Belvedere Zollikon

Basic data

Place:

Zollikon

Canton:

Zurich

Country:

Switzerland

Altitude :

568 m

Coordinates: 47 ° 20 '46.5 " N , 8 ° 35' 21.5" E ; CH1903: 686,949 / two hundred and forty-four thousand five hundred and sixty-nine

Use:

Observation tower

Accessibility:

Observation tower open to the public

Tower data

Construction time :

2013

Construction costs :	220,000 CHF
Client :	Tom Emerson
Architect :	Architecture students at the ETH Zurich
Building material :	Oak wood

Total height :

8 m

Viewing platform:

7.5 m

Position map

Belvedere Zollikon

The Belvedere Zollikon is a wooden platform in the municipality of Zollikon in the canton of Zurich .

Emergence

The artificial structure was designed and built in the summer of 2013 by architecture students at ETH Zurich under the direction of Tom Emerson and his assistants. The Belvedere Zollikon was made possible by the Zolliker Kunstfreunde Association.

The stairs and their oak supports have practically no metal parts; the components of the construction are mortised , covered with leaves or connected with wooden nails.

fire

On August 1, 2019, the viewing platform burned for reasons that are still unknown. For security reasons, access to the stairs was blocked by the Zolliker Kunstfreunde association until the damage could be repaired.

situation

43 steps lead to the viewing platform at a height of eight meters. This offers a view of the city of Zurich and Lake Zurich .

stairway
Viewing platform

and display information about the image

360 ° panorama from the Belvedere Zollikon