Europaallee ‘Site D’ Zürich, Google Switzerland, Swiss Office Building Design, Architect
Europaallee ‘Site D’, Zürich
Office and Retail Building Development in Switzerland – design by Wiel Arets Architects, Netherlands
13 Aug 2019
Europaallee ‘Site D’ Construction
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Design: Wiel Arets Architects – WAA
Wiel Arets Architects (WAA) progress construction on Europaallee ?Site D? in Zürich, Switzerland
Europaallee ?Site D? is a new office and retail building adjacent to Zürich?s central station whose main tenant will be Google, and whose closed cavity façade system is bound by Carrara marble, complimenting the matte-brass finishings.

Photos © Jan Bitter This new mixed-use office and retail building is an integral component of Zürich’s ?Europaallee?, a currently emerging district adjacent to the city’s central train station. The building is currently known as ?Site D? due to the numbers of buildings in the central Europaallee district; eight in total, each assigned a letter, ?A’ through ‘H?. A plinth of retail programming anchors the building to its site, while its upper volumes consist of flexible office spaces that, due to their shallow depth and efficient façade grid, can be occupied by several individual companies or a larger singular tenant.

These dual programs posed the challenge of creating two lighting and spatial requirements within this prominently sited buildi...