Profile
sa_partners is a consulting firm for urban design and territorial planning in Zurich. The chief focus of our activity is on project development, process design as well as urban design at different scale levels. We are specialised in spatial strategies and design approaches for demanding areal and regional developments at the interface between urban design and spatial development at home and abroad.
Process innovation and future-oriented solution methods are an important part of our work. Here we depend on our nearness to research and development and our Spacelab, where we grapple with current questions pertinent to urban research and space-relevant trends in particular.
Our team stands for personal engagement, creativity and efficient implementation. We work interactively and interdisciplinary and cooperate depending on the task with a reliable network of dedicated experts from the fields of traffic, landscape, society and economics in Switzerland and abroad.
Partners

Dunja Kovári-Binggeli
Founding Partner
Studies in urban and territorial planning, TU Berlin and TU Vienna. Erwin-Stephan-Prize-Winner. Collaboration for many years in international consulting firms and institutions in Zurich and Den Haag. Lecturer at the University of Applied Science, St. Gall. Member of different city building commissions in Switzerland.
Key competences: Integrated urban and territorial planning; strategic consultancy; spatial concepts and development strategies; trend research.

Dr. Thomas Kovári
Founding Partner
Architectural studies leading to a Dipl. Arch. ETH, membership of SIA and doctorate in sciences, Dr. sc. ETH Zurich. Collaboration in internationally operating architectural offices in London, Munich and Zurich. Dissertation, research and teaching at the chair of Architecture and Urban Design ETH Zurich, Prof. Kees Christiaanse. Prize winner of national and international urban design & planning competitions. Planning and implementation of complex and large scale developments.
Key competences: Livable & Resilient City; Transformation of Industry-, Railway- & Harbour Areas; Masterplanning & Guidlines; Campus Design; Airport City; Downtown Development; High-rise Concepts; Climate Change Adaptation; Urban Design & Heritage; Branding & Revitalisierung.
Team

Dominique
Erdin
Associate Urban & Regional Planning

Angela
Wiest
Associate Urban Design & Planning

Lea
von Moos
M.Sc. ETH Raumentwicklung und Infrastruktursysteme

Beat
Lattmann
B.Sc. FHO Raumplanung
Ipek
Kahraman
M.Sc. TU Delft Urbanism
Nik
Vögeli
Dipl. Ing. HTL Raumplaner

Aleksandra
Scheifele
Dipl. Ing. TU Sarajevo
Saide
Köppel
B.Sc. ZFH Umweltingenieurwesen
Sarah
Mettan
B.Sc. UNIL Umweltwissenschaften
Former Staff
Philipp Mohr, Simon Kretz, Benno Agreiter, Anca Ungureanu, Jürg Bachofen, Christian Schubarth, Cristina da Silva, Jasmine Kastani, Beatrice Luna, Andreas Rupf, Christian Zäch, Kristina Strecker, Victoria Nuyaksheva, Ana Nestrova, Vesna Ilic, Harry Leuter, Esther Frey, Elisa Brusa, Melania Marino
Clients
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
Swiss Federal Office of Energy
SBB Real Estate
Canton Aargau
Aargau Services
Canton Basel-Landschaft
Canton Obwalden
Canton Genf
Canton St. Gallen
Office for Economic Affairs St. Gall
City of Karlsruhe [GER]
City of Geneva
City of Lucern
City of Winterthur
City of Chur
City of Bellinzona
City of Yverdon-les-Bains
City of Sargans
City of Schlieren
City of Bülach
City of Kreuzlingen
City of Buchs
City of Rheinfelden
Municipality Niederlenz, AG
Municipality Uznach, SG
Municipality Nesslau, SG
Municipality Bad Zurzach, AG
Municipality Bonstetten, ZH
Municipality Lindau, ZH
Municipality Lauterach [A]
Municipality Sarnen, OW
Municipality Reinach, AG
Municipality Engelberg, OW
Municipality Kriens, LU
Municipality Horw, LU
Municipality Bernex, GE
Municipality d'Ambilly, GE
Municipality Böttstein, AG
Municipality Quarten, SG
Municipality Flums, SG
Municipality Zumikon, ZH
Shell Group Switzerland
LafargeHolcim
Pöyry Inc.
SBB Real Estate
Harbours of Trinational Agglomeration Basel [CH, GER, FR]
Patrimonium
Migros Cooperative Zurich
VOLKSWOHNUNG GmbH [GER]
HIAG AG
Bracher & Partner AG
Frutiger Group
RLC AG
Rust Real Estate AG
Birchmeier Group
Karl Vögele AG
Stiftung Gesundheitsförderung Bad Zurzach + Baden
Bergbahnen Flumserberg AG
Swiss National Fund (SNF)
University of App. Sc. Saint Gall
University Saint Gall
Jointmasters of Architecture Burgdorf-Fribourg-Geneva
TU Irkutsk [RUS]
Strelka [RUS]
Association LuzernPlus
regiosuisse
Regional Association Baden Regio
Regional Association Zurzibiet
Regional Association Weinland (ZPW)
Regional Association ZürichseeLinth
Regional conference Nördlich Lägern
Regional Association Hochrhein - Bodensee [D]
EUROPAN Austria
EUROPAN Spain
VSGU - Verband Schweizerischer Generalunternehmer