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Secondary School Stettbach, Zürich
Dübendorfstrasse 158, Zürich
1964 - 1967
For
the
still young architects couple Esther
and Rudolf Guyer, the
secondary school Stettbach was an important building.
Firstly, it was
the first invited study
for their office,
which they were actually able to win, and secondly
they could deepen
their continued enthusiasm for Le Corbusier. In
particular, the
building relates to the recently completed monastery
of La Tourette.
The Stettbach Secondary School, located in the in
Zurich city district
Schwamendingen, is positioned on a site that slopes
upwards to the
south. It overcomes this drawback by having a
protective north tract
with two wings extending southwards. The access from
the heavy traffic
Dübendorfstrasse is made by vast stairs leading up to
a covered
passagway leading to the courtyard. The large lobby in
the north-east
corner of the court is illuminated by an impressive
skylight. The
exterior of the entire building is marked by the rough
concrete as
carrying construction. On the interior the spaces are
characterized by
exposed brickwork.