Riedenhalden School, Zurich
Architecture and Engineering Award for Earthquake-Resistant Construction 2010
Built between 1957 and 1959, the Riedenhalden school complex is listed as a protected property in the heritage conservation inventory. The defining and unifying element of the complex is the repeating brick-and-concrete façade. In combining the materials concrete and masonry, certain building-physics processes were not sufficiently taken into account, thereby promoting damage mechanisms which, after 50 years of exposure, resulted in a considerable need for refurbishment.
Built between 1957 and 1959, the Riedenhalden school complex is listed as a protected property in the heritage conservation inventory. The defining and unifying element of the complex is the repeating brick-and-concrete façade. In combining the materials concrete and masonry, certain building-physics processes were not sufficiently taken into account, thereby promoting damage mechanisms which, after 50 years of exposure, resulted in a considerable need for refurbishment.
Refurbishment of Riedenhalden School, Zurich
1st prize in competition
As part of the refurbishment works carried out in 2007, the brick-and-concrete façades were renovated, the five-storey secondary school building was strengthened for seismic action, and the school complex was adapted to modern requirements.
The seismic strengthening was awarded the 2010 Architecture and Engineering Award for Earthquake-Resistant Construction by the Foundation for Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering.