Excavators to be opened in 2023: Zurich’s university district will go green and the Polyterrasse will be replaced



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Climbing plants in the university hospital and many trees should keep the area from overheating. The terrace in front of the ETH is being torn down.

The new main building of the university hospital on Gloriastrasse will have a green facade.  It should be ready in 2028.

The new main building of the university hospital on Gloriastrasse will have a green facade. It should be ready in 2028.

Visualization: Atelier Bruckney

Plans for the renovation of the Zurich university district are becoming more concrete. Now it is also clear how the streets and park at the corner of Rämi- and Gloriastrasse should look. Today, Tuesday, those responsible presented the plans, and they are green, at least as green as possible in the middle of the city in a neighborhood that is becoming significantly denser.

Most notable is the new main building of the university hospital. Plants climb up the facade. Viewed from patient rooms, they form a narrow green curtain.

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