rooms for training, conferences and exhibitions. In addition, the building also houses the canton’s central emergency call centres, including those of the police, fire brigade and ambulance service, as [...] central courtyard which provides daylight for the inward-facing areas. The wide ramp on the building’s north side is a prestigious entrance and takes visitors to the first floor, which is open to the public [...] exhibiting preventive measures against fire and other hazardous situations as well as a restaurant. What’s more, the offices of the ECA are grouped on the other floors around the central courtyard as the point