As Switzerland begins to open up from quarantine, locals in Zürich have a cool urban option to both enjoy the Spring weather and yet keep up the still ongoing preventive social distancing guidelines. Located in the Oerlikon district at the Zurich-Nord part of town and just west of the train station, the MFO Park is a unique “park hall”: a hangar-sized steel trellis covered with plants and inviting lounging vignettes. Designed by the Basel architecture firm Burckhardt + Partners at the site of the former Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon (MFO), the contemporary structure features cantilevered balconies, a minimalist water basin, roof sun deck and plenty of seating carefully arranged so as not to cramp visitors on top of each other ( as if anticipating the current zeitgeist). The landscape (by Zürich firm Raderschall Partners) perfectly embraces the structure, softening the industrial aesthetic and adding a seasonal element. Opened in 2002, the project has won several awards since then.