The architects EM2N transformed from the seventies the former Toni Dairy in Zurich Switzerland, into a University campus for 5000 students, lecturers, and employees. The industrial character of the interior, and the raw and direct materialization in the interiors create an open framework for students and lecturers. The architects play with different degrees of refinement, mostly raw and sometimes also refined or colorful.

The textile affinity of the architects EM2N is already visible on the façade. The sculptural shape of the building is combined with the wavy mesh. The metal mesh looks like a transparent curtain. From a distance, the building is reduced to its cubature.

Annette Douglas convinced the jury with her textile concept and was commissioned with the design, development, planning, budgeting, and overviewing of the production. Over 350 rooms were planned with curtains, more than 20'000 sqm of curtain fabric were produced. All curtains meet high functional requirements, e.g. sound absorption or fire protection. 

Shaped like a «tutu» the curtains were designed for the ballet halls. The dance studios and 15 ballet halls were equipped with a transparent acoustic curtains. STREAMER classic from the Silent Space Collection by Annette Douglas Textiles ACOUSTICS^® absorbs up to 80% of the sound energy. The curtain serves as a sound absorber, as anti-glare protection along the window front, and as a cover for the mirror surfaces along the wall. The curtain can be placed and moved 360° around the halls.

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_{EM2N Architects Zurich
Applied Acoustics Sissach
Wichser Acoustics Zurich
Baudepartement Kanton Zürich}