- Dielsdorf secondary school extension
- Glattfelden fire service and works building
- Saumstrasse apartment houses Gossau
- Küsnacht urban centre development
- Europaallee Zurich - construction zone B
- New Planetarium Chalet-à-Gobet Lausanne
- Neufeldstrasse apartment complex Wetzikon
- Bürgli North schoolhouse Wallisellen
- Dollikerstrasse apartment building Meilen
- AHV state insurance administration Geneva
- AMAG automobile depot Birrfeld Lupfig
- 'Zelgli' apartment complex Neftenbach
- Apartment complex Berne-Brünnen
- Fire brigade magazine Pratteln
- Retirement home extension Wallisellen
- 'Kissling Tower' hotel Zurich
- Land-side imaging Zurich airport
- Fire station building Volketswil
- Lebern-Dietlimoos apartment complex Adliswil
- 'Im Gries' apartment complex Volketswil
Fire station building Volketswil (2nd Prize)
- Location:
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Kindhauserstrasse
8604 Volketswil - Client:
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Gemeinde Volketswil
8604 Volketswil
- Realization:
- 2006
- Effective area:
- 1'774 m²
- Volume:
- 9'429 m³ (SIA 416)
- Project Documentation:
- Dokumentation
- Project Description
“Also I saw the Kerberos, with biting teeth armed.
Fearfully it rolls its eyes, the pit of Hades guarding.
If dares to creep one of the dead ones past,
Then strike its teeth deep and painful Into the flesh of the escaper
And drags back under agonies Does the bad, the biting guard.”
That is how Greek hero Odysseus described the hellhound Kerberos, fearsome guardian of the underworld. And it is with just such fervour that the fire brigade watches over the five communities of Gutenswil, Hegnau, Kindhausen, Volketswil and Zimikon. Their names are immortalized on the concrete shell as formwork imprints documenting the ongoing public legacy of this durable building.
Like the mythological Kerberos, it shall do its duty without compromise.
Its situation and internal organization are optimal for rapid alarm response. Instead of the temporary structure on this site, the new building allows for future expansion to maintain such fast response.
The compactness of this building is thanks to its intermeshing of different functions. Covered terraces resulting from the difference between upper and lower floor areas can be used for various purposes including recreation.