Milestones of development
Since 2015, ETH Zurich has been working with the city and canton of Zurich on revising the legal planning basis for the development of the H?nggerberg campus. This culminated in the city’s special building regulations that came into force on 31 January 2022.
History of the H?nggerberg campus
Milestones in the development of the H?nggerberg campus.
The development of the H?nggerberg campus
1964: The nuclear physics building (HIK) is built on the first construction site. (Photograph: ETH Library / Comet Photo AG)
1967: The Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Systems (HIK), the technical physics building and the industrial research department (HPT) take shape. (Photograph: ETH Library / Jules Vogt)
1972: The molecular biology building (HIM), the Energy Science Center (HEZ), and what was then the Institute for Construction Engineering and Management were added in the second phase of construction. (Photograph: ETH Library / Bj?rn Eric Lindroos)
1973: The former ETH Zurich outpost at H?nggerberg, including the physics buildings, the Energy Science Center (HEZ), the Institute for Construction Engineering and Management (HIL), the Research Building (HIF) and the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics (HIM/HPM). (Photograph: ETH Library / Comet Photo AG).
1988: The H?nggerberg campus with the H?ngg neighbourhood in the background. (Photograph: ETH Library / Dieter Enz).
1997: The Fünffinger Dock (HCI) is built to house the former Department of Chemistry and Materials during the third phase of construction. The Affoltern neighbourhood is visible in the background. (Photograph: ETH Library / Dieter Enz)
2005: The Science City master plan lays the foundation for the further development of the H?nggerberg site into a campus with a city neighbourhood feel. (Photograph: ETH Zürich / KCAP International)
2017: The H?nggerberg campus has grown and now includes a sports centre, the Molecular Health Sciences Platform, the House of Natural Resources, the Arch_Tech_Lab, the Bellavista restaurant, and two student residences. (Photograph: ETH Zurich / Alessandro Della Bella)
2017: The H?nggerberg campus with the two student residences (HWO, HWW), the Fünffinger Dock (HCI), and the office and HCP seminar building in the foreground. (Photograph: ETH Zurich / Alessandro Della Bella)
2040: Visualisation of how the H?nggerberg campus might look in the future. The aim is to expand internally using infill development and leave the surrounding landscape mostly untouched. (Visualisation: EM2N /ETH Zurich)
History-related links (in German)
- 英皇娱乐entwicklung auf dem H?nggerberg findet Zusatimmung (Intern aktuell, 02.10.2020)
- external page Weiterentwicklung des ETH 英皇娱乐 H?nggerberg (Medienmitteilung Stadt Zürich, 30.05.2018)
- external page Verdichten statt ausweiten (H?ngger 11.04.2018)
- external page Als die ETH nach H?ngg kam (H?ngger, 14.03.2018)
- external page Ein neues Stadtquartier entsteht (H?ngger, 28.03.2018)
- external page Swiss College: Wohnen und studieren auf dem ETH 英皇娱乐 (YouTube, 07.02.2018, Maturaarbeit von Renier van Breda & Taulant Bixhaku)
- ETH kann am H?nggerberg verdichten. (Medienmitteilung, 14.12.2016)
- ETH Zürich baut 英皇娱乐 H?nggerberg aus. (ETH Life online, 06.02.2013)
- Ehre für lebendige Science City. (ETH Life Online, 30.04.2010)
- Ein Stadtquartier für Denkkultur ?Science City? - eine Vision. (ETH Life, 13.11.2003)
- Geschichte der Bautetappen des H?nggerberg seit 1959. (ETHistory, Geschichte der ETH Zürich 1855 bis 2005)