print header image

Project Category: Studies/Competitions

Estate Center and Warehouse for Bottles

Location Boca, Italy

Programme Estate center winery Le Piane and warehouse for bottles in Boca, Italy

Feasibility Study 2018

Client Le Piane srl, Boca (Italy), Christoph Künzli

Team GG Annette Gigon, Damien Andenmatten

Visualization Gigon Guyer

Ground Floor BOCA
Ground Floor BOCA
1st Floor LE PIANE
1st Floor LE PIANE
Section Warehouse for Bottles
Section Warehouse for Bottles
Section Estate Center
Section Estate Center
Longitudinal Section
Longitudinal Section

Housing Estate Luegisland

Location Gutenswil, District Volketswil

Programme Housing estate consisting of two to four-storey residential buildings with in total 198 2.5 – 4.5 room-apartments

Competition August – September 2024

Gross Floor Area 32'170 m2

Competition Organzier ALSA Pensionskasse, Rapperswil

Team GG Annette Gigon, Stefan Thommen (Team Manager), Michèle Favre, Cléa Peretti, Marie Krudl (I)

Landscape Architecture Antón Landschaft GmbH, Zurich

Structural Engineer WaltGalmarini AG, Zurich

Visualization Indievisual AG, Zurich

Photos Model: Modellbau Zaborowsky GmbH, Zurich

New Building for Music School, Associations and Leisure Center

Location Papieri-Areal, Cham

Competition April – June 2024 (open competition)

Competition Organzier Einwohnergemeinde Cham
represented by Abteilung Planung und Hochbau, Cham

Team GG Annette Gigon, Michèle Favre, Pauline Golüke, Stefan Thommen

Landscape Architecture Bischoff Landschaftsarchitektur GmbH, Baden

Cost Planning/Scheduling Ghisleni Partner AG, Zurich

Structural Engineer WaltGalmarini AG, Zurich

Electrical Engineer EBP Schweiz AG, Zurich

Building Services Engineer EBP Schweiz AG, Zurich

Acoustical Engineer BAKUS Bauphysik und Akustik AG, Zurich

Model Modellbau Zaborowsky GmbH, Zurich

Visualization Zuend, Zurich

Extension and Refurbishment of the Office Building Regionalwerke Baden

Location Baden

Programme Listed office building (built in 1934 by the architects Robert Lang and Hans Löpfe; refurbished in 1988 by the architects Herrmann Eppler, Luca Maraini with Manuel Schoop).
Extension of three office storeys above the existing building with a new access core and entrance.
Refurbishment of the listed office building.
Extension of the underground parking garage.
Photovoltaic system on the roof.

Competition Planerwahlverfahren: June – August 2024, 1st Prize

Gross Floor Area 1'347 m2 (Addition)

Competition Organzier Regionalwerke AG Baden

Team GG Annette Gigon, Michèle Favre, Stefan Thommen

General Planning GP Ghisleni Partner AG and Gigon/Guyer Architects

Structural Engineer WaltGarlmarini AG, Zurich

Building Services Engineer Waldhauser + Hermann AG, Münchenstein

Building Physics Engineer Bakus Bauphysik und Akustik AG, Zurich

Visualization Zuend, Zurich

New Building Kantonsschule Zimmerberg

Location Au ZH, Wädenswil

Programme The new construction for 1200 pupils is an ensemble of three differently proportioned buildings:
a multifunctional, semi-public building with a canteen, assembly hall, gymnasium and sports ground on the roof,
a five-storey building for general teaching
and a four-storey building for specialised classes.
An open structure serves as a connecting element between the three main entrances.
The concept allows for different urban compositions and is considered a pilot project for future cantonal school buildings.

Competition March– June 2024

Gross Floor Area 25‘105 m2

Competition Organzier Hochbauamt Kanton Zürich

Team GG Mike Guyer, Stefan Thommen, Carlo Magnaguagno, Elena Hofbeck, Celia Diederichsen (I)

Construction Management Drees & Sommer Schweiz AG, Zurich

General Planning FHZGR Gigon Guyer Partner Architekten AG and Drees & Sommer Schweiz AG

Landscape Architecture Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten AG, Zurich

Cost Planning/Scheduling Drees & Sommer Schweiz AG, Zurich

Structural Engineer WaltGalmarini AG, Zurich

Building Services Engineer Waldhauser + Hermann AG, Münchenstein

Building Physics Engineer Gartenmann Engineering AG, Zurich

Fire Safety Gartenmann Engineering AG, Zurich

Acoustical Engineer Waldhauser + Hermann AG, Münchenstein

Plumbing Waldhauser + Hermann AG, Münchenstein

Visualization Studio Blomen, Meilen

Photos Model: Modellbau Zaborowsky GmbH, Zurich

Zukunft Kunstmuseum Bern

Programme Exhibition spaces in the existing and new building, studio spaces, cultural property protection rooms, gastronomy, offices

Competition January – April 2023

Gross Floor Area 8'700 m2

Competition Organzier Stiftung Kunstmuseum Bern

Team GG Annette Gigon, Stefan Thommen, Michèle Favre, Dylan Kreuzer, Florian Meissner (I)

Landscape Architecture Lorenz Eugster Landschaftsarchitektur und Städtebau GmbH, Zurich

Structural Engineer WaltGalmarini AG, Zurich

Building Services Engineer 3-Plan Haustechnik AG, Winterthur

Visualization Gigon/Guyer

Photos Model: Modellbau Zaborowsky GmbH, Zurich

Ground floor and 3rd floor
Ground floor and 3rd floor

Housing Development «Am Glockenacker»

Location Zurich-Witikon

Programme Replacement for 19 existing buildings.
Housing development of 170 apartments (2.5 – 5.5-room apartments), day care center and underground parking.

Feasibility Study October 2019 – January 2020

Gross Floor Area 29‘261 m2

Competition Organzier ERSIAN AG, Zurich

Team GG Annette Gigon, Stefan Thommen (Team Manager), Ivana Beljan, Dario Caccialupi, Irma Radoncic (I)

Landscape Architecture Bischoff Landschaftsarchitektur GmbH, Baden

Structural Engineer WaltGalmarini AG, Zurich

Building Physics Engineer Kuster + Partner AG, Chur

Fire Safety Makiol Wiederkehr AG, Beinwil am See

Heating/Cooling 3-Plan Haustechnik AG, Winterthur

Ventilation Engineer 3-Plan Haustechnik AG, Winterthur

Visualization Gigon/Guyer

Photos Model: Modellbau Zaborowsky GmbH, Zurich

Office Building Regensbergbrücke

Location Zurich-Oerlikon

Competition December 2023 – May 2024

Gross Floor Area 8‘387 m2

Competition Organzier SBB Immobilien AG

Team GG Annette Gigon, Stefan Thommen, Michèle Favre, Pauline Golüke

Landscape Architecture Bischoff Landschaftsarchitektur GmbH, Baden

Structural Engineer WaltGalmarini AG, Zurich

Electrical Engineer HKG Engineering AG, Schlieren

Building Services Engineer 3-Plan AG, Winterthur

MSRL 3-Plan AG, Winterthur

Heating/Cooling 3-Plan AG, Winterthur

Visualization Zuend, Zurich

Extension Staudenbühl School Complex

Location Zurich-Seebach

Programme Extension and refurbishment of the listed school complex (built in the 1960s by architect Rolf Keller).
Addition of further outdoor play areas.
New buildings:
Kindergarten building for 3 kindergartens.
School building with classrooms for 9 primary and 19 secondary school classes, specialist rooms, library, rooms for school staff, multi-purpose room and canteen.
Triple gymnasium.
Photovoltaics on the roof and integrated into the façade.

Competition October – December 2023

Gross Floor Area 17‘585 m2

Competition Organzier Stadt Zürich

Team GG Annette Gigon, Carlo Magnaguagno, Dylan Kreuzer, Stefan Thommen, Monique Cruz Lopez (I), Till Nüesch (I)

Construction Management Drees & Sommer Schweiz AG, Zurich

Landscape Architecture Antón Landschaft GmbH, Zurich

Structural Engineer Basler & Hofmann AG, Zurich

Building Services Engineer 3-Plan AG, Winterthur

Fire Safety Gruner AG, Zurich

Sustainability Drees & Sommer Schweiz AG, Zurich

Visualization Indievisual AG, Zurich

Photos Model: Modellbau Zaborowsky GmbH, Zurich

Terraced Houses Zollikon

Location Zollikon

Programme Four three-storey terraced houses with garden areas for rent,
basement with naturally lighted studios,
carports with four parking spaces

Feasibility Study November 2023 – February 2024

Gross Floor Area 920 m2

Competition Organzier Private

Team GG Mike Guyer, Stefan Thommen, Emil Röck (I)

Construction Management Bauseits Partner AG, Zurich

Landscape Architecture Bischoff Landschaftsarchitektur GmbH, Baden

Cost Planning/Scheduling Bauseits Partner AG, Zurich

Structural Engineer WaltGalmarini AG, Zurich

Visualization ZUEND, Zurich