Construction project “Biosystems Science and Engineering”

Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Key facts

The ETH Zurich is building a new laboratory and office complex in Basel – “Biosystems Science and Engineering”, or BSS. The complex will cost around CHF 218 million. The Confederation is investing some CHF 171 million in the project, making this guarantee credit the largest item in the ETH Zurich construction programme. The BSS project is in the implementation phase. The excavation is complete and the lower-ground shell is in progress.