphalt; the common ground appears to camber and burst. The undulating asphalt surfaces form different edges: gentle slopes mark the external elevation while seating edges are created towards the internal spaces. With a direct view onto the water feature on the adjacent ramp the seating edges have become a highly popular spot inside the central courtyard.
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