Not quite a common building, the new building of the Zurich City Police (criminal department) by Penzel Valier Architects. The new building is located in the former industrial area, directly opposite the Toni Areal, the University of the Art and Design. 

The new building is an elegant building with interesting and carefully developed details. This building is also a masterpiece in terms of civil engineering. The new building from Penzel Valier Architects blends in nicely with its surroundings and appears astonishingly permeable and transparent for a police building with integrated detention cells.

A central atrium connects the floors and is an architectural highlight. The curtains in the building are a special development by Annette Douglas Textiles. The acoustic textiles STREAMER pro «special» let light flood into the room, but no faces are recognizable. Discretion in this sensitive environment is guaranteed. The color and texture of the acoustic fabric blend nicely in with the concrete interior. The acoustic textiles are on all floors in various rooms. In the attic, the curtains wind soft and elegantly around the concrete columns, beautifully composed to the grid of the architecture.

In addition to this project, Annette Douglas Textiles also developed the SRF Leutschenbach project, the textiles with Penzel Valier Architects. More about the project here ...

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