Industry and Housing, Rotkreuz

Thanks to careful consideration of the existing plots, open spaces and access infrastructure, there are few dependencies and the area can be developed in stages to a high standard. – Industry and Housing, Rotkreuz
Thanks to careful consideration of the existing plots, open spaces and access infrastructure, there are few dependencies and the area can be developed in stages to a high standard.
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Thanks to careful consideration of the existing plots, open spaces and access infrastructure, there are few dependencies and the area can be developed in stages to a high standard. – Industry and Housing, Rotkreuz
Thanks to careful consideration of the existing plots, open spaces and access infrastructure, there are few dependencies and the area can be developed in stages to a high standard.
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The Birkenstrasse area has a central, strategic location: close to the town centre, railway station and motorway access road. It currently has a low building density and space-intensive industrial use; despite its attractive location, it lacks spatial quality. It forms a clear contrast to the residential and office districts along the railway tracks and the high-quality Roche campus.

The concept envisages densifying the area and gradually transforming it into a mixed-use neighbourhood. A central theme is high-quality stacked use with new residential typologies. The proposed urban structure allows for the separation of heavy and neighbourhood traffic. There are three continuous, quiet park and garden areas that are linked to important school and leisure routes. Residential uses are also located here. Commercial traffic is routed via two access courtyards. This also provides access to the commercial buildings along the Chamerstrasse. It is important to ensure maximum flexibility in development and to take the existing parcelling into account. This enables step-by-step development that can be carried out largely independently of the individual landowners. Part of the concept is the planning implementation with statements on use, utilisation, building lines and access.

Variants and joint solution finding: proportion and location of residential use, access system, handling of high-voltage power lines – Industry and Housing, Rotkreuz
Variants and joint solution finding: proportion and location of residential use, access system, handling of high-voltage power lines
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Variants and joint solution finding: proportion and location of residential use, access system, handling of high-voltage power lines – Industry and Housing, Rotkreuz
Variants and joint solution finding: proportion and location of residential use, access system, handling of high-voltage power lines
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Variants and joint solution finding: proportion and location of residential use, access system, handling of high-voltage power lines – Industry and Housing, Rotkreuz
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Variants and joint solution finding: possible open space and building typologies, potential for urban superposition of functions – Industry and Housing, Rotkreuz
Variants and joint solution finding: possible open space and building typologies, potential for urban superposition of functions
Main themes:
Densification and restructuring of industrial areas, development of mixed-use areas (residential and commercial), coherent but gradual development, independent, parcel-oriented development, interface between residential and commercial districts, socio-spatial aspects, neighbourhood formation, neighbourhood infrastructure, ground floors, mixed-use typology, green space networking, separation of school routes and commercial traffic, dealing with high-voltage power lines, efficient development, stacking of uses, overlapping of uses, orientation, footpath network and greening, urban climate aspects, planning implementation, guidelines, design principles, study of variants, workshops
Categorisation:
Site, Town, Business district, Masterplan, Transformation and densification
Project title:

Urban focus study Birkenstrasse-site, Risch

Team:
  • Atelier CORSO LLC (lead planners; urbanism, architecture, traffic, landscape design, process)
Client:
  • Community of Risch (Rotkreuz)
Next project:
Muri Train Station