Tamedia Office Building, Zurich designed by Shigeru Ban Architects, The timber main structural system is in great extent the most significant innovation of the project. From a technical and environmental point of view, the proposed this timber structure is a unique response to this type of office building and the fact that the structural elements are entirely visible also gives a very special character and high-quality spatiality to the working atmosphere.
Photography: Didier Boy de la Tour
Besides the clear contribution to sustainability on the choice of timber as the main structural material (only renewable construction material and the lowest C02 producer in construction process) the global mechanical system has been designed to meet the highest standards in energy issues(The intermediate space other its ?thermal barrier? function is part of the public spaces that will be heated and cooled with the extraction air from the office area)
The project for the headquarters of the Swiss media company Tamedia is situated in the heart of the city of Zurich in a 1,000m2 site within a larger urban block where the main buildings of the group are currently located.
Photography: Didier Boy de la Tour
The site is positioned towards the east part of the block and has the particularity of developing through almost 50m of linear fac?ade facing the Sihl water canal.

The implantation of the new building basically responds to the footprint of the existing building to be demolished but th...