Site of Consideration

Along the tracks, two urban intentions collide: from the main station, the language of the Europaallee pushes out of the city culminating in the newly built PJZ (police and justice centre). In contrast, the production strip from Altstetten station reaches into the city, starting with the Werkstadt Zürich, across the Hardfeld, all the way to the Güterbahnhof. What remains is a massive gap – 23’000 m2. Could the strip be woven even further?


ideological perimeter facade of the Police and Justice Centre (PJZ) Zürich 1903 [Zurich 1903], 1903 (Baugeschichtliches Archiv Stadt Zürich).


landscapes

types of open spaces encountered



Güterbahnhof (Hanspeter Dudli, 2012: Baugeschichtliches Archiv Stadt Zürich) Site of Consideration view from the groundfloor of the Schaulager onto the commons development of open spaces view to the depot from the Hardbrücke Güterbahnhof 2012 (Hanspeter Dudli: Baugeschichtliches Archiv StadtnZürich)