Data Center
Switzerland
A new teaching laboratory is to be built in a listed building at ETH Zurich. In addition to laboratory space for 20 students, a preparation room with measuring equipment and computer workstations is required.
challenges
How can state-of-the-art laboratory workstations be integrated into a listed building?
Limited space in the listed building required intelligent planning based on the façade structure. In order to supply the eight laboratory chapels with the required air capacity, the supply and exhaust air ducts had to be adapted. To do this, the brickwork was opened up over four storeys. As the offices were to remain in use, extensive dust protection measures were required during the conversion.
SOLUTIONS
Minimum intervention, maximum benefit: Reducing the air flow by a quarter makes smaller duct cross-sections possible and saves energy.
The use of laboratory chapels with support jet technology was able to reduce the air volume flow by 25%. This made it possible to achieve smaller duct cross-sections and reduce energy requirements. The existing riser zone could be left in its original size. This allowed us to avoid structurally complex ceiling breakthroughs over 4 storeys. We used polypropylene in the supply air duct of the riser zone. This made it possible to weld the ventilation ducts in sections from the laboratory floor and pull them up over all floors.
Our engineers have decades of experience in the realization of state-of-the-art critical infrastructures.
As general planners, we bear overall responsibility for complex construction projects - from technical planning to execution. We coordinate all trades and ensure quality, deadlines and costs.
The current climate policy offers us new prospects for increasing energy efficiency and expanding renewable energies. This is only possible with a holistic approach in which we integrate the needs of owners, users and the environment.
As a partner in laboratory planning, we take responsibility - from the initial idea to the functioning laboratory operation. Our goal: solutions that are convincing in everyday life and last in the long term.
