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Sulzer Redevelopment
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Project summary
Location: Winterthur, Switzerland
Completed: Work began in 1989, completion scheduled for 2020
Client: Sulzer Immobilien AG, Winterthur
Design team: Metron AG, Brugg, Peter Hofmann and Marc Knellwolf
Planning authority: City of Winterthur
Funding body: Sulzer Immobilien AG, Winterthur
Researched by: Maren Harnack
Project team
Marketing and development:
Sulzer Immobilien AG
Zürcherstrasse 39
Postfach 414
8401 Winterthur
Director: Martin Schmidli
Project manager: Walter Muhmenthaler
Master planning:
Metron AG, Brugg, Peter Hofmann und Marc Knellwolf
Stahlrain 2
CH-5200 Brugg
Tel: 0041 56 460 91 11
Fax: 0041 56 460 91 00
Email: info@metron.ch
Local authority:
Stadt Winterthur
Stadtentwicklung Winterthur
Obertor 32
8402 Winterthur
Tel: +41 52 267 62 72
Fax: +41 52 267 59 35
Email: stadtentwicklung@winterthur.ch
Overall landscape design:
Vetsch Nipkow Partner AG
Landschaftsarchitekten BSLA SIA
Neumarkt 28
CH 8001 Zürich
Tel: +41 43 2448200
Fax: +41 43 2448210
Email: info@vnp.ch
Landscape design for "Loki-Areal":
Rotzler Krebs Partner GmbH
Landschaftsarchitekten BSLA
Lagerplatz 21
CH-8400 Winterthur
Tel: +41 52 269 08 60
Fax: +41 52 269 08 61
Email: info@rkp.ch
Architects for "Kranbahn" and "Sieb 10":
Kaufmann, van der Meer + Partner AG
Architekten und BSA ETH SIA STV
Wallisellenstrasse 301
CH-8050 Zürich
Tel: +41 44 325 17 17
Fax: +41 44 325 17 18
Email: kmp@kmp-ag.ch
Architects for "Lokomotive":
Knapkiewicz & Fickert AG
Architekten ETH SIA BSA
Brauerstrasse 60
CH-8004 Zürich
Tel: +41 44 240 05 45
Fax: +41 44 240 05 47
Email: info@axka.ch
Architects for "G48":
Baldinger Architekten GmbH
Räffelstrasse 29
CH-8045 Zürich
Tel: +41-43-333 3610
Fax: +41-43-333 3616
Email: info@baldinger-architekten.ch
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