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Dübendorf ZH – The topping out ceremony for the Information Pavilion at the Innovation Park Zurich was on this year’s agenda. The wooden structure is scheduled to open in March.

The topping out ceremony included renaming the Eglishölzli bus stop in Dübendorf. It is now called Innovationspark, according to Switzerland Innovation. The pavilion itself is both the flagship and meeting place of the Innovation Park. The wooden structure will house office spaces for companies working there, a public café and exhibition space.
The timber construction company Blumer-Lehmann prefabricated the room modules for the pavilion. The primary and secondary load-bearing structure will be placed onto these models after assembly in the Innovation Park. The pavilion will be dismantled after eight years, and the room modules and building envelope can then be fully recycled.
A decentralized approach is being taken towards the companies moving into the Innovation Park as they can only relocate once the new zoning regulation comes into effect. This was approved by voters on 26 November. 
Until then, innovative companies can move into the premises of Maagtechnic, which has expressed its long-term commitment to the Innovation Park. It is offering 400-square-metres of space at the Stettbach railway station at attractive conditions, serving in a sense as a “waiting room”. The U.S. drone developer Matternet has already accepted this offer.