Peacock complex

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The theater : front of the peacock complex on Heimplatz

The peacock complex is a neo-baroque development from the 1880s at Rämistrasse 32 in the city of Zurich , which houses the theater .

location

The peacock complex stands on Heimplatz , which it has a significant impact on. The front of the building is oriented towards Rämistrasse , the side wings follow Hottingerstrasse and Zeltweg .

history

In the years 1879/1880 taught Heinrich Hürlimann , one in Zurich Oberland born entrepreneur, the future home site a business with a Bavarian beer garden , which was later supplemented with a concert hall and the "Flora Theater". The name of the former inn “Zum Pfauen” on the opposite side of the Zeltweg not only shaped the name of the buildings planned by Hürlimann, but also the colloquial name of Heimplatz to this day. In the following years, Hürlimann bought additional properties between Hottingerstrasse, Rämistrasse and Zeltweg.

In the years 1888/1889 he had the architecture office Chiodera and Tschudy build the peacock complex on it. Shops were arranged along the streets, with the restaurants and entertainment buildings inside. The central building opposite Heimplatz was designed as a new entrance gate to the outer community of Hottingen , although it only had a representative function and did not lead through any streets. Instead, one got through the generous passage, which is surrounded by two reliefs of peacocks , into the inner courtyard of the overbuilding with the beer garden and the hall of the theater. This accommodated around 800 people under its large dome , which was reduced in size during later renovations. The spectators sat at tables and were entertained while they followed the entertainment program.

"A temple of amusement in the Zurich suburb"

- Zurich theater

The theater in the Pfauenkomplex was called "Volkstheater zum Pfauen" until 1899. Afterwards Alfred Reucker took over and used the building under the name "Pfauentheater" for spoken theater , which in the long term was loss-making. Ferdinand Rieser acquired the property and renovated the stage and the hall in 1926 - from then on the stage was called the "Schauspielhaus". During this renovation, the inner courtyard, the former beer garden, was also covered. From 1938 Rieser rented the theater to the "Neue Schauspielhaus AG", through which the city also had a stake in the theater for the first time. The building was rebuilt again in the 1970s. In 2005 the foyer received a renovation and clearly visible advertising was placed on the facade.

Auditorium

In 2018 the city of Zurich announced that it would convert and modernize the almost 100-year-old auditorium. For this purpose, the hall should be removed from the list of listed objects and completely renewed. The homeland security protested against the project and the local council obliged the city to examine alternatives.

"The [...] theater hall [...] marks the transition from the richly decorated historical building style to the new building."

- Swiss homeland security

literature

  • Hanspeter Rebsamen: The theater in Zurich: its architectural and urban significance . In: Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): Our Art Monuments: Bulletin for the members of the Society for Swiss Art History . tape 25 , 1974, p. 44 ff ., doi : 10.5169 / SEALS-393149 ( e-periodica.ch ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Hanspeter Rebsamen, Cornelia Bauer, Jan Capol: Zurich . In: Inventory of the newer Swiss architecture (INSA) . tape 10 , 1992, Rämistrasse 28-30, pp. 387 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-10931 .
  2. ↑ a b c Dieter Nievergelt: Testimony to the founding and pioneering spirit: "Even from enjoying nature, our life demands that it be enjoyed quickly and easily" or the story of the Waldhaus and Grand Hotel Dolder, Zurich . tape 29 , no. 4 , 1978, p. 444 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-393309 .
  3. ^ A b Hanspeter Rebsamen: The theater in Zurich: its architectural and urban significance . In: Society for Swiss Art History (Ed.): Our Art Monuments: Bulletin for the members of the Society for Swiss Art History . tape 25 , 1974, p. 44 ff ., doi : 10.5169 / SEALS-393149 ( e-periodica.ch ).
  4. ↑ a b c d e Chronicle. In: Schauspielhaus Zürich. Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Urs Bühler: In the Schauspielhaus Zurich hardly one stone should be left unturned . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 6, 2018 ( nzz.ch [accessed January 4, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Reconstruction and repair of the theater entrance foyer. In: City of Zurich. Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
  7. ^ Daniele Muscionico: Schauspielhaus Zürich: Peter Haerle on the renovation plans . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 27, 2019 ( nzz.ch [accessed January 4, 2020]).
  8. ↑ Case: Theatersaal Pfauen, Schauspielhaus / Zurich, ZH. In: Red List. Swiss Homeland Security, accessed on January 4, 2020 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '12.5 "  N , 8 ° 32' 58"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty-three thousand nine hundred  /  247181