Featuring innovative lab and office facilities, the building will house state-of-the-art research infrastructure that will enable ETH to expand its position in the field of quantum technologies. Under these extreme conditions, quantum effects emerge that often appear to elude human understanding. As many as 50 teams consisting of experts from the fields of overall management, architecture and urban planning, civil engineering, and HVAC engineering submitted applications to participate in the project competition.
In November , the jury convened for prequalification. The winning entry was by external page Ilg Santer Architekten, Zurich. Above ground, the building comprises four laboratory and office floors, a public double-height ground floor and a top floor with building services.
The lower floors are split into a main building and a side building, the latter of which houses high-performance laboratories for especially sensitive research facilities. Influences from inside and outside the building could severely disrupt the experiments conducted there or even render them impossible. The research in the underground laboratories places extremely high demands on the building in terms of vibration, electromagnetic compatibility, cooling performance and temperature stability.
In the earth probes, each of which extends metres into the ground, heat or cold can be stored and extracted as needed. The HPQ building itself will also be connected to the anergy grid. In order for the HPQ to be built, the Huber Pavilions erected as a temporary solution must be dismantled. The project of expanding the listed garden will focus on protecting and supporting biodiversity.
From the extended garden area, visitors will have direct access to the cafeteria terrace. I support ETH Zurich in order to facilitate innovation and progress. Press Enter to activate screen reader mode. Visualisation: Ilg Santer Architekten. Prequalification and competition As many as 50 teams consisting of experts from the fields of overall management, architecture and urban planning, civil engineering, and HVAC engineering submitted applications to participate in the project competition.
