Head building Hall 118, Winterthur storage area
The Abendrot Foundation has erected a shimmering red lighthouse for climate-friendly and sustainable construction on the Sulzer site in Winterthur - clad in reused profiled sheeting. The extension of the head building of Hall 118, which provides space for twelve studios, think tanks and a tinkerer's lab on the ground floor, was predominantly realised using used building materials.
Finalisation
2021
Usable area
1266 m²
Owner
Abendrot Foundation
Architektur
Fachplaner
Civil engineer: Oberli Ingenieurbau AG, Josef Kolb AG; HVAC planner: Russo Haustechnik-Planung GmbH; timber construction: Zehnder Holz und Bau; steel construction: Wetter AG

Martin Zeller
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