Rigiplatz

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Rigiplatz
Coat of arms train matt.svg
Place in train
Rigiplatz
Rigiplatz towards Lake Zug around 1891
Basic data
place train
Created 1891
Newly designed 1995
Buildings House Seepark
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic
Technical specifications
Square area ≈4000 m²

The Rigiplatz even Rigianlage called, is a public place in the city train . It was created following the suburban disaster, houses art in public spaces and is now a popular urban resort.

Location and history

The triangular Rigiplatz is on the edge of Zug's old town . It is bordered by Gartenstrasse (in the north), Rigistrasse (in the east) and the Vorstadt promenade (in the west). The suburb and the disaster bay behind it separate it from Lake Zug .

The Rigiplatz was laid out in 1891 following the suburban disaster according to plans by Robert Moser . After the lake broke in, the construction of houses in the area of ​​the new shoreline was forbidden for safety reasons. The city therefore had the Rigian plant laid out as a public green zone in the area of ​​the demolition zone.

In 1953 the square was expanded to include the first city-center children's playground that complied with the Pro Juventute guidelines . With its seating, green areas and its proximity to the lake, it has become a popular resort for urban relaxation. In the northeast of the square (where Gartenstrasse and Rigistrasse intersect) is the Seepark House , built by Hanns Anton Brütsch between 1953 and 1955 , a Swiss category B cultural asset ( KGS no .: 7343 ).

In 1995 the square was completely renovated. In the same year (as part of the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation ), four works of art were installed based on the concept of Anton Egloff :

  • Flavio Paolucci's “L'ombra sul passato” (in the east of Rigiplatz) made of black and white granite is formally similar to a pointer or a column and symbolizes the columns of the Quaibauprojekt that sank during the disaster (Moser, 2016).
  • Anton Egloff's “Hören Ost Süd West Nord” is a bell-shaped bronze object whose head is directed towards the lake and the round opening to the center of the square; depending on the light conditions, it changes its color from deep black to silver gray (Moser, 2016).
  • Andrea Wolfensberger engraved the ambiguous chain of words “lost in thought” in a curb that encompasses the Alpenquai (a little outside of Rigiplatz).
  • Carmen Perrin's "Mémoire d'une strate 1887–1996" is a 6.25 m² square, anthracite-colored slab made up of thousands of small slate slabs and nestling flat in the lawn; Depending on the incidence of light, it appears threatening and dark, shimmering and rich in contrast or soft and bright (Moser, 2016).

Rigiplatz is also a popular starting point for foreign tourists.

gallery

literature

Web links

Commons : Rigiplatz  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Existing: suburb. Dossier: House Seepark Rigiplatz. doku-zug.ch. Signature: 31.1.151. link
  • Art city map Zug

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Brigitte Moser: Think time! Memories of a historical event . In: Art in the public space of the city of Zug . Edition Hochparterre , Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-909928-37-8 , p. 114–125 ( online [PDF]).
  2. ↑ Loredana Bevilacqua: What do all the Asian tourists want in Zug? In: Zentralplus , July 24, 2017.

Coordinates: 47 ° 10 '12.7 "  N , 8 ° 30' 51.5"  E ; CH1903:  681.55 thousand  /  224918