CreaTower I Office High-rise

In the Tech Cluster Zug, the 40-metre office high-rise Crea Tower I will be built. Together with the sculpture Semiramis, it forms a harmonious ensemble and creates a new central square.

The ten-storey office building is accessed via an arcade facing the public square. The new building has an almost square column grid with a slightly off-centre two-part core. The bays along the façades contain the workplaces in various arrangements, the meeting rooms and the recessed, two-storey terraces. The four interior bays adjacent to the core offer space for exchange and informal meetings, with spiralling double-storey rooms and open flights of helical stairs. It is this central void, with horizontal and vertical views and varying headroom, which connects the floors into a continuous, inspiring work landscape. The sequence of these diverse spaces creates a generous atmosphere, but also with scale and intimacy for the users. The terraces feature intensive planting and are arranged in staggered pairs that spatially connect three storeys.

The load bearing construction with the vault-column structure above two basement levels is lighter and has fewer CO2 emissions than a conventional construction. Here, the vault-column structure makes a significant contribution to sustainability with less mass and fewer CO2 emissions when compared to usual concrete slabs.

«CreaTower I – RFS Decken» (PDF Downlaod)
Lecture by Philippe Block and Mike Guyer at «15. Schweizer Betonforum», 07.06.2023, ETH Zurich

Location Zug, Switzerland

Programme Office high-rise (40 m) with 450 - 480 workplaces,
foyer, meeting rooms, cafeteria,
ground floor with public areas: café/ bistro

Feasibility Study 2022, 1st Prize

Planning/Construction 2023–2027

Client Urban Assets Zug AG, Zug
User: VZ-Depotbank AG

Gross Floor Area 13‘272 m2 (competiton)

Team G/G Competition: Stefan Thommen, Carlo Magnaguagno, Dylan Kreuzer, Sophie Ballweg
Planning/Construction: Stefan Thommen (Team Manager), Daniela Schadegg (Project Manager), Ivana Beljan

Construction Management Büro für Bauökonomie AG, Lucerne

Total Contractor General Planning:
Gigon/Guyer and Büro für Bauökonomie AG, Lucerne

Landscape Architecture Bischoff Landschaftsarchitektur GmbH, Baden

Cost Planning/Scheduling Büro für Bauökonomie AG, Lucerne

Structural Engineer Walt Galmarini AG, Zurich
Vaulted Ceilings (RFS): Vaulted AG, Zurich

Electrical Engineer Jules Haefliger AG, Lucerne

Building Physics Engineer Lemon Consult AG, Basel/ Zurich

Fire Safety Jules Haefliger AG, Lucerne

MSR Jules Haefliger AG, Lucerne

Heating/Cooling 3-Plan Haustechnik AG, Winterthur

Ventilation Engineer 3-Plan Haustechnik AG, Winterthur

Acoustical Engineer Lemon Consult AG, Basel/ Zurich

Lighting Consultant Reflexion AG, Zurich

Plumbing 3-Plan Haustechnik AG, Winterthur

Sprinkler Consultant Josef Ottiger + Partner AG, Rothenburg

Facade Dr. Lüchinger+Meyer Bauingenieure AG, Zurich

Door Consultant Jules Haefliger AG, Lucerne

Traffic Engineer Schneiter Verkehrsplanung AG, Zurich

Sustainability Lemon Consult AG, Basel/ Zurich

Other Photovoltaic System
facade: Dr. Lüchinger+Meyer Bauingenieure AG, Zurich
roof: Jules Haefliger AG, Lucerne
Smoke Protection Pressure System (RDA): Enfors AG, Sempach

Model Modellbau Zaborowsky GmbH, Zurich

Visualization Ponnie Images, Aachen (Germany)