HCP: Construction begins for new office and seminar building
Starting today, there will be excavators arriving in front of building HCI. This marks the start of construction work for building HCP, which will last until autumn 2015. HCP will offer new, much-needed office space on the Hönggerberg.
In the new, stair-shaped building in front of HCI, there will be 155 rooms offering space for 260 people. In addition, the 200 metre-long building will contain meeting and seminar rooms for 190 people. For students, there will be two study halls with 50 workspaces and a kitchen area, a coffee corner and outdoor seating. In autumn 2015, the Department of Materials Science (D-MATL) will move into this new building. The construction site will be accessed via Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg, which runs alongside HCI. Later, this will be the delivery access road for the new building. HCP is being built to provide much-needed space for teaching and research at ETH. When it is completed, many labs in HCI which currently have to be used as offices can again fulfil their original purpose.