Patrick Gmür

Patrick Gmür (2016)

Patrick Gmür (* 1961 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss architect and urban planner .

Life

After studying architecture at the ETH Zurich, Patrick Gmür ran his own architectural office in Zurich from 1989 to 2009 , until 1998 together with Regula Lüscher . He won numerous architecture competitions and made a name for himself in particular with residential and school buildings at home and abroad. His most important works in Zurich include the James and Paul-Clairmont-Strasse residential complexes, the “Hard Turm Park” skyscraper and the renovation and expansion of the Scherr schoolhouse ( see works ). In the area of ​​residential construction and especially the floor plans, he made significant contributions to the specialist discussion in Zurich.

From September 1, 2009 to September 30, 2016, Gmür was Director of the City of Zurich Office for Urban Development. In this function, he was responsible for the content of the development and implementation of the regional spatial planning concept (ROK), the overall revision of the regional structure plan, the partial revision of the building and zoning regulations (BZO) and currently the creation of the municipal structure plan.

In addition to working on these planning instruments, Gmür was responsible for the urban, urban planning and architectural support for various urban areas and areas. Wherever possible, cooperative processes were used, mostly in the form of workshops with the involvement of the neighborhood population, study assignments or competitions. He was also responsible for monument preservation and archeology as important parts of strategic urban planning.

The cornerstones of his planning and development work were the four relevant urban planning dimensions of sustainability: “economic performance”, “economical use of resources”, “ social participation ” and “architectural heritage” as well as high -quality internal densification.

Since October 2016, Patrick Gmür has been co-owner of the architecture firm Gmür & Geschwentner AG, which he originally founded. In November 2016 he was also elected chairman of the Stuttgart urban planning advisory board.

Patrick Gmür also judges competitions, for example for the new Hardturm stadium in Zurich or for the development of the SRF Zurich Leutschenbach location, and gives lectures on architectural and urban planning topics at home and abroad.

Works (selection)

• 1996–1999: Expansion of the Ahorn school building, Zurich
• 1997–2003: Conversion, renovation and expansion of the Scherr school building, Zurich
• 2000–2006: Paul-Clairmont-Strasse residential development, Zurich
• 2001–2008: James residential development, Zurich
• 2004–2009: Imbisbühlstrasse residential development, Zurich
• 2005–2008: Three-family house Hirschi, Adligenswil
• 2007–2008: House with bridge, three-family house Steinhofweg, Kriens
• 2007–2014: “Hard Turm Park” high-rise, Zurich

Awards

• 2002: Award for good buildings in the city of Zurich , for the renovation of the office building at Susenbergstrasse, Zurich
• 2002: Award for good buildings in the city of Zurich, for extension and renovation of the Ahorn school building, Zurich
• 2003: Award for good buildings in the canton of Zurich, for the extension and renovation of the Scherr school building, Zurich
• 2006: Award for good buildings in the canton of Zurich, for Paul Clairmont-Strasse residential development, Zurich
• 2009: Architecture Prize Concrete, Award for Paul-Clairmont-Strasse residential development, Zurich

Teaching

• 1998: Lecturer at the ETH Zurich
• 1998–2008: Professor of Design and Construction at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
• 2005–2008: Head of the Institute for Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
• 2017: Visiting professor at the Urban Development Institute at the Vienna University of Technology
• 2017: Workshop as part of the MAS Collective Housing, ETH Zurich and Politecnica Madrid
• 2019: Visiting Professor (Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Professor) at the Sam Fox School of the College of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis (MO, USA)

literature

• Patrick Gmür: A children's town, extension of the Scherr school complex . Quart Verlag, Luzern 2003, ISBN 978-3-907631-49-2 .
• Philipp Esch: Color full bold, extension of the Scherr school building, Zurich, by Patrick Gmür Architects . In: Werk, Bauen und Wohnen . No. 11 , 2003, p. 4-11 .
• Daniel Kurz: Extension of the Scherr neighborhood school . In: City of Zurich (Hrsg.): School building - The state of things . Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2004, ISBN 978-3-7643-7092-3 , p. 112-115 .
• Benedikt Loderer: Guaranteed floor plan . In: raised ground floor . No. 8 , 2006, p. 15-21 .
• Christiane Gabler: Wohnboxes - Patrick Gmür and Jakob Steib: Cooperative housing construction on Paul-Clairmont-Strasse . In: Archithese . No. 5 , 2006, p. 24-29 .
• Kaye Geipel: What is urban living? Mixed residential development "James" on the former LU-WA site in Zurich . In: Bauwelt . No. 6 , 2008, p. 14-23 .
• Adam Hubertus (Ed.): Where is home, mom? Patrick Gmür Architects 1990–2009 . Niggli Verlag, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7212-0709-5 .
• Corinne Gasal (Ed.): Patrick Gmür. Architecture and urban planning as the soundtrack of our lives. Essays, lectures, quotations, 2009–2016. ISBN 978-3-250-57263-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Patrick Gmür is the new director of the City of Zurich Office for Urban Development. Retrieved September 18, 2015 . 
2. ↑ After seven successful years, Patrick Gmür is leaving the city administration. Retrieved September 30, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Cantonal structure plan. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Complete revision of the regional structure plan for the city of Zurich. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Partial revision of the building and zoning regulations (BZO). Retrieved September 18, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Municipal structure plan. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ development areas. Retrieved September 18, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Cooperative development planning - test planning process. Retrieved September 18, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Sustainability in urban development. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 5, 2015 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Patrick Gmür, Office for Urban Development Zurich, on the internal densification of Switzerland. (Video) Retrieved September 18, 2015 . 
11. ^ Urban planning advisory board of the state capital Stuttgart Communication from the state capital Stuttgart
12. ^ New construction of the Hardturm area: Zurich stadium. (PDF) Retrieved September 18, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Study contract for site development in Leutschenbach completed. Retrieved September 18, 2015 . 
14. ^ Expansion of the Ahorn school building, Zurich. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 25, 2016 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ↑ Conversion, renovation and expansion of the Scherr school building, Zurich. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 25, 2016 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
16. ↑ Paul-Clairmont-Strasse residential development, Zurich. Retrieved September 18, 2015 . 
17. ↑ James residential development, Zurich. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 24, 2016 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ↑ Imbisbühlstrasse residential development, Zurich. Retrieved September 18, 2015 . 
19. ^ Three-family house Hirschi, Adligenswil. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 25, 2016 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
20. ^ House with bridge, three-family house Steinhofweg, Kriens. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 25, 2016 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
21. ^ High-rise Hard Turm Park, Zurich. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 13, 2015 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
22. ↑ Good Building Award from the City of Zurich. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
23. ↑ Good Building Award from the City of Zurich. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
24. ^ Award of good buildings in the canton of Zurich 2003. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on 23 August 2015 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
25. ^ Award of good buildings in the canton of Zurich 2003. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on 23 September 2015 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
26. ^ Architecture Prize Concrete 09. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved September 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
27. ↑ Patrick Gmür | Department of Urban Development. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 1, 2017 ; accessed on May 5, 2017 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
28. ↑ Professors. Retrieved November 21, 2017 (Spanish). 
29. ↑ Directory | Sam Fox School. Retrieved July 16, 2019 . 

Web links

• Literature on Patrick Gmür in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of the architects' office Gmür Geschwentner Architekten AG, Zurich