Red Tower (Winterthur)

Red Tower
Red Tower
Roter Turm (German)
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	Winterthur, Switzerland
Address	17 Theaterstrasse, Winterthur, Switzerland
Coordinates	47°30′14″N 8°43′39″E / 47.50382°N 8.72739°E
Construction started	1998
Completed	1999
Owner	Winterthur Group; Swiss Prime Site
Height
Roof	90 m (300 ft)
Technical details
Structural system	Reinforced concrete
Floor count	25
Floor area	9,000 m2 (96,900 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	Otis Elevator Company
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Burkard Meyer Architekten
Developer	Wincasa
Main contractor	Swisscom
Website
	Roter Turm

The Red Tower (German: Roter Turm) also known as the Swisscom Tower is a high-rise office building in Winterthur, Switzerland. Built between 1998 and 1999, the tower stands at 90 m (300 ft) tall with 25 floors and is the current 16th tallest building in Switzerland.^[2]

History

Concept

The Wincasa company intends to continue rejuvenating the location known as "Turm Areal Winterthur". The renovation of the space is a collaborative effort between Wincasa and Swiss Prime Site Immobilien AG, who owns the building. The first step was to standardize the signage to make the area's identity more prominent.^[3]

To enhance the visibility of the area's identity, a new uniform signage visitor guidance system will be implemented starting in November 2019. This will be completely set up by the spring of 2020. The SV Group manages the food service at ZHAW and it is available to other tenants and the public. Another advancement in enhancing the region is the introduction of greenery in the central courtyard. The entire construction project will be finished by spring 2021. Since the completion of the Red Tower in late 1999, the requirements of the residents and the community have evolved.^[4]

Architecture

The tower was designed by Baden based Burkard Meyer Architekten studio and is located in Winterthur. It is part of a multi-building complex consisting of lower-rising volumes forming small quartals put together. These shorter buildings share the same funcionality of office spaces with the Red Tower. A restaurant operated the top levels of the building until late 2015 when it was closed down.^[5]

The building's materiality ballance alternate in the favour of the facade decorative brickstone, keeping the curtain wall glazing made of insulated glass panels at a more reduced proportion.^[6] All of the tower's facades have been renovated as the works consisted of the external glazing being statically reinforced with a total of 210 fixed pieces, 3400 movable vertical slats and 1650 movable horizontal slats.^[7]

The tower houses office spaces which can vary in terms of gross usable areas between 200 and 500 m² (5,380 sq ft).^[8]

References

^ "Swisscom Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
^ "Red Tower Theaterstrasse 17". winterthur-glossar.ch (in German). Winterturh Glossar. February 24, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
^ "The new Turm Areal Winterthur". turmareal.ch (in German). Turm Areal. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
^ "From the Red Tower to the «Turm Areal Winterthur»". wincasa.ch (in German). Wincasa. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
^ Zander, Corsin (October 16, 2015). "The nebulous closure of the Roter Turm restaurant". nzz.ch (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
^ "PROJEKT-NR. P60727 Roter Turm, Winterthur" (PDF). geilinger.ch (in German). Geiliger. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
^ "Renovation of the glass facade of the Red Tower". geilinger.ch (in German). Geiliger. March 4, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
^ "Roter Turm building control system High up in Winterthur". frontwork.ch (in German). Frontwork Signaletik. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

External links

[1] "Swisscom Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

[2] "Red Tower Theaterstrasse 17". winterthur-glossar.ch (in German). Winterturh Glossar. February 24, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[3] "The new Turm Areal Winterthur". turmareal.ch (in German). Turm Areal. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[4] "From the Red Tower to the «Turm Areal Winterthur»". wincasa.ch (in German). Wincasa. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[5] Zander, Corsin (October 16, 2015). "The nebulous closure of the Roter Turm restaurant". nzz.ch (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[6] "PROJEKT-NR. P60727 Roter Turm, Winterthur" (PDF). geilinger.ch (in German). Geiliger. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[7] "Renovation of the glass facade of the Red Tower". geilinger.ch (in German). Geiliger. March 4, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[8] "Roter Turm building control system High up in Winterthur". frontwork.ch (in German). Frontwork Signaletik. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

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