2013, Hard Turm Park tower, Zurich, 1st prize

Shaken and not stirred. The Tower. Hard Turm Park (BFC) residential high-rise, Zurich, Switzerland, 2007–2013

Together, they form a striking ensemble in the urban fabric, at a turbulent urban juncture:
Our robust cuboid, the Toni tower and the Migros high-rise disk.

The horizontally banded façade with the distinctive bow windows depicts the inner structure of the house on the building envelope and shows its purpose: "People live here!“

The apartment mix is many-faceted: Small and multi-room apartments, 30-meter-deep multi-storey apartments with two-storey residential halls, and – right at the top – maisonette apartments, creating a lively housing environment. Furthermore, the lower half of the building comprises a four-star hotel with 196 hotel rooms, as well as ballrooms, conference facilities and offices. The ground floor and the urban space benefit from this use.

Address
Pfingstweidstrasse 98, 100, in 8005 Zurich, Switzerland

International project competition 2007, planning and execution 2010–2013

Ownership/ builder
Pfingstweid Consortium, Zurich

Spatial program
121 freehold flats (condominiums) in the upper part of the tower, and four-star hotel in the lower part of the tower, with 196 hotel rooms, restaurant, café, conference rooms, ballrooms, offices

Architecture
Michael Geschwentner, Patrick Gmür

Project team
Fahny Pesenti (general project management), Esther Hodel (hotel project management), Katharina Stepien, Daiana Camastra, Caesar Zumthor-Prado, Peter Schuberth, Ines Trenner, Susanne Bartholomé, Manuela Borges, Ricardo Dias, Simon Kramer, Jan Zangerl, Danai Laskari, Gian Trachsler, Lukas Burkhart, Matthias Scherer, Laura Schäfer, Anne Gyrid Skoe, Anssi Lauttia, Peter Roesch