
Smart architecture creates added value
Modern forms of work and ecological sustainability
The new building on the ETH Hönggerberg campus is intended to combine all student initiatives and activities under one roof. In open offices, multi-purpose rooms, workshops and meeting areas, the young talents will exchange ideas across disciplines and organizations, fuel each other with ideas and find new collaborations. Entrepreneurial activity and craftsmanship are given space as well as student creativity and sociability. The diverse interactions contribute to the fact that the new building becomes an inspiring and pulsating ecosystem in which the young talents can gain irreplaceable experience and take their first steps towards entrepreneurship.
- The architecture enables flexible use of space and promotes exchange
- Energy concept and photovoltaic system
- Regional wood and rammed earth serve the sustainable use of building materials
- Green roof terrace and outside space create a natural balance



Facts & Figures
New “EQUILIBRES” building with 9,100 m2 of usable space by ARGE Buchner Bründler Planer AG / Rapp Architekten AG
- Various user groups:
- Student associations VSETH and SOSETH
- Student Project House
- Competition teams
- Entrepreneurial student groups ETH Juniors and ETH Entrepreneur Club
- ieLab and ETH Pioneer Fellows
- ETH spin-offs
- Meeting place and lighthouse
- Investment volume CHF 58 million
- Start of construction 2024 / commissioning 2027
- Third-party funding required CHF 20 million
- Start of construction only with secured financing
- Project management ETH Real Estate:
www.ethz.ch/hic
Visualisations: ARGE Buchner Bründler Planer AG / Rapp Architekten AG
