School · Guthirt

Guthirt school in Zug

Extension with sports hall and roof garden

The neighbourhood is growing and the school is too small. A four-storey new building along Industriestrasse adds classrooms, a sports hall and a public roof terrace. The neighbourhood was widely surveyed.

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Quick answers

Based on the current status

Where does the project stand?

Phase 2 of 7: Survey.

Latest: Result: neighbourhood supports the extension (20.5.2026).

What happens next?

2027: Construction credit with popular vote, then construction start (planned).

After that (Aug. 2029): Completion and opening, school year 2029/30 (target according to the project page; the school forecast assumes 2030/31).

When will it be finished?

Planned: Aug. 2029 (Completion and opening, school year 2029/30 (target according to the project page; the school forecast assumes 2030/31)).

Where the project stands

Phase: Survey
  1. Planning
  2. Survey
  3. Parliament
  4. Vote
  5. Permit
  6. Construction
  7. Occupancy
Classes in the neighbourhood22 today, 33 by 2040
Survey902 participants
Winning design«Unter der Laube», Rahbaran Hürzeler / Meta
OccupancySchool year 2029/30 (target)

What it is about

The number of schoolchildren in Guthirt is rising: the neighbourhood currently has 22 classes, and this figure is expected to rise to 33 by 2040. The school complex is therefore being expanded.

Plans are in place for a new four-storey building along Industriestrasse, comprising classrooms, a sports hall and a public roof terrace. The competition was won in 2024 by the ‘Unter der Laube’ project by Rahbaran Hürzeler and Meta.

What changes for the neighbourhood

The city has closely involved the neighbourhood: in 2025, through a workshop on outdoor spaces – which are to remain a meeting place for the neighbourhood – and in 2026, through a survey of all households conducted by gfs.bern. 902 people took part, and the neighbourhood supports the expansion.

The decision on the building loan will be made by the electorate; construction can then go ahead.

The road so far – and ahead

  1. 3.7.2024Competition decided: «Unter der Laube» Source
  2. 19.2.2026 – 21.3.2026Neighbourhood survey by gfs.bern and exhibition Source
  3. 20.5.2026Result: neighbourhood supports the extension Source
  4. Aug. 2029Completion and opening, school year 2029/30 (target according to the project page; the school forecast assumes 2030/31) Source

From Parliament

Automatically from the council information system
31.8.2026InterpellationAll parliamentary groupsExpansion of the Guthirt school complex: a comprehensive basis for decision-making ahead of the project loanIn Bearbeitung beim Stadtrat25.6.2025MotionSPChanges to the overall situation – Review of the Guthirt school complex extensionCity Council report available

More

Building department: Guthirt schoolWebsite Neighbourhood survey final report (PDF, German)Website

Last checked on 10.11.2026, compiled editorially from public sources. Official publications are authoritative.

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