Utrecht.Projects 40. Railway Museum of the Netherlands. Tivoli Vredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands Herman Hertzberger culture, music theatre

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1 Utrecht Projects 40 Created 09-Oct-16 By M D, Bratislava, Slovakia Tivoli Vredenburg Utrecht, Herman Hertzberger culture, music theatre Prince Claus Bridge Residential tower De Verkenner Retail space and student housing Steenweg Meyster's Buiten Gerrit Rietveld college Kop van Lombok Block 1 Supernova 7 Het Kristal Leaf 14 The Black House 15 Axians 16 Church of Living 17 Utrecht, Zecc en private house 8 Atelier houses 18 Utrecht, op ten noort blijdenstein atelier, dwellings 9 Vorstelijk Complex Utrecht 19 Utrecht, op ten noort blijdenstein culture, monument, music theatre 10 Hiëronymus House 20 Utrecht, op ten noort blijdenstein housing, monument 11 Utrecht, Liong Lie s congress centre Utrecht, enbureau Hoogeveen office Utrecht, Marlies Rohmer apartment, commercial space, housing 6 Utrecht, Atelier PRO education, secondary school 13 Utrecht, Bakers en atelier, commercial space, housing Utrecht, Mecanoo university 5 Utrecht, Groosman apartment, dwellings Faculty of Economics and Management Railway Museum of the Utrecht, StudioSK energy centre Utrecht, Dreessen Willemse en retail, student housing 4 Utrecht, Mei architects and planners housing, sculpture, social housing Utrecht, Arc2 architecten museum Utrecht, UNStudio bridge 3 De Boemerang 21 Utrecht, search housing, mixed-use development 12 Utrecht, op ten noort blijdenstein bar, office, renovation Rijkswaterstaat Westraven 22 Utrecht, cepezed architects office 1

2 Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht, Koen van Velsen Extension to Utrecht Townhall Media Plaza Villa KBWW Oudenoord 700 De Kleine Kikker Spacebox Smarties NMR facility Educatorium 34 AA Hijmans van den Bergh medical faculty Utrecht, Designed by Erick van Egeraat education, health care, meeting room, office, restaurant Rietveld Schröderhuis Bridges Parkwijk Leidsche Rijn 37 Utrecht, Maxwan bridge, urban plan 28 WKK energy plant 38 Utrecht, Dok en energy centre 29 Exposition Pavilion 39 Utrecht, Stanley Brouwn atelier, exposition space, pavilion 30 Minnaert 40 Utrecht, Neutelings Riedijk university 31 Utrecht, Marlies Rohmer student housing 27 Utrecht, Mart de Jong student housing 33 Utrecht, Gerrit Rietveld private house Utrecht, Drost + van Veen architecten 26 Utrecht, Ector Hoogstad en education, university 25 Utrecht, Inbo education, renovation Education Department Villa Voile Utrecht, OMA - Rem Koolhaas auditorium, university Utrecht, MVRDV private house 24 Utrecht, Liong Lie s auditorium, congress centre Utrecht, Rudy Uytenhaak housing Utrecht, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT culture, government, office 23 Basket Bar 41 Utrecht, NL s square, sport, shop, bar 32 Utrecht, UNStudio University Library UBU 42 Utrecht, Wiel Arets s library 2

3 photo: ArFU photo: ArFU Tivoli Vredenburg Vredenburgkade WC Utrecht A city within a city - that's how acclaimed Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger describes TivoliVredenburg, the completely renovated music venue in Utrecht The building is a showcase for what happens inside: the public strolling through the foyers, the encounters between visitors and artists and, of course, the theatre itself Everything is visible to passers-by through the enormous glass "display windows", a façade that had to meet demanding engineering, fire-resistance, and acoustic requirements, and that due to its inner-city location, was a tour de force in its technical execution photo: ArFU m² Main designer, Roof & facade consultant Contractor Supplier Supplier Herman Hertzberger uurcentrale Thijs Asselbergs Jo Coenen NL s DRL Benelux Heijmans Holland Composites Reynaers Aluminium Gemeente Utrecht Reynaers Cash desk: Mon - Sat 1200h h, Café: daily from 1000h TivoliVredenburg is located at the most accessible spot of the, next to the Utrecht Central Train Station and shopping mall Hoog Catherijne Parking at P+R Uithof (take bus 28 to city centre, "Vredenburg" busstop) or parking garages "La Vie", "Stationsstraat" or "Radboud" Travel by train or bus is highly recommended 3

4 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Prince Claus Bridge Churchilllaan 3527 Utrecht The Prince Claus Bridge is a single-pylon bridge that spans the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal and connects the Kanaleneiland district with the office park Papendorp On the bridge there are two motorways, two bus lanes and separated cycle paths The bridge is 230 meters long, 36 meters wide and 92 meters high The longest span is 150 meters and is designed by architect Ben van Berkel, who also designed the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam photo: Dirk Verwoerd Technical engineer UNStudio DHV dirkverwoerd 4

5 photo: Mei architects and planners photo: Mei architects and planners Residential tower De Verkenner Al-Masoedilaan GZ Utrecht De Verkenner is located in the neighbourhood Kanaleneiland in Utrecht This new 50-metre-tall tower occupies a special position among the new developments of this typical post-war urban district and acts as a gatekeeper for these developments The tower contains a mixed housing program: 71 free-sector rental apartments in the top section, 15 social-sector rental apartments for autistic youth and 9 live-work apartments in the plinth The concrete façade elements feature a tactile relief This effect is strengthened even further by 13,000 ceramic tiles produced by Royal Tichelaar In collaboration with artist Milou van Ham 16 different verses are pressed onto these tiles, thus enhancing the building s identity and relation with its surroundings The earth-colored tiles give both residents and passers-by a friendly sense of home The tiles even continue on the underside of balconies and galleries The result is an inviting building that will stimulate the sense of community Project is not public! m² Contractor Artist Building physics consultant Structural engineer Supplier Mei architects and planners Era Contour Milou van Ham Peutz Consulting Engineers & Associes Pieters Bouwtechniek Royal Tichelaar Mitros Mei photo: Mei architects and planners De Verkenner is located opposite of shopping center Winkelcentrum Kanaleneiland Busstop: Winkelcentrum Kanaleneiland 5

6 photo: Arthur Bagen photo: Arthur Bagen Retail space and student housing Steenweg Steenweg JL Utrecht The Steenweg is one of the oldest streets in the historical city centre of Utrecht The existing property with facades facing the Steenweg and the two alleyways, Massegast and Hekelsteeg, was one of the few properties on the Steenweg not considered to be a monument The property was in bad condition due to a lack of maintenance and had very low ceilings, making the property difficult to let As a condition for the demolition, the municipality required that a "new monument" be built in its place The building lines and the gutter heights of the new building for the retail space and the student housing are the same as those of the original buildings, subtly partitioning the main building and the outbuilding The rhythm of the window openings follows this partitioning and is based on the division of a classical facade Where the building has a classical form language, a modern materialisation and detailing is applied photo: Arthur Bagen 2014 Dreessen Willemse en DreessenWillemseen 6

7 photo: René de Wit photo: René de Wit Meyster's Buiten Everard Meijsterlaan CK Utrecht For the former factory site, Cereol, a unique architectural plan was designed, which is in keeping with its industrial atmosphere The new dwellings located around the protected monument are designed in an industrial style, as if they are part of a single factory complex The synergy between the monument, the architecture and the design of the public realm ensures that the area maintains its historical character photo: René de Wit 2015 Groosman Blauwhoed, Heijmans, VORM Ontwikkeling Groosman 7

8 photo: Christian Richters photo: Christian Richters Faculty of Economics and Management Padualaan CH Utrecht The Faculty of Economics and Management of the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht is part of the Kasbah Zone, part of De Uithof campus, a wide strip of low and high density buildings Providing space for 5,000 students and 400 staff, the faculty opens out onto the campus's main boulevard The building is designed as one continuous space, separated by glazing, in which four distinct volumes rest on concrete columns The façade expresses itself as a vertical translation of the floor plan, square in shape and separated by three patio spaces: the Zen, Jungle and Water patio Around the patios, corridors lead the students towards the building's "hot spot": the bustling core of faculty life Large volumes of people can move fluently by ramps, stairs and bridges from one side of the building to the other Steel bridges cut through the jungle patio and embrace the exterior part of the whole circulation system photo: Christian Richters m² Mecanoo Stichting FEHU MI_MOA Mon till Fri 7am-6pm Saturdays weeks 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 19, 21, 23, 26 9am-5pm Closed on Sundays and holidays Parkinggarage Cambridgelaan (capacity 504), Parking Padualaan (capacity 419) Buses to the Uithof University Campus 8

9 photo: John Lewis Marshall photo: John Lewis Marshall Gerrit Rietveld college Eykmanlaan KH Utrecht The design assignment for the Gerrit Rietveld College consists of a new secondary school with sporting facilities for about 1200 pupils, and for a smaller part of social and commercial facilities for the neighbourhood The new building is situated in the leafy district of Tuindorp, at the eastern side of Utrecht The plot is bordered by a public greenbelt, a through-road - the Eykmanlaan with a new parallel road - a slow traffic route, a new residential district, and a railway some distance to the north The basic shape of the design is a "continuous wheel", with a courtyard square in the centre This wheel is the ideal form for flexibility in the school, in which functions can 'move on' In addition, this shape makes it possible to realise a building on a limited plot that nevertheless provides much daylight and fresh air, and besides that leaves enough room for efficient and useful outdoor spaces for the students photo: John Lewis Marshall Project is not public! m² Contractor Structural engineer Services engineer Building physics consultant Atelier PRO Hillen & Roosen IMd Raadgevende Ingenieurs J van Toorenburg bv Peutz Consulting Engineers & Associes Gemeente Utrecht Atelier_PRO 9

10 photo: Thea van den Heuvel Kop van Lombok Block 1 Kanonstraat Utrecht (Block 2 will follow in 2015) Block 1 has a combination of two access principles: a courtyard and an internal street, both lying on a plinth of shops with a double underground car park for residents, mosque visitors and shoppers The dwellings vary in type and size, and are so gauged to a varied resident population as befits the Lombok district's colourful atmosphere The plinth is dedicated to shops and other commercial spaces The block faces onto the low-rise Damstraat as a three-story elevation with small rooftop extensions, harmonizing with the fine grain of urban fabric On the city centre side, the block presents a six-storey elevation on Westplein The striking rooflights which terminate the facade give the building an airy appearance and admit ample daylight to the apartments The courtyard and street are detailed in warm materials and colours: the galleries have a robust structure of azobé wood combined with gold-anodized aluminium panelling photo: Thea van den Heuvel Project is not public! Marlies Rohmer Bouwfonds Ontwikkeling, Regio Midden, Amersfoort Marlies_Rohmer_s_Urbanis ts 10

11 photo: Christiaan de Bruijne photo: Christiaan de Bruijne Supernova Jaarbeursplein AL Utrecht Supernova is a conference area within the Jaarbeurs Utrecht (the largest fair and conference centre of The ) The 3500 m2 area includes a foyer and four meeting rooms: one for 454 persons, two meeting rooms for 80 persons each and one meeting room for 460 persons, which can be divided into two smaller rooms This area will also be the connection between other buildings such as the existing conference center Mediaplaza and a future cinema Turn your congress into a cosmic adventure Supernova adds a brand new dimension to seminars or events giving it an almost extraterrestrial atmosphere With this versatile location Jaarbeurs Utrecht and Liong Lie s have created a knowledge junction where connection and delivering the right energy is key The visitors will literally step into a new dimension They will be welcomed in the TransitZone, a modern and atmospheric place and they will realize that it all starts here The guests will make a journey photo: Christiaan de Bruijne m² Liong Lie s Jaarbeurs Utrecht Cindy_van_Ling 11

12 photo: ONB photo: Kim van Zwieten/ONB Het Kristal Croeselaan BJ Utrecht ONB designed new functionalities and space features to implement the activity-related workspace concept at the headquarters of the SNS Reaal Group In order to connect the new interior spaces ONB created a pavilion between the two existing buildings The "footprint" of the pavilion is big enough for a central bar, and we hung two bridges with a staircase in between on the second and third floor The 'greenhouse'-like volume follows in section the size of those functions: starts narrow at the top and gets wider along the stairs to the ground floor The facade has been realized trough parametric design The prefabricated triangular frames are self-supporting and just assembled on site The whole pavilion is hung trough storey high steel frames running along the upper bridge to the existing buildings and can be disassembled and fully recycled Kiwi plants grow on a stainless steel net for shading on the south photo: Kim van Zwieten/ONB Project is not public! m² Structural engineer op ten noort blijdenstein Aronsohn SNS Reaal archirom From Utrecht Central Station take the exit west and turn right, on the Croeselaan Just besides the SNS Reaal tower on the corner on your left, along the Graadt van Roggeweg you can find the project 12

13 photo: Rob Hoekstra photo: Rob Hoekstra Railway Museum of the Maliebaanstation XW Utrecht The Railway Museum is situated at the rear of Maliebaan Station in the city centre of Utrecht Considerable thought went into how the museum relates to its surroundings The building consists of a large hall plus three exhibition rooms whose volumes project through the sloping roof The outer wall is built in brickwork with window strips that are filled with glazing, grilles or sections of weather-boarding according to the interior functions The structural frame resembles a rib cage, and is supported by columns which branch upwards like trees photo: Rob Hoekstra m² Project manager Structural engineer Contractor Arc2 architecten 3D Blueprint Technologies Duning Ingenieursbureau Strukton Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum Arc2_architecten 13

14 photo: ehgz photo: studiosk Leaf Belcampostraat NG Utrecht Leaf is one of three technical support buildings at Leidsche Rijn, a new housing district nearby Utrecht The buildings are located at different parts of this new housing area and support the railroad Utrecht - Gouda The design of the buildings reflect by their facades the special qualities of the different locations the buildings are placed in studiosk redeveloped the standard plans of the powerstations which are usually built The squared shape of the building was perfect to project an image on The facades where an experiment to research what a cladding with an image on it will do in the future Normally these kind of buildings are made of concrete, steel and/or tiles After realization these standard buildings are mostly immediately supplied with graffiti To make an optimal experiment the facades also replace the normally placed fences around these kinds of buildings photo: studiosk 2005 Artist Artist StudioSK EHGZ Frank van Dam Fotografie VANDELUNE By bike or car The building stads next to the fire station of Utrecht (Claus & Kaan) 14

15 photo: Frank Stahl photo: Frank Stahl The Black House Lange Nieuwstraat PG Utrecht In Utrecht's museum quarter, just south of the city centre, there was for many years a vacant plot on the corner of Lange Nieuwstraat and Vrouwjuttenstraat This site in the midst of historical buildings is now occupied by 'Het Zwarte Huis' (The Black House), a complex containing six apartments with semi-underground parking and the new premises of Bakers en The streetscape is characterized by heterogeneous, lot-by-lot development with distinctive corner buildings Het Zwarte Huis is a contemporary addition to the existing urban fabric, in which the notion of 'living above work' has been accentuated by placing the dwellings in a solid volume on top of a glazed podium Lange Nieuwstraat begins at Domplein and runs via a gentle curve to the Centraal Museum The site lies at the mid-point of the curve from where there is an overview of the entire street This unique vantage point is fully exploited with a large bay window photo: Frank Stahl Project is not public! m², Interior architect, Urban planner Bakers en formsache Bakers en bv, Utrecht & Van Bekkum Projecten bv & Hooglanderveen 15

16 photo: enbureau Hoogeveen photo: enbureau Hoogeveen Axians Ptolemaeuslaan BP Utrecht Simple, bright office building at an attractive but awkward, tight, trapezium-shaped location The main focus in the design brief was to integrate the landscape, parking, basement and parking deck This means the building floats on a green pedestal, and the cars are hidden from view In view of the exceptionally short realization period, the architects have elected to use the CD-20 construction system The impetus for the exceptional geometric facade came from the multiple order won by their firm; this was then simplified and detailed in the design realized The original facade was conceived as a 3D diamond shape, but there was insufficient time for the engineering of this Nevertheless, a highly individual facade has been created, which is striking thanks to its consistent triangular shape photo: enbureau Hoogeveen Project is not public! m² enbureau Hoogeveen Kroon Vastgoed enbureauhoogeveen 16

17 photo: CornbreadWorks photo: CornbreadWorks Church of Living Herenstraat Utrecht An old Catholic church is transformed into one spatial residence The character of the small church is maintained and where possible reinforced The balcony at the organ is maintained and extended in the shape of a organizing element, free in the space This element defines the different living spaces; like living, cooking and studying, in the chapel A new spatial hierarchy is created by the asymmetric placing of the organizing element The object is kept very minimalistic and is given abstract shapes, by which it creates an contrast with the original, soft shapes of the chapel Despite of their contribution to the dark character of the church, the leaded glass is maintained For this reason roof lights are attached to the space, through which diffused day light enters the chapel In combination with a completely white surface finishes, the leaded glass comes to life Also a new, somewhat bold, abstract modern Mondrian version of a leaded glass front framing is introduced photo: CornbreadWorks Project is not public! m² Zecc en Private ZeccenBV 17

18 photo: op ten noort blijdenstein photo: op ten noort blijdenstein Atelier houses Emmy van Lokhorststraat Utrecht It is not uncommon that artists live in squatters quarters or old buildings, but with this new project, artists get their own type of housing in the middle of the new suburban area: Leidsche Rijn near Utrecht The atelier-houses are situated in a cherry orchard which was once part of the rural area of Utrecht Most of the trees could be preserved and new trees were planted to create a special green hotspot The exterior of the barn buildings refers to the rural past of Leidsche Rijn A central entrance hall gives access to 10 atelier spaces, the domain of the artist The doors of the ateliers can be opened in order to get one large exposition hall The residences are situated on top of the ateliers Project is not public! m² op ten noort blijdenstein Portaal ontwikkeling and SWK op_ten_noort_blijdenstein photo: op ten noort blijdenstein 18

19 photo: op ten noort blijdenstein photo: op ten noort blijdenstein Vorstelijk Complex Utrecht Prinses Christinalaan JL Utrecht The architects have transformed two monumental school buildings in a new social and cultural centre at the so-called axis of Berlage in Zuilen, a district in the city of Utrecht Between the two old schools a new built theatre has been situated like a rough diamond, contrasting in material and form The relation between the existing buildings and the theatre is strengthened due to the fact that the theatre has been placed partly into the ground, so it will fit better between the schools and the surrounding buildings The schoolyard and the garden with monumental trees are maintained and refurbished The centre has become a new beating heart in the district Zuilen, which had some identity issues due to cultural, social and economical problems m² op ten noort blijdenstein Municipality of Utrecht op_ten_noort_blijdenstein photo: op ten noort blijdenstein 19

20 photo: op ten noort blijdenstein photo: op ten noort blijdenstein Hiëronymus House Maliesingel AB Utrecht Hiëronymus house is a monument located at the Maliesingel in Utrecht The neo-gothic building is designed by architect Alfred Tepe and was built between 1874 and 1877 by order of the Roman Catholic Parochial Committee It started as an orphanage and later became a nursing home for the elderly In 2001 the Katholieke Caritas Utrecht (KCU) was looking for a new destination for the building In consultation with the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission the building has been completely restored and transformed into luxurious apartments in the historical city centre of Utrecht with a integrated underground parking system in the inner courtyard Project is not public! op ten noort blijdenstein Katholieke Caritas van de stad Utrecht op_ten_noort_blijdenstein photo: op ten noort blijdenstein 20

21 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd De Boemerang Musicallaan 3543 Utrecht The brief for this neighbourhood prescribed an eight-storey apartment complex adjacent to a park and, behind it, a green residential area of reduced traffic flow with a central parking zone for 100 cars By cutting the apartment complex's volume obliquely and placing the parts side-by-side, the connection with the 'residential park' was improved and the capacity of the parking garage underneath was doubled Thus, the surplus parking zone planned for the centre of the project could be shifted underneath the apartments, and a practically car-free area achieved An internal street is created above the garage and between the two linear volumes of the 'boomerang' building A vehicular access road loops through the park, beginning and ending in the garage where parking space for the whole development is located The garage therefore becomes an integral component of the plan for the residents of the park and 'boomerang' alike photo: Dirk Verwoerd 2006, Urban planner Contractor search Slokker Bouwmaatschappij bv BPF Bouwinvest dirkverwoerd 21

22 photo: Jannes Linders photo: Jannes Linders Rijkswaterstaat Westraven Griffioenlaan LA Utrecht Right along the A12 lies the colossal office Westraven, the proud creation of Rijkswaterstaat (part of Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management; manages and develops the country's infrastructure) The original 1975 building by Lucas & Niemeijer architects, underwent a major metamorphosis An anonymous tower was transformed into a modern and appealing building With the renovation of the tower, using the latest techniques the existing sick building syndrome was cleared The renovation is combined with the construction of two new wings (low rise) at the canal The wings are connected by greenhouses A sheltered courtyard garden is the connection of the low building with the tower The garden with pond and its surroundings are designed by the German office Wes & Partner Striking innovation is woven fibreglass cloth used in 3 of the 4 glass façades The Teflon coating is added to temper wind and sun without loss of views Ned Kahn installed an artwork above the entrance photo: Jannes Linders Project is not public! m² Main designer, Landscape architect Structural engineer Acoustics consultant Services engineer Artist cepezed architects WES & partner ABT DGMR Grontmij Technical Management Ned Kahn Rijksgebouwendienst Naomi You can make an appointment to visit the building, call Tel: +31 (0) , and explain the reason for your visit and indicate who is part of the group You need to identify yourself when entering the building From central train station take the 'sneltram' towards Nieuwegein Or take bus 65, 66, 74 and

23 photo: Duccio Malagamba photo: Duccio Malagamba Universiteitsmuseum Lange Nieuwstraat PN Utrecht The first item of the University Museum that grabs your attention is the glass box in the front façade A glassed-in corridor runs the length of the building, giving an immense feeling of space Entering the museum garden, the Old Hortus, the greenhouses leap immediately to the eye Also the 18th century orangeries and botanic laboratory are interesting buildings reminding of the early years of the Old Hortus A former orangery is now a garden-fronted café The museum is a building in super modernistic style, with functional elements Super modernism originates with a minimalistic design and the use of materials like glass, concrete and steel The museum function determines the form of the building: using glass makes the Old Hortus visible from the street as well and the box construction is excessively suited to fit up expositions In 1997 Dutch architect Koen van Velsen won the prestigious Rietveldprijs and Archinormprijs for the sublime box-in-a-box concept photo: Duccio Malagamba 1996 Koen van Velsen University of Utrecht MI_MOA Open daily from (cafe is closed on Mondays) Closed on January 1, April 30, December 25 Other holidays open Group tour can be booked in advance, for details and prizes see the website 23

24 photo: Miguel Villegas photo: Miguel Villegas Extension to Utrecht Townhall Korte Minrebroederstraat GG Utrecht Utrecht's town hall has an age-long history The administration of the city of Utrecht has been seated at this location for over 650 years In the course of time some ten medieval buildings and city castles were interconnected that still form the core of the premises The result was an overly compact and impenetrable labyrinth with many different floor levels In 1997 the local government commissioned Spanish architect Enric Miralles ( ) to design a building that was open, transparent and inviting The aim was to combine the existing monumental parts, which were to be renovated, with a new wing Miralles combined modern architectural ideas with the historical elements in a very personal way The main entrance was moved; it now is located in the external wall that for centuries had been the back of the premises In the process, this relocation resulted in the formation of a new square The architect's signature is equally visible in the interior photo: Miguel Villegas Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT City of Utrecht arquitextonica You can get a tour through the town hall on Monday - Friday between hr Other ours are also possible, but only on request Reservation is necessary: tel + 31(0) , on working days between hr post@gildeutrechtnl Website: wwwgildeutrechtnl Costs per person: 3,00 Loca architecture centre AORTA also organises tours though the building (1,5 hour)

25 photo: Christiaan de Bruijne photo: Christiaan de Bruijne Media Plaza Croeselaan CA Utrecht The Jaarbeurs is one of the biggest trade fair sites in the and is located in the centre of Utrecht The architects 123DV from Rotterdam were responsible for the design and furnishing of all rooms The themes of»ice«and»fire«give the Media Plaza a highly individual identity, with the themes applied to all the rooms by the use of colours, lighting, materials and form The unique aspect of this project is that the lighting equipment enables each room to be immersed in a different colour environment, allowing its atmosphere and ambience to be individualised by the use of lighting effects The colours were selected on the basis of colour psychology theory Thonet supplied a range of different chairs for this project The Media Plaza foundation was established in 1997 by the government and other bodies with the aim of stimulating innovation Media Plaza organises innovative interactive seminars, congresses, workshops, master classes and round tables photo: Christiaan de Bruijne 2008 Interior architect Supplier Liong Lie s Thonet Jaarbeurs Utrecht 123DV 25

26 Villa KBWW Koningslaan Utrecht Two separate private houses have been merged into one cubical volume, located south of the Wilhelminapark The two houses each have 4 floors The two houses are separated by a meandering wall/floor that interlocks both volumes three-dimensionally This way both houses have great views over the park, have big living spaces each, and at the same time share orientation One of the living rooms occupies the entire first floor, while the other occupies the second floor The façade of the house reveals the subdivision, intersection and complexity of the space it encloses The façade of this double house is made out of panels of concrete-triplex and glass Project is not public! m² Main designer, Structural engineer MVRDV search ABT pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski 26

27 photo: Kees Rutten photo: Inbo Oudenoord 700 Oudenoord EX Utrecht oord+700htm Oudenoord 700, the old building of the Hogeschool Utrecht in The, has been completely renewed It now accommodates the faculty of 'Natuur and Techniek' (Natural Science and Technics) The existing parts of the building were made suitable to function for modern education The new part of the building has flexible floorplans and is the new, transparent face of the faculty photo: Inbo m², Landscape architect, Urban planner Inbo Inbo Hogeschool Utrecht 27

28 Education Department Padualaan 3584 CH Utrecht The Department of Education (FE) forms the westerly closure of the "kashba-zone" of the Uithof In this hundred-metre-wide strip, buildings bunch-up close together with patios and rooflights providing daylight penetration The colourful west façade gives the HU a face towards the city, makes the building scale-less and abstract, while also alluding to the speed of the traffic racing past The façade is an expression of the occupants and their diverse activities, a metaphor for the HU's multifaceted community photo: Ideen dom m² Ector Hoogstad en Hogeschool Utrecht MI_MOA 28

29 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Rob 't Hart De Kleine Kikker Toulouselaan Utrecht This small kindergarten (about 520m2) is situated in the University of Utrecht district, just east of the city of Utrecht in The Its Dutch name, 'De Kleine Kikker', translates as 'The Little Frog' in English It was built by Drost + van Veen architecten between a monumental farmhouse and a wooden stable; architecturally 'De Kleine Kikker' wedges itself as a modern little farmhouse between these two historic buildings Its front façade references to the farm it is located next to; the back façade has a much more modern appearance Its façades are clad in partially coloured wooden beams, while the roof is made of aluminium 'De Kleine Kikker' is recognizable because of it's forms, but surprises at the same time by combining unexpected materials photo: Rob 't Hart Public access unknown! m² Drost + van Veen architecten Rijnsweerd Vastgoed Beheer BV pkrajewski_pl 29

30 photo: Piotr Krajewski Spacebox Cambridgelaan Utrecht Spacebox has been installed at several universities and institutes of learning to provide flexible, low-cost housing for students, key workers and young professionals The University of Utrecht have installed over 300 units (pictured) within the campus grounds Car parking is provided There is extensive bicycle storage to encourage the use of car-free transport Each Spacebox has its own kitchen, wc and shower-room There is a communal laundry Other design options include communal café/ sports/ leisure rooms Tenants report a high level of satisfaction with the facilities over several years of use 2001 Mart de Jong Utrecht University pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski Take bus nr 12 or 11 from the central train station in Utrecht to the Uithof, the university Campus That's where you'll find the Spaceboxes 30

31 photo: Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee photo: Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee Smarties Heidelberglaan Utrecht This student housing in the complex of the Utrecht University campus has transformed the Uithof site into a full-fledged campus It will also help relieve the chronic housing shortage for young people in the city of Utrecht Within the line of freestanding buildings the master plan designed by OMA, our block of 380 independent and clustered rooms presents itself as a solitary mass with a 20 metre cantilever The spectacular main concrete supporting structure consists of four slabs that together form a theatrical single table leg The 'leg' and its rocking bench dramatize the main entrance and create an urban rendezvous which distils the encounters and the to-and- from of all those students The colossal mass which rests on the main supporting structure consists of upright slabs penetrated by longitudinal tunnels, producing a building with high flexibility which will be a long-lasting addition to the Uithof Public access unknown! m² Marlies Rohmer SSH Utrecht pkrajewski_pl photo: Daria Scagliola & Stijn Brakkee 31

32 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: NMR facility NMR facility Padualaan CH Utrecht The small pavilion-like laboratory building for the NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Facility is located on the Uithof Campus of Utrecht University The two-floor column free laboratory houses eight spectrometers (high-frequency magnets) This influenced decisively the spatial layout of the building, because the radiate force fields these magnets produce may not be disturbed The building consists of a single concrete surface, which continues from floor plane into the wall and ceiling The flipping-over surfaces are constructive and are thus not traversed by a secondary support structure of columns Windows with integrated sun shading, a silk-screened dot pattern, are placed in office- and laboratory spaces, allowing daylight to enter photo: NMR facility Public access unknown! m² Structural engineer UNStudio ABT Universiteit Utrecht pkrajewski_pl The building is not publicly accessible You could ask if there is time for a short tour Contact: sciencesecrnmr@uunl or phone: +31(0) There is a direct bus shuttle from Utrecht CS to the university campus De Uithof (direct bus 12s, as well as the buses 12 & 11 ) Ask the bus driver to stop at the Hugo R Kruyt building, Padualaan 8 The entrance of the Nicolaas Bloembergen building can only be accessed via the Hugo R Kruyt building (a huge concrete building at the university complex De Uithof, 8 floors high, grey and with a yellow elevator house on top) Its address : Padualaan

33 photo: Pieter Kers photo: Pieter Kers Villa Voile Luzernevlinder DK Utrecht On the edge of the park, four sculptures enrich the park and interact with each other These four identical buildings deliver interesting sight lines and connections by their mutual rotations The fourth tower is distanced a bit further, connecting to the nearest street In order to ensure optimal lighting and view from every apartment, a choice was made for 2 x 2 apartments per floor Due to the favourable form factor, it was possible to create affordable luxury apartments, with 2 apartments per elevator per floor The apartments (4 rooms) have free plans, due to the fact that the bathroom and toilet are place together into one central block During the sale process the position and characteristics for the kitchen and the rooms are defined photo: Pieter Kers Project is not public! m² Rudy Uytenhaak Hopman Interheem Groep Roderick Either by car, or walking distance from Utrecht Terwijde station 33

34 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Viktor Ramos Educatorium Leuvenlaan CE Utrecht Situated in the centre of the University Campus the Uithof, just outside the centre of Utrecht, this building is most famous for its use of concrete The concrete construction of the building folds and forms the floor, wall and ceiling in one curved motion In the ceiling, steel reinforcement bars emerge from the exposed concrete slab Steel and concrete dissociate allowing each material to work at optimum efficiency: the 20cm thick concrete slab is made to span 21 metres "Composed of two planes which fold to accommodate a range of distinct programs including an outdoor plaza, two lecture halls, cafeteria and a testing facility Planes interlock to create a single trajectory in which the entire university experience socialization, learning, examination is encapsulated" Bad detailing or lack of proper maintenance has caused the facade to look old and worn out, even after a couple of years photo: Piotr Krajewski m² Structural engineer Contractor OMA - Rem Koolhaas ABT BAM University of Utrecht NGHM The building is public and open to visit freely, at workdays on office hours For guided tours, contact the Utrecht ure Centre at aorta@aortanu and tours@aortanu or call +31 (0) Buslines 11, 12 and 12-S go from Utrecht Central Station to the Uithof university campus Call the reception of the Educatorium at +31 (0)

35 photo: Christian Richters photo: Christian Richters AA Hijmans van den Bergh medical faculty Universiteitsweg CG Utrecht The faculty building forms the corner to the existing Academic Hospital of Utrecht The building volume seeks to strengthen the existing entrance area of the hospital complex In addition it needs to retain an independent building identity within the complex and also to form part of the University campus On a gross floor area of approximately m2, the building consists of three parts: office space, classrooms with individual workspaces and a restaurant In both the office and education areas, flexible work environments are provided where different teaching scenarios can occur In the centre of the building are three glass voids, which allow sunlight into the building They connect the public areas in the building with the education floors and are visible from throughout the building The cones integrate the load bearing structure and serve as large ventilation shafts The crystal glass shapes thus form a technical backbone as well as the atmospherical heart of the building photo: Christian Richters m², Interior architect Designed by Erick van Egeraat Designed_by_Erick_van_Egeraat University of Utrecht 35

36 photo: Ernst Moritz photo: Dirk Verwoerd Rietveld Schröderhuis Prins Hendriklaan Utrecht A visit to the Rietveld Schröder House remains a fascinating experience This house is the only building ever realized on the basis of the architectural principles of De Stijl Typical features are the use of the Stijl colours red, blue and yellow, in combination with white, grey and black, the relation between interior and exterior and the unity between the free-standing pieces of furniture and the fitted parts of the interior According to Rietveld and Schröder one had to have an active attitude to life For them too living in a home is a conscious act The furnishing of the house reflects this conviction The occupant has to perform a transaction for every activity: the bathroom is created by opening out a wall, while the sleeping areas could be screened off with sliding walls, and privacy was obtained by placing shutters in front of the windows The house is literally a machine for living in photo: Jannes Linders 1924 Gerrit Rietveld Truus Schröder MI_MOA On Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday you can visit the Rietveld Schröderhuis The house can only be visited with a tour of max 10 people You can reserve a place in the tour by sending an to rhreserveringen[at]centraalmuseumnl There is a special Rietveld bus that leaves from the Centraal Museum at 1145, 1245, 1345 and 1445 hr It takes you to all Rietveld-designs and back to the Centraal Museum (address: Nicolaaskerkhof 10, Utrecht) 36

37 photo: Pedro Maia photo: Pedro Maia Bridges Parkwijk Leidsche Rijn Zandweg AA Utrecht The master plan for Leidsche Rijn was developed by Maxwan between 93 and '95 With houses it is one of the largest urban schemes in Dutch history The scheme features a large network of canals that are part of the sustainable water-management plan Some 100 bridges connect the road network over these canals Maxwan designed a new family of 16 bridges for Leidsche Rijn These bridges hardly have to bridge: the canals are not wide and are not accessible to big boats Maxwan decided not to make an issue out of the span, but to rather treat each bridge as a piece of public space with a special gift: to be above water Because a good road implies efficiency and luxury of connection - for all users - the smoothest links possible were made, curving the sides of the bridge to match the traffic givens on either side of the water 'Ponds' were allowed to appear in the deck of the bridge, where asphalt was not needed The bridges are outlined with mirror-polished stainless steel railings photo: Pedro Maia m², Urban planner Structural engineer Maxwan ABT City of Utrecht calahan 24h 37

38 photo: Bjorn Utpott WKK energy plant Limalaan 3584 CL Utrecht To increase the capacity of two existing power stations on the Uithof in Utrecht, a new building (6000m3) appeared The size and construction of the building are largely determined by the technical requirements A skin of self-supporting Cor-ten steel is folded over the machinery and the giant filters and dampers and keeps the noise pollution to a minimum Its silhouette differs according to one's perspective, lending the building a sculptural force in the landscape m² Structural engineer Building physics consultant Dok en Pieters Bouwtechniek Lichtveld Buis & Partners University of Utrecht Bjorn_Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott 24/7 outside is visible from public street To/from Utrecht Central Station: Bus Line 11 en 12(s) (15 to 20 min) Line 20 also reaches the Uithof 38

39 photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott Exposition Pavilion Hogeweide BC Utrecht Next to the Paper Dome by Shigeru Ban stands the pavilion by Dutch artist Stanley Brouwn It functions and an exposition space and can be used by artists as an atelier The building exists out of two long white volumes, that lie across each other This is Brouwns first realized building, is based on his personally developed size-system; the Brouwn-foot system of measures It was built during the Pursuit of Happines art-manifestation, organized by Beyond Utrecht Beyond considers the realization of a presentation space for visual arts in the centre of Leidsche Rijn as a suggestion for the future allocation of the area It will be positioned in the Leidsche Rijn residential area until 2009, then it will be moved to a new and definite place photo: Bjorn Utpott Main designer, Stanley Brouwn Bertus Mulder City of Utrecht & SKOR Bjorn_Utpott Depending on the agenda See the website Bus no 28 to Vleuterweide departs every 10 min from Utrecht CS and is about a 50 m to the entrance of the exhibition grounds Bicycle: From Utrecht via the Vleutenseweg in the direction of Vleuten Cross the traffic lights directly to the west of the Vleutensebrug Bridge You are now riding beside the new, two-lane access road to Leidsche Rijn Take the first left turn towards Parkwijk/Langerak Straight ahead past the Paper Dome 39

40 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Bjorn Utpott Minnaert Leuvenlaan CE Utrecht All circulation space of this central university building has been concentrated in one big hall on the "piano nobile" of the building It constitutes the communal gathering place and living room for all staff and students in this part of the campus and gives access to the restaurant, the study centre and the laboratories In the middle the hall has a large pond of 10 x 50 metres that collects the rainwater and is used as a cooling device for the building This hall is actually outside The facade of the building is clad with undulating sprayed concrete of pigmented red earth color The Minnaert Building is part of the Faculties of Geosciences, Physiscs and Astronomy Hence the brown earthy colors on the outside, and the cave-like feeling that arouses in the central hall Profdr Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert (Brugge, 1893) was astronomic and chemo-physicist photo: Bjorn Utpott m² Interior architect, Contractor Structural engineer Neutelings Riedijk MI_MOA JP van Eesteren ABT Universiteit van Utrecht To get to and around the University campus, you can take bus city lines number 11 and 12 from Utrecht Central Station 40

41 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Basket Bar Genevelaan CC Utrecht The Utrecht University Campus, according to its best tradition, gives birth to another provocative and irreverent building: the BasketBar, which consists of a flat basket ground over a grand café room, as 15 x 15 meters flat extension of the previous bookstore, just on the back of the OMA's Educatorium In the early 90's, OMA prepared the master plan for the renewed University Campus, which encompasses a lot of Dutch Second Modernity's exemplary buildings such as Mecanoo's Faculty of Economics and Management, Neutelings Riedijk's Minnaert Building, UN Studio's NMR Laboratory and OMA's Educatorium All these buildings are spread on a large site called De Uithof at the edge of the city, hosting about among staff and students The BasketBar, together with the Educatorium, represented the only extensive meeting place for all this population, until the large black library was built photo: Naomi Schiphorst m² NL s Universiteit van Utrecht Naomi Mo - Fri from 10:30 till late Weekends are for arranged groups 41

42 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst University Library UBU Heidelberglaan CS Utrecht This black box is both praised and hated Let s hear the architect: It is a place where people can work in a concentrated fashion, but also one where they can meet others without the need of any other stimulation except the atmosphere that the building radiates The book depots divide the space into zones interconnected by stairs and slopes All in black figured concrete on which a partly double-glazed facade to which a silk-screened figurative pattern has been applied in order to let natural light in Based on the idea that silent communication is important in a building where there is hardly any talking, the atmosphere had emphasis on creating a sense of security That was essential for choosing a black interior A light, shiny floor provides enough reflection to illuminate the books and white tables make it possible to read The bar, lounge, reception, auditorium, desks, are all fitted with red rubber, thereby breaking down the mono-functionality of the library program m² Wiel Arets s Universiteit van Utrecht Naomi photo: Naomi Schiphorst mo-fr: sa: su: From Utrecht Central Station take bus 11 or 12 towards "De Uithof", the university campus 42