Wednesday, November 19, 2014, by Rachel B. Doyle

Photo by Simon Menges courtesy of EM2N Architects

When it opened in 1977, the Toni milk factory in Zurich, Switzerland was considered the most modern European facility of its kind. Just 22 years later, milk processing was discontinued there, and the highly complex production equipment was sold to a plant in Eastern Europe. For over a decade, the hangar-like space in Switzerland's largest city sat dormant, until EM2N Architects was hired to convert the million-square-foot factory into an ultra-modern new campus for a Swiss university. Now the cavernous building is used as an educational and cultural space; in addition to the university, there are film studios, a library, a concert hall, and a rooftop garden there.

"These spaces have been left purposefully raw," writes Uncube Magazine. Inside, the spiral ramps once used for the collection and delivery of dairy products have become staircases. The building retains its industrial feel, even though its vast spaces are now utilized for a number of divergent purposes, including a residential tower on the upper floors. "Our design proposed tackling this sizable projecta built structure almost the size of an entire neighborhood with a kind of inner urbanism," writes EM2N Architects. Photos, below:

Former Toni milk processing building 1976 via Uncube Magazine

Archival photograph courtesy of EM2N Architects

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Following our recent coverage on Vo Trong Nghia Architects' US$4,000 S House, the Vietnamese firm offers yet another impressive sustainable project that suits the particular local climate and needs. Located in the countrys ng Nai Province, the Farming Kindergarten sports a huge green roof, a water-recycling and irrigation system, and is cooled passively.

The Farming Kindergarten measures 3,800 sq m (40,902 sq ft), and was built to serve up to 500 of the children of low-income factory workers based at an adjacent shoe factory. The factory is owned by the Pou Chen Corporation, which makes footwear for Nike, Adidas, Puma, Reebok, and several other major footwear brands.

The two-story building's overall form is dominated by a triple-ring green roof that encloses three secure ground-level playgrounds. The green roof also serves as a playground (don't worry, there are large fences), and sports a 200 sq m (2,152 sq ft) vegetable garden used to teach the kids to grow their own greens.

The kindergarten's interior is kept cool with cross ventilation via ample operable windows and concrete louvers, in addition to the insulating effect of the large green roof. This combination is presumably effective as the building sports no air-conditioning despite the tropical climate. Waste water from the nearby factory is also recycled and routed for irrigation and use in the toilets, and a solar hot water heater produces warm water.

The Farming Kindergarten was constructed in 2013 at a cost of $500 per square meter, including all finishes and equipment, which Vo Trong Nghia Architects says is relatively cheap for such a building in Vietnam.

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Architects, builders and consulting civil engineers cleaned the city bus stand at Gandhipuram here on Sunday, as part of the Clean India Campaign.

V. Unnikrishnan, convener for the initiative here, said about 120 architects, builders and engineers were supported by nearly 50 volunteers of Round Table 31.

Staff from Coimbatore Corporation and local shop keepers joined the organisers in the cleaning drive.

The cleaning went on for about four hours on Sunday morning. We plan to organise similar cleaning drive once a month at a select public place, he said. Some of the commuters also joined us, he added.

The programme was organised by the local chapters of the Builders Association of India, Indian Institute of Architects and Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India) and the Round Table.

We were inspired the campaign launched by the Prime Minister and wanted to do something similar in Coimbatore, he said.

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