The High School in Stettbach was the first school designed by the architect couple Esther and Rudolf Guyer. The site includes a main teaching wing and a gymnasium with indoor swimming pool. The school building is accessed from the busy Dübendorfstrasse via a monumental staircase. While the façade is made of exposed concrete, brick is the dominant material on the inside. Art interventions by Eva Pauli in bright orange, blue, green and violet as well as colourful window frames and golden candelabras break with the rough material language of the exposed concrete. The school is inspired by Le Corbusier's La Tourette monastery.

Heritage protected. Originally exposed concrete painted today. Special thanks to Karin Bürki / HEARTBRUT!

This building was included in the red list, published in our exhibition catalog SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey (September 2017). After a status review on January 16, 2021, it was reclassified in the online database from red (endangered) to blue (saved).