WAA near completion of Europaallee 'Site D' adjacent to Zürich's Central Train Station
Construction is nearing completion on one of WAA's recent projects in Zürich: Europaallee 'Site D', an office and mix-used building located in the center of the city, parallel to its central train station. It is finished in prefabricated custom Carrera marble façade elements, combined with closed-cavity glazing with integrated aluminum curtains; the building will mostly be occupied by Google upon its completion. As with many new urban spaces within Zürich, ample seating and bike parking will be incorporated. Similar to allée of formal gardens; the district will be planted with copious amounts of greenery. Trees will border the main pedestrian path, thus creating a ‘small-scale’ urban garden in the resulting ‘urban canyon’ that this new district will shape. With the completion of this building–the last remaining plot in the development–Europaallee Zürich will be finalized in its entirety, after the corporation developing it was first formed, back in 1995...