Irchelpark
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Irchelpark and campus
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| Type | Urban park, University campus |
| Location | Oberstrass and Unterstrass in Zürich, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°22′51.53″N 8°32′47.06″E / 47.3809806°N 8.5464056°ECoordinates: 47°22′51.53″N 8°32′47.06″E / 47.3809806°N 8.5464056°E |
| Area | 32 hectares (79 acres) |
| Created | 1979–1986 |
| Owned by | Canton of Zürich |
| Operated by | Grün Stadt Zürich |
| Status | Open all year |
Irchelpark is the biggest public park in the city of Zürich in Switzerland, and claims to be the most spacious park in Switzerland.
Irchelpark is situated mainly in Zürich-Unterstrass, a district of the city of Zürich. The area also houses the Irchelpark faculty of the University of Zürich and is one of the largest public parks in Zürich. Public transport is provided by the Zürich Tram routes 7, 9, 10 and 14, as well by the VBZ bus lines 39, 69, 72 and 83 at the Milchbuck hub.
The park is divided by the Winterthurerstrasse respectively by one of the feeders of the A1 motorway in two different sites, bridged by a wide natural stone stair, of which the lower part af the park is partially situated. The upper part houses the University's campus, as well as underground sports, former military (Zivilschutz) and parking facilities, and the structures of the Staatsarchiv Zürich. A further extension of the Staatsarchiv building was approved by the parliament of the Canton of Zürich in March 2016 for the construction of Bau 3 (stage 3) for 25 million Swiss Francs; adjacent to the present building (stage 2), a cafeteria and conference rooms will be built, including a solar power plant. Because the capacities of the Irchel campus of the University of Zürich also are exhausted, an extension was started in mid-April 2016 to be also completed in 2019. Phase 5 comprises three further campus buildings of 14,000 square metres (150,695 sq ft) for 195 million Swiss Francs.
In 1962, the faculty of science of the University of Zürich proposed to several university institutes, to improve the utilization of synergies and cost savings in a campus on the Strickhofareal that is situated at the western slope of the Zürichberg hill. The first stage of the construction works of the university buildings begun in 1973, and the campus was inaugurated in 1979. The construction of the second stage lasted from 1978 to 1983. Among other things, the excavated material of the first and second stage was a problem that was not solved, thus the terrain in the Unterstrass and Oberstrass district was used for landfills. On the basis of the adjusted goals, a competition for the design of a park was started in 1979.
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