Swissmill
| Swissmill Tower | |
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Swissmill Tower and Migros building as seen from Käferberg
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| General information | |
| Type | Grain elevator |
| Location | Zürich-Hard, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°23′10″N 8°31′02″E / 47.3860°N 8.5172°ECoordinates: 47°23′10″N 8°31′02″E / 47.3860°N 8.5172°E |
| Construction started | May 2013 |
| Completed | April 2016 |
| Owner | Coop Schweiz |
| Height | |
| Roof | 118 metres (387 ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Miriam Vázquez, Studio Forma, Zürich |
| Main contractor | Implenia |
The Swissmill Tower, also known as Kornhaus, is a high-rise building in Zürich-Hard. Standing at 118 metres (387 ft), it is the second tallest building in the Swiss city of Zürich and the tallest grain elevator in the world.
The Swissmill Tower is a grain elevator on Limmatplatz in Hard, Zürich. It was built near the Migros Tower, and it replaced a former grain elevator after the city voted in favor of building a larger silo. The original mill (Kornhaus) was built in 1843 on the same site.
The site required piles built to a depth of 45 metres (148 ft) in the bedrock of the Limmat Valley. The increase of its height to 118 metres (387 ft) was done by slipforming which was completed by as many as 60 construction workers who processed concrete in three shifts around the clock. The construction was divided into two stages. The first construction phase was completed in early July 2015, and the second began on 21 September 2015, ending in April 2016. Mill operations continued during construction.
Location of the Swissmill Tower in the upper Limmat Valley as seen from Käferberg
At 118 metres (387 ft), the Swissmill Tower is the tallest operating grain elevator in the world. The second tallest, the Schapfen Mill Tower in Ulm, Germany, is 115 metres (377 ft) tall excluding the antenna. The tallest grain elevator ever constructed, the Henninger Turm, at 119.5 metres (392 ft), was demolished in 2013.
Swissmill is the largest mill in Switzerland, processing 800 tons of grain daily. This represents 30% of the Swiss national grain requirements. It supplies flour for Swiss retailers Coop, Volg and Landis.
The Silo's exterior and height are criticized as overly industrail however municipal authorities claim that, the silo was intentionally designed in that way. Its external appearance is intended to express its interior – an industrial plant.
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