At the end of the 19th century, the "Torfeld Süd" was one of the most important industrial areas in Canton Aargau. F. Aeschbach AG, which manufactured bakery and confectionery machines, built its mechanical workshops there. After the sale of the Aeschbach company, the large hall, the heart of today's Aeschbach quarter, remained empty for almost 30 years. It was reopened in 2019 and its industrial charm still enlivens the historic building today. Together with the newly built living and working space, the area develops into a pulsating new urban quarter in Aarau.
The overall concept for the urban design of the Aeschbach quarter in Aarau was designed by the internationally renowned KCAP Architects&Planners office of Dutch architect Kees Christiaanse. Together with the landscape architects from Studio Vulkan in Zurich, the architects won the urban planning competition. The buildings were designed by three different architectural offices to create a harmonious whole inside the quarter with architectural diversity: Schneider & Schneider Architekten from Aarau (GastroSocial-Tower with the adjoining commercial building, the gateway to the quarter and four buildings with parking apartments), KCAP (Aeschbachhalle, the row of houses with the townhouses and the slim row houses in Dutch style) and Gmür Geschwentner Architekten (two residential and commercial buildings in the urban quarter core).
Year of construction
1910, (renovation 2018/2019)
Location
Aeschbachhalle6 AG
Aeschbachweg 6
5000 Aarau
Owner of the building
Mobimo Management AG
Seestrasse 59
8700 Küssnacht
Architect
KCAP Architects&Planners,
Kees Christiaanse
Lighting concept
RIBAG Project
in collaboration with
daskonzept, Thun
Lighting design
RIBAG Project
Photographer
Patrick Kunz