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Why is there such a high concentration of high-rise buildings in the New York borough of Manhattan? Because the demand for living space was much higher than the limited space allowed on Manhattan Island. There was no choice but to build upwards.
Switzerland is still far from comparable conditions. However, in this country too, things are getting “intensified” and moving upwards. This is increasingly the case not only for representative office towers, but also for residential buildings, which are “concrete gold” for investors given the tense housing market.
Currently the best-known example is the Zurich suburb of Dübendorf; with the opening of the Three Points project here, four of the five tallest residential towers in Switzerland will soon stand up; This gave it the nickname “Dubai”.
The current ranking of the tallest Swiss houses is as follows:
Tallest buildings (non-residential)
- Roche Tower 2, Basel: 205 meters
- Roche Tower 1, Basel: 178 meters
- Prime Tower, Zurich: 126 meters
- Messeturm, Basel: 105 meters
- Sulzer building, Winterthur ZH: 100 meters
Tallest residential buildings
- Three Points E, Dübendorf ZH: 113 meters*
- Three Points C, Dübendorf ZH: 111 meters*
- Three Points D, Dübendorf ZH: 103 meters*
- Bäretower, Ostermundigen BE: 101 meters
- Jabee Tower, Dübendorf ZH: 100 meters
*Opening 2024
Many new high-rise buildings are being built
In fact, there have been tall and large settlements in Switzerland for a long time. Built in 1968 in Vernier GE, the Cité du Lignon residential complex spans 15 floors and is 91 meters high and 980 meters long. Originally designed for 10,000 residents, the project currently has fewer than 6,000 tenants living in approximately 2,800 apartments. It is the tallest skyscraper in Europe.
There are other old ones like this. For example, Aarau’s Telli district, built in 1972, has four “dams” up to 50 meters high and is home to more than 2,500 people. Or the Hardau settlement in West Zurich, with its four brown residential towers, completed in 1978 and containing a total of 800 apartments. The tallest tower is 95 meters high.
After the brief high-rise boom of the 1970s, nothing happened for a long time. Only in the last five to ten years has a new high-rise building boom begun.
A large number of new high-rise buildings are currently being built in various cities in Switzerland. With the 100-meter-high Rocket, a wooden high-rise building will be built in Winterthur ZH by 2026, which will be the tallest building in the world. Three towers with 220 apartments are planned in the Holligen district of Bern; The tallest tower will be 110 meters higher than Bern Cathedral. In Kriens LU, the public recently approved the construction of the 110-meter-high Pilatus Tower. Roche has suspended plans for a third 221 meter high tower in Basel but is planning a 72 meter high building. Two high-rise buildings, each 137 meters high, will be built in the Hardturm district of Zurich, and even a 250-meter high building is not out of the question.
Little Switzerland – also architecturally
But not all of these buildings are by any means the largest structure in Switzerland. This place is occupied by the 285 meter high Grande Dixence dam in Hérémence VS.
But in international comparison these are all Pipifax. The world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), is more than four times the height of Roche Tower 2 at 830 meters. Architects are now talking about buildings exceeding two kilometers in height!
The world’s tallest continuous building, Terminal 3 at Beijing International Airport (China), is over 2,900 meters tall; this is three times the size of the Cité du Lignon near Geneva.
The world’s tallest dam, the Nurek dam in Tajikistan, is only slightly larger than Grande Dixence, at 300 meters high. The 335-meter high dam in Tajikistan is planned to be completed in 2028.
Source :Blick
I’m Tim David and I work as an author for 24 Instant News, covering the Market section. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, my mission is to provide accurate, timely and insightful news coverage that helps our readers stay informed about the latest trends in the market. My writing style is focused on making complex economic topics easy to understand for everyone.
