New building project of the Lucerne School of Music determined
It has now been decided which project will be chosen for the new Lucerne School of Music building. It is that of Enzmann Fischer & Büro Konstrukt, Zurich/Lucerne. The building is currently scheduled to be occupied in summer 2018.
According to jury president Marie-Theres Caratsch, the project "impressed with its sensitive and coherent approach to the location, the task and the requirements of running a music academy".
The competition process for the new Lucerne School of Music building was launched in April 2013 with an open call for pre-qualification. Eight planning teams were selected for the competition from the applications. Seven teams submitted a proposal.
Over the last three months, the jury, which was made up of representatives of the investor, the user, specialist judges and experts, carried out an adjustment stage with the two best projects in order to sharpen the quality of the projects.
The building is currently scheduled to be occupied in summer 2018. The
The project will cost around 70 million Swiss francs and will be realized on the basis of a private
investor model.
