As general contractor, Blumer Lehmann planned and built a modern temporary school at the Hohlstrasse site of the Wiedikon cantonal school. The complex consists of two school buildings and a sports wing with two sports halls for roughly 650 pupils. An existing construction contract between the Canton of Zurich and Blumer Lehmann was used to implement the temporary school building – and meet the tight deadline.
The temporary school complex provides the necessary space for school and sports until the new building earmarked for the Zurich Wiedikon cantonal school on Hohlstrasse is ready for use. The sports hall – two individual halls with accompanying changing rooms and side rooms – were ready for use at the start of term in summer 2024 and is a regular venue for PE classes during the scheduled seven-year temporary phase. The sports halls and a section of the changing room area were erected as a prefabricated timber structure. The wet rooms and the installations room in the changing room wing consist of timber modules. The entire sports building meets the Minergie-Eco standard and satisfies accessibility and safety requirements. Thanks to the re-usability of the modules and elements, it is also economical and offers the client the greatest possible flexibility needed for other school locations in the canton of Zurich. This is made possible by the ability to re-order additional components and re-use existing components from now obsolete temporary structures in a different combination.
The temporary sports hall wing is connected to one of the two school buildings by two projecting roofs. An all-weather sports field and spacious green areas complement the outdoor space.
The architecture of the gymnasiums in timber element construction was designed by pool Architekten. The architecture, including the surroundings of the modular timber buildings for the school buildings, was planned and realised by in situ.
