A center for the largest music school in Switzerland
At Florhofgasse 6 in Zurich, various uses of the Zurich Conservatory Music School are to be merged. The city council is asking the municipality for CHF 30.1 million to purchase the property and CHF 3.5 million for immediate structural measures.
Musikschule Konservatorium Zürich (MKZ) is the largest music school in Switzerland with over 20,000 students and one of the largest music schools in Europe. MKZ lessons currently take place at around 150 locations with almost 500 rooms. Half of these rooms are only made available by the elementary school on a temporary basis and the majority of the remaining rooms - known as "permanently allocated" rooms - must be confirmed annually by the district school authorities.
The concentration of MKZ uses on Florhofgasse allows the three previous rental properties Hirschengraben 1, Zeltweg 20 and Florastrasse 52 to be given up. The property on Florastrasse would once again be available for residential purposes after MKZ use. The property at Florhofgasse 6 is owned by the MKZ development foundation. In the property purchase agreement, it guarantees the city annual contributions of CHF 300,000.
The total cost of acquiring the property is CHF 30.1 million. This includes a reservation payment of CHF 1.525 million, which the City Council has already granted to the MKZ development foundation on its own authority. This will compensate for the only partial occupancy of the property until the referendum. In addition, 3.5 million francs are required for immediate structural measures and for adjustments to comply with fire police regulations and accessibility requirements. This amount will also be requested from the municipality. The city council has already approved CHF 400,000 of this amount for the preparation of a detailed construction project on its own authority.
