When in Zurich in June I was able to get around the city a fair amount even though I was there for work. Some of the places are highlighted in a post at World-Architects, but here I wanted to delve into one of the most impressive places I visited: Kantonsschule Freudenberg in the city's Enge district. Here is an aerial from Google Maps, which does a good job of illustrating how the school, designed by Jacques Schader and completed in 1960, is a fairly large rectilinear concrete plinth with some smaller components projecting above and adjacent to it.
Key:
1-Kantonsschule Freudenberg
2-Kantonsschule Enge
3-Gymnasium
4-Auditorium
5-Natural Sciences
6-Plaza
7-Tram Stop

My approach to the school was from the tram stop to the southeast (7), via some paths and stairs up the hill. At the southeast corner of the school, the building is simultaneously built into and propped above the landscape.

The next installment of "What I Did on My Summer Vacation" will present one of the buildings I visited in Missouri earlier this month.

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