"Neuestadthalle" wins overall performance competition

For the replacement of the current Chur City Hall, an overall performance competition was publicly announced. The "Neuestadthalle" project won the competition and will now be pursued further.

The overall performance competition for the replacement of the current Chur Town Hall was held with the aim of obtaining architectural designs and at the same time selecting the general or total contractor to be entrusted with the construction task. The aim was not only to determine the best project, but also the one with the best cost/benefit ratio.

The general contractor competition was put out to public tender in a selective procedure on 21 August 2020. From a total of 16 applications, five overall performance teams were subsequently selected and invited on the basis of clearly defined assessment criteria. Their task was to develop their ideas and concepts in accordance with the specifications and requirements and to submit them by the specified deadline.

After a careful preliminary examination of the projects under the direction of the Structural Engineering Department of the City of Chur in collaboration with proven experts, the entries were finally evaluated by a ten-member jury chaired by City President Urs Marti. The jury came to the conclusion that the "Neuestadthalle" project best met the requirements. In addition, this project has the lowest construction costs of the five submissions and also scores best in terms of life cycle costs.

Following the announcement of the competition results, a business plan will now be developed based on the parameters of the winning project. The project will then be submitted to the municipal council and is expected to be put to the Chur electorate in autumn 2022. As the current town hall will have to make way for the valley station of the new Brambrüesch cable car and the new Obere Au exhibition and event hall is to form an important part of the Swiss Shooting Festival in 2026, the realisation of the "Neuestadthalle" is planned for the end of 2025.

The competition entries will be exhibited in the Stadtgalerie from 1 to 14 February 2022.Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.