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1 Groningen Projects 40 Created 24-May-12 By Remko van Heummen, Haarlem, Euroborg Stadium Groningen, Wiel Arets s football stadium, mixed-use development Minerva Timorstraat Quay Houses La Liberté Sirius Groningen Groningen University Museum Media Building Groningen Water Police Groningen 7 Residential Tower Kwelderland Delfzijl, De Zwarte Hond housing Lighthouses 14 Martini Hospital Extension 15 Public toilet 16 Educational Building UMCG 17 Groningen, RAU auditorium, university 8 Video Bus Stop 18 Groningen, OMA - Rem Koolhaas art, bus station, canopy 9 Damsterdock 19 Groningen, 19 het atelier architecten housing 10 Folding Walls 20 Groningen, Casanova & Hernandez dwellings 11 Groningen, Emiel Lamers ures boat house, police station Groningen, OMA - Rem Koolhaas art, kiosk, toilet Groningen, De Zwarte Hond mixed-use development, office 6 Groningen, SKETS architectuurstudio university, museum 13 Groningen, SEED s health care, hospital Groningen, Borren Staalenhoef en housing, social housing, sport 5 Groningen, Dominique Perrault social housing Five Villas Groningen, Daad en dwellings Groningen, Zecc en housing 4 Groningen, Borren Staalenhoef en housing, social housing Zuidhorn, Onix dwellings Groningen, Piet Blom education, exposition space 3 Montessorischool De Dijk 21 Groningen, Drost + van Veen architecten education, primary school 12 Ciboga Terrain 22 Groningen, S333 housing, shop 1

2 Wall House Groningen, John Hejduk private house Self Referential House Two Apartments Pavilion Schuiten- schuiverskwartier Uurwerkersgang Leon van Gelder Home Built Zuiderdiep Groninger Museum Faculty Bernoulliborg 27 Menzis office building Groningen, de Architekten Cie office Station forecourt and bike shelter 34 De Brink Flats 35 Pavilion for the Duisenberg-building 36 Willem Alexander Sportcentre 37 Groningen, AGS Architekten & Planners sport, swimming pool, university 28 Zernikeborg 38 Groningen, Inbo university 29 Gasunie Headquarters 39 Groningen, Alberts en van Huut bv office 30 Linnaeusborg Centre for Life Sciences 40 Groningen, Rudy Uytenhaak education, laboratorium, university 31 Groningen, De Zwarte Hond auditorium, education, laboratorium, library, university Groningen, pvanb architecten library, office, university Groningen, Alessandro Mendini museum 26 Groningen, Daad en atelier, private house 33 Groningen, OMA - Rem Koolhaas housing Groningen, RAU secondary school 25 Groningen, Toyo Ito university, gallery Education Executive Agency & Tax offices Groningen, KCAP s & Planners bicycle stand, square Groningen, Foreign Office s apartment, restaurant 24 Groningen, Tony Fretton apartment Groningen, UNStudio government, office Groningen, Space Group kindergarten, apartment 23 Helpmancentrale 41 Groningen, Team 4 en monument, office 32 School of ure 42 Groningen, Jeroen Huijsinga & Joost Koek underground parking, university 2

3 photo: Wiel Arets en photo: Wiel Arets en Euroborg Stadium Boumaboulevard ZS Groningen The multifunctional Euroborg stadium is a catalyst for a multiplicity of amenities that do not compete with the facilities in the city centre, but reinforce Groningen's key position in the north of Holland The complex houses theatres, sports facilities, shops, offices, apartments and catering establishments, in a synergy that benefits both users and facility managers Rather than a conventional stadium with a football pitch, Euroborg will be a sort of microcosm where social interaction and social control go hand in hand The stadium itself is an empty space constructed under architecture, with capacity for 22,500 spectators It can be adjusted to reflect its use, which can be related to the activities of the entire complex The project is modelled on the amphitheatre of the Tuscan town of Lucca that, over the years, evolved into an urban square surrounded by a double ring of possibilities photo: Wiel Arets en Project is public! 2006 Wiel Arets s WielAretss 3

4 Minerva Gedempte Zuiderdiep HN Groningen In 1976 Blom prepared his first drafts for the new Academy of Arts in Groningen 'Minerva Academy' had to become a 'fort of art', bedded in the inner city of Groningen He designed a collection of smaller buildings, connected with the surrounding city by means of small stairs and alleys October 2nd, 1984, 'Minerva Academy' was opened by Queen Beatrix No sooner had Beatrix's car left the building than the academy was forced to shatter Blom's vision of openness for the academy's terraces A number of brazen burglaries gave the academy board no choice but to close off the accesses to the Ganzevoortsingel and the Kruithuisgang with high steel railings The enclosure also spelled the end of the main entrance on the inner courtyard The side entrance on the Zuiderdiep was given the status of main entrance Project is public! Associate architect Contractor Piet Blom Beltman en HBC te Hoogeveen Minerva dirkverwoerd 4

5 photo: Pieter Kers Amsterdam photo: Pieter Kers Amsterdam Timorstraat Timorstraat LG Groningen The Nieuw Indische Buurt in Groningen is a neighbourhood designed by HP Berlage and partly built before and after the second world war To create more diversity in housing typologies the 'after WWII' housing schemes have been demolished and replaced with row houses The design includes a spacious large living area on the first floor while the ground floor (souterrain) serves as additional space that is used in 18 different ways by the current inhabitants: grandma, workspace, hobby, large families Although eighteen in a row, they are all different in use which is visible in the courtyards photo: Pieter Kers Amsterdam Project is not public! Borren Staalenhoef en Lefier yep 5

6 photo: Saph_Rob de Jong photo: Saph_Rob de Jong Quay Houses Eemskanaal 9713 Groningen On the South-east side of Groningen an industrial area has become indistinct Here for a large constructing area has become available A few existing buildings on the waterside stay as they are On the other area's big enclosed building-blocks will be realised These building-blocks have a large common courtyard and a constructed parking place Our design regards houses with four floors The houses are being build in a row, but all of them have an individual touch This individual touch is realised by the sculptural design of the entrance stairs, the vertical articulation of the houses and the different sorting of brick used for the façade's The lower two levels are realised as a split-level This is to create enough privacy on the road side and on the same time realise a nice high kitchen on the, private, terrace side The houses are strong serially in terms of building system, but offer space for many requirements: additional roof terrace, a larger bay window or a larger entrance photo: Saph_Rob de Jong Project is not public! 2010 Zecc en Heijmans Vastgoed Almere / Assen ZeccenBV 6

7 La Liberté Laan van de Vrijheid GA Groningen La Liberté consists of two residential towers One is eighty meters high, the other one is forty meters They are built on a glass platform The highest tower consists of two building volumes, slightly shifted from one another The towers are connected by means of a pedestrian bridge Both towers have space for 120 three bedroom apartments As the complex is near to the highway, Perrault has designed the apartments as soundproof as possible The windows of the apartments are fully closed and only serve for the passage of light Perrault created an illusion of'open windows' by placing mirror glass panels These panels reflect the daylight and keeps the sound off The apartments are built on a glass platform that serves as office space The residential towers and the premises are separated by a covered terrace Perrault also designed the two gardens and the underground parking Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Associate architect Dominique Perrault Ingenieursbureau Dijkhuis Oving Architekten Patrimonium dirkverwoerd 7

8 photo: Pieter Kers Amsterdam photo: Pieter Kers Amsterdam Sirius Groningen Grote Beerstraat RG Groningen Sirius is an apartment building in the restructured 1960's neighbourhood of Paddepoel in Groningen On a very small piece of land many of the remaining objectives of a previous covenant between housing organization and neighbourhood had to be resolved The program includes 24 apartments, thirteen of which are for specified clients that need healthcare, a primary school gymnasium and an intensive parking facility for 28 cars The apartments include 50% social housing and 50% starters on the housing market The architects designed a 3-storey building with the apartments in 2 rows and the gymnasium on the first floor in between The ground floor area under the gym is used as an efficient parking ground The apartments have a one sided street orientation Indeed a very dense scheme for a suburban neighbourhood photo: Pieter Kers Amsterdam Project is not public! Borren Staalenhoef en Lefier yep 8

9 photo: Berend Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst Groningen University Museum Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 7a 9712 EA Groningen The new entrance to the existing museum leads the visitor to the exhibition rooms, alongside the reception and conference room The entrance-pavilion is designed as a moving, almost dancing, flowing space, in contrast with the existing structures With the addition of the new shape the square in front of the museum is redefined as a new outside meeting space for students, inhabitants of the city and people who work here The shape is abstracted from the routing visitors need to follow, starting at the public space, the Oude Kijk in t Jat straat, through an alley to the courtyard Even the reception desk is integrated into the shape of the routing Project is public! Floor area/size m² Contractor Services engineer SKETS architectuurstudio BAM Adviesbureau VanderWeele Rijks Universiteit Groningen Berend_Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst Tuesday - Sunday: h Specially for groups, the museum is open in the morning From Groningen trainstation take bus 3, 5 or 15 to A-kerk Follow signs 'Universiteits Museum' 9

10 photo: DeZwarteHond photo: DeZwarteHond Media Building Groningen Helperpark ZA Groningen Until 1982 the Helpman power station, whose origin goes back to 1931, served as an electricity plant The enormous scale, the imposing character of the central hall, and the fact that the building was one of the first really large power stations, make this building an important part of the country's industrial heritage The suitable alternative use that was found was neither an exhibition space nor a museum, but a media building; a multi-occupancy building to be used by media-related companies A characteristic feature of the Helpman power station is the full height central section, the old turbine hall, with aisles containing storeys of different heights This typology makes the cross section of the building similar to that of a cathedral The spacious 'nave' is retained in the design, but the aisles are filled as efficiently as possible with 10,000m2 of floor space Project is public! Floor area/size m² De Zwarte Hond TCN SIG Real Estate DeZwarteHond photo: DeZwarteHond Groningen Europapark: Accessible via A7, A28: Ring Groningen Oost (next to Euroborg Stadium) or bus 20 from Groningen Central Station 10

11 photo: Emiel Lamers photo: Emiel Lamers Water Police Groningen Sontweg AT Groningen This mobile office building for the water police in the North of the was built in a shipyard The bottom is made of concrete, the upper construction of wood The so-called 'werk-ark' was brought on water to its current dry land location Should the organisation need to move, the entire building can take a trip by river to the new location photo: Emiel Lamers Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Contractor Emiel Lamers ures Spruyt Arkenbouw Rijksgebouwendienst directie Noord Emiel_Lamers From Groningen trainstation, take bus 76 Get out at Ikea and walk 2 minutes 11

12 photo: De Zwarte Hond photo: De Zwarte Hond Residential Tower Kwelderland Kustweg 9933 Delfzijl In 2008, Delfzijl started a large scale urban renewal One of the new neighbourhoods that arise is Kwelderland The main qualities of this area are the location at the Dollard and the Wedge Just behind the dyke, in the middle of this marsh area, three peninsulas, with three residential towers will be realized The basis for the plan of the tower is to create an efficient spatial economic and brick building that fits into the maritime character of Delfzijl The tower has four apartments on each floor, around stairs and an elevator with two penthouses on the top floor Each apartment has a 90-degree outdoor area The living area is not included in the brick core, which creates a slender cruciform shape On the tower an unique element is effectively added; a panorama on every layer in an elegant flowing movement around the tower The undulating movement and the materialization of the deck refers to the marine environment photo: De Zwarte Hond Floor area/size m² De Zwarte Hond Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Delfzijl Kuifje 12

13 photo: Giampiero Sanguigni photo: Giampiero Sanguigni Five Villas Sloep 9801 RG Zuidhorn The agricultural shed is typical of 'polder landscapes' in Groningen; a sober construction with a pitched roof, the slopes of which reach almost to the base of the building The outline of these houses by Onix is analogous to that of the traditional barn, with its preference for sloping surfaces over vertical walls Traces of a contemporary language can be found in the way the conventional form is complicated by cuts and blurrings and by the choice of materials - heterogeneous, but of the same colour which create continuity between façades and roof, making the whole appear as a unique project The building thus acquires the appearance of a volume from which pieces have been subtracted in order to increase the possibilities for the use of space by its inhabitants The oblique passageway containing the entrance separates the residential part from the garage, thereby reducing the bulk of the whole and generating physical and visual contact between surrounding terrain and the landscape photo: Giampiero Sanguigni Project is not public! 2006 Contractor Onix Zomers Bouwbedrijf Hollestelle Vastgoed Ontwikkeling Giampiero_Sanguigni 13

14 photo: Berend Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst Lighthouses Rabenhauptstraat CB Groningen The lighthouse is a compact, urban apartment of 50 m2 that can be placed on top of parkings, warehouses, schools or other houses It's a minitower existing out of 3 stacked prefabricated modules, with a maximum height of 9 m The first module has an open construction to provide a large open roof terrace of 15 m2 underneath the apartment, next to the entrance The first 4 lighthouses have been realized in the centre of Groningen, on top of a bakery near Central Station The municipality supported the project and provides a perfect solution to a rising need for apartments in congested urban areas The light weight wooden prefabricated construction allows to be built on top of existing structures; it weights kg Providing a good roof structure by the host, the house can be put up in only one day The eventual costs of a Lighthouse depends on the amount ordered, the material costs, costs for the location and installation costs to connect it to sewage and existing structure Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Daad en Vlasblom Projectontwikkeling Berend_Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst 14

15 photo: Rob Hoekstra photo: Rob Hoekstra Martini Hospital Extension Van Swietenplein NT Groningen The fusion of the Martini Hospital in 1991created a greater and more efficient organisation to enable better healthcare, the completion of this fusion is realised in the new building in 2007 Burger Grunstra consulting architects translated the pressing problem of flexibility by combining functionality, flexibility, budget restraints and beauty into an engaging design Analysing the context of the urban planning brought to light the two orthogonal patterns The directional vacuum is rediscovered by the integration of one of the building forms The curved line in the other building section ensures the guidance of the curve in the Paterwoldse street The choice of materials was purposely limited The verticality in the elevation strengthens the curve The glazed elevation reflects the ever changing images of the surrounding context photo: Rob Hoekstra Project is public! Floor area/size m² Contractor SEED s Croon Elektrotechniek Martini Ziekenhuis Groningen SEED_architects Buslines 5, 6 and 52 stop near the Hospital 15

16 photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Public toilet Reitemakersrijge Groningen Public-Toilet project - "A Star is Born" Public toilet by Rem Koolhaas with photographs of Erwin Olaf Project is public! Artist OMA - Rem Koolhaas Erwin Olaf City of Groningen JMMM photo: João Morgado 16

17 Educational Building UMCG Antonius Deusinglaan Groningen The new extension of the faculty of Medical Sciences is squeezed between a listed 19th century building and high-rise dating from the 1960s, all part of the University of Groningen It s also bordered by the new building for UN animal testing laboratories (by UN Studio) and extends from the newly emerging university plaza to the edge of the campus, which borders the inner city, creating a new portal between the town and the university grounds It houses the Orthopaedic Institute for Joint and Movement Studies with a main lecture hall and a large foyer connecting the institute s existing rooms It therefore has a joining function in urban and programmatic terms as well Some 1300 bicycles can be parked on the ground floor and the 3 upper storeys are used for teaching and research In the foyer a concrete wall rises to the highest point of the giant lecture hall This wall, Chromosome Technology in Concrete Relief, was designed in collaboration with artist Baukje Trenning photo: Bjorn Utpott Project is public! Floor area/size m² Services engineer Artist Building physics consultant Contractor RAU ABT Baukje Trenning DGMR Heijmans Rijksuniversiteit Groningen RAU Busses 3 and 6 pass the building 17

18 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer Video Bus Stop Emmaplein Groningen The Video Bus Stop is an asymmetrical composition of glass, marble and corrugated steel, that protects the commuters with a red velvet curtain 'against the elements', which provides a stark contrast with the constant circulation of buses The shelter's asymmetrical orientation aims at amplifying the effect of two identical objects facing each other The use of real marble on the wall creates an impossible dignified abris - like Mies van der Rohe meets Decaux The only sign of 'vulgarity' are the different video programmes projected on the marble surface with 3D metal letters on the outside Discreet holes on the sides of the marble walls provide for discreet sound The project was part of the exhibition 'What A wonderful World' that took place in Groningen in 1991 (text from architect's website) Project is public! 1989 OMA - Rem Koolhaas jpmm photo: Jeroen Meijer By bus, or a five minute walk from the station 18

19 photo: 19 het atelier architecten photo: 19 het atelier architecten Damsterdock Europaweg 9723 AS Groningen The restructuring of this gateway to the city is in full swing In the warehouse on the water are four loft houses created Behind them, along the route of the bridge Damsterkade high-rise apartments are developed, which by its construction, between disks, points out the size of the original buildings Project is not public! het atelier architecten De Groot Planontwikkeling 19hetatelierarchitecten photo: 19 het atelier architecten 19

20 photo: John Lewis Marshall photo: John Lewis Marshall Folding Walls Rembrandt van Rijnstraat PH Groningen Within an enclosed intimate urban courtyard, near the city centre and in front of a small green area, these freestanding patio-villas have been built The folding walls-setup' colonizes the space between built elements, gardens and nature A wooden wall folds itself to define the villas, the patios, the gardens and the urban elements, enclosing different spaces with different "atmospheres" The double height living room can be completely opened towards the patio and the garden, and becomes part of the outside landscape photo: Ger van der Vlugt Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Casanova & Hernandez Contractor BAM Wilma bv Building physics consultant Adviesbureau VanderWeele Nijestee Vastgoed Naomi 20

21 photo: Drost + Van Veen photo: Drost + Van Veen Montessorischool De Dijk Wibenaheerd PB Groningen The Municipality of Groningen commissioned the seventies Montessori school in the district of Beijum to move into a better urban situation The most prominent landscape element, a historical dike profile along a canal, is integrated into the design of the school The corridor, which occupies an important place in Montessori education, follows the dike profile Several areas such as workplaces, library and the staff room, literally put out and create long sight lines across the channel The large hall is in direct relation to the sunken playroom This allows the hall as a stage with the audience in the playroom The eight meters wide staircase rises along the dike, and also serves as a seating object The white color of the building gives a fresh look and contrasts with the somber, gray-brown hues of the surrounding buildings photo: Drost + Van Veen Project is not public! Drost + van Veen architecten Municipality of Groningen DvV 21

22 photo: João Morgado photo: João Morgado Ciboga Terrain Bloemsingel BZ Groningen The urban concept developed by the municipality extends the network of routes and views through the site The municipality's desire to establish 'openness' through an equal relationship between landscape and building was central to the success of the plan However this ambition had to be negotiated with the market requirements for programmatic density This led the municipality to create the concept of 'schotsen' A 'schots' is considered a compact building block eroded internally by new forms of semi-public space Thirteen 'schotsen' are distributed across the site in an open landscape that operates as a filter zone between the city centre and 19th century housing extensions S333 have developed Schots 1 and 2, which forms a strategic link in the city's ecological corridor linking the canal with an existing urban park, as the first phase of the project on the original Europan 3 site photo: João Morgado Project is not public! Services engineer S333 DGMR ING Vastgoed, Amstelland Ontwikkeling, Bouwbedrijf MoesBV, Amvest Vastgoed and Nijestee Vastgoed JMMM 22

23 photo: Wall House photo: Wall House Wall House A J Lutulistraat WT Groningen Originally designed in 1973 for Ed Bye, in Ridgefield, Connecticut USA, for a long time it only existed as a concept until Groningen decided to actually build the house Designed to place living in the context of time by means of a Wall which symbolizes the physical transition from past to future through the present, a transition between back and front, closed and open The Wall, one-and-a-half m thick, forms the basis of the house The entrance and living elements literally hang from it To reinforce this idea, a narrow gap is left between the Wall and the elements Hence the Wall is not directly manifest in the interior but can only be perceived visually It is a theoretical house, based on the idea of the physical confrontation between space and time, elaborated in separate elements It is a museological manifestation of an important architectural concept Although it wasn't designed for this particular site, it does enter into a dialogue with its 'everyday' surroundings photo: Wall House Project is public! Floor area/size m² Contractor John Hejduk BAM Wilma bv Municipality of Groningen MI_MOA Please visit to see what days the house is open for the public From Groningen Central Station take bus 6, direction "Hoornse Meer Wijk" Get out at the lake (it's best if you tell/ask the bus driver) Then walk alongside the shore of the lake heading south until you see the Wall House at your right hand 23

24 photo: Berend Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst Self Referential House Prinsenstraat CL Groningen The Municipality of Groningen invited the Japanese architect Toyo Ito to develop a framework for the cultural manifestation Blue Moon He worked together with four architects: Space Group, Xaveer de Geyter, Foreign Office s and Tony Fretton Each of them drew up two designs; one for the Europapark (a former industrial site) and one for the inner city of Groningen, all based on Ito's master plan In the context of this manifestation the Norwegian-based Space Group designed a building to house a day-care centre (on the first floor) and urban private dwelling (ground floor) and 70m2 roof terrace with pool The front façade is made out of glass with half transparent textile screens, which make the building look open and closed at the same time Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Space Group Municipality of Groningen Berend_Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst 24

25 photo: Berend Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst Two Apartments Lutkenieuwstraat AW Groningen The Municipality of Groningen invited the Japanese architect Toyo Ito to develop a framework for the cultural manifestation Blue Moon He worked together with four architects: Space Group, Xaveer de Geyter, Foreign Office s and Tony Fretton Each of them drew up two designs; one for the Europapark (a former industrial site) and one for the inner city of Groningen, all based on Ito's masterplan In this context London-based architect Tony Fretton has built two apartments on a very small building plot The hall opens up to the street and gives access to both houses The entire building has 5 stories and is constructed in a straightforward and standard way, related to its urban surroundings by the simple gestures of setting the building back and making the top floor transparent, creating grand views The building is intended to nestle into the fabric of the city inconspicuously, throwing into visibility through reflective glazing, the simple incidental events of the street Project is not public! 2001 Tony Fretton Municipality of Groningen Berend_Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst From trainstation Groningen, take bus 3, 5 or 15 to A-kerk Then walk north 50 meters 25

26 photo: Berend Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst Pavilion Schuiten- schuiverskwartier Schuitendiep RH Groningen The Municipality of Groningen invited the Japanese architect Toyo Ito to develop a framework for the cultural manifestation Blue Moon He worked together with four architects: Space Group, Xaveer de Geyter, Foreign Office s and Tony Fretton Each of them drew up two designs; one for the Europapark (a former industrial site) and one for the inner city of Groningen, all based on Ito's master plan In the context of this manifestation the English Foreign Office s made a 4 story high building with a façade that could be opened and closed like sleeping bag, with a zipper It is a steal-framed structure with a skin of perforated steel plates These can be opened The building changes from a fully closed massive column into a light and open structure Inside is a restaurant and two apartments Project is public! Foreign Office s Municipality of Groningen Berend_Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst 26

27 photo: Berend Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst Uurwerkersgang Uurwerkersgang EJ Groningen The Municipality of Groningen invited the Japanese architect Toyo Ito to develop a framework for the cultural manifestation Blue Moon He worked together with 4 architects: Space Group, Xaveer de Geyter, Foreign Office s and Tony Fretton Each of them drew up two designs; one for the Europapark (a former industrial site) and one for the inner city of Groningen, all based on Ito's master plan In the context of this manifestation the Uurwerkersgang-project was a collaboration between Toyo Ito and Hiromi Hosoya / Hosoya Schaefer s, Zürich It was built as a guesthouse for the University of Groningen The ground floor remains free for semi-public functions such as a gallery The site is located at a narrow alley next to an existing brick building formerly used as a library The new building facade is made from aluminum bricks It is blending in with the brick façades along the alley and at the same time defines a new, light and transparent counterpoint on the old street Project is public! Main designer, Toyo Ito Hosoya Schaefer s Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Berend_Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst 27

28 photo: Christian Richters photo: Christian Richters Leon van Gelder Diamantlaan BA Groningen The Leon van Gelderschool provides a four-year curriculum for 12-year-olds who have completed primary education The vital requisite of a safe environment is visualized in a building that rhythmically rolls and unrolls A the very spot where once stood a vandalised school, now there s a natural school that is the talk of the district screened off from the bustle of the world, open towards people An elevated schoolyard lifts the students above the commonplace Boundaries between floors, walls and ceilings are not clearly defined A state of freedom which will allow the students to blossom To children at a stage in life when they are continually asking Why? and everything is unsettled, the school building s reply is one of individuality, intimacy and originality photo: Christian Richters Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Contractor Acoustics consultant RAU Ballast Nedam Schreuder Groep Reitdiep College RAU 28

29 photo: Berend Schiphorst photo: Berend Schiphorst Home Built Zuiderdiep Gedempte Zuiderdiep HM Groningen Since 1998 owner/inhabitant/builder Hoogland and Versteegh have been building on this exceptional house and atelier Maybe it will never finish: it's a project -or better- a concept in time and space In 1997 DAAD architects was asked to draw a simple plan From inside to out: a wooden container for living space, a heavy steel construction with room for stairs, toilet, plants and corridor, all covered in glass the summer skin can be fully opened This very preliminary plan was approved by the municipality as an experiment and adventure Local building regulations are constantly checked upon and the architect, who had to let go his strong architectural concept, also comes to review the process regularly All details and problems are examined, solved and fixed on the spot This process of trial and error will probably never finish The estimated completion date in 2015, stated in this publication is actually irrelevant The factor time is essential for the plan to succeed Project is not public! 2015 Contractor Daad en Wouter Hoogland & Hannah Versteegh Wouter Hoogland & Hannah Versteegh Berend_Schiphorst 29

30 photo: Peter Tahl photo: Peter Tahl Groninger Museum Museumeiland ME Groningen The new Groninger Museum is not merely a casing for art, it is a work of art in itself, a principle that is occurring to an increasing extent in contemporary (museum) architecture It is an artwork in the centre of the city, traversed by public space where passers-by are directly confronted by all kinds of works of art Right from the outset, it was certain that it would be designed by several architects Mendini chose designers and architects for this purpose When the definitive selection was presented, an announcement was made, stating they had been chosen 'because we believe that, in the next decade, artistic research will be more up-to-date and qualifying than academic architecture, which is in a declining phase All of its shapes, layouts and choice of materials and colors refer to an idea related to this statement For instance the idea of going down the main spiral staircase, not upstairs as in traditional museums (to 'exalted' art) See the website for more explanation photo: Ralph Richter Project is public! Main designer, Alessandro Mendini Coop Himmelb(l)au Michele de Lucchi Philippe Starck Groninger Museum MI_MOA tuesday - sunday: 10:00-17:00 The museum is directly opposite of the Central Station in Groningen 30

31 photo: Jeroen Musch Faculty Bernoulliborg Nijenborgh AG Groningen The building for the faculty of mathematics and physics, is organised horizontally The programme can be read from the outside, in the vertical progression: from the more or less closed upper volume following the shapes of the college rooms on a completely transparent basement The glass façade allows the approach route to the upper floors to be seen at a glance and provides a panoramic view over the surrounding area The building's semi-transparent skin existing of coloured glass panels reflects its park-like surroundings A four-storey comb-structure provides two inner courtyards which admit natural light into the building and enable vertical spatial connections to be made within it Project is not public! Floor area/size m² De Zwarte Hond University of Groningen DeZwarteHond Car: N370 Exit: Zernikecomplex Bus: 11 or 15 from Central Station 31

32 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Menzis office building Winschoterdiep Groningen With its high, angular structure, the Menzis office is a distinctive landmark on Groningen's south-western periphery Three identical prismatic volumes, each four storeys high, are rotated at 90 degrees to one another, so the building seems to lean The lowest volume accommodates the public functions; the two upper volumes primarily contain office spaces The atriums, stacked in a spiral-like fashion, interconnect the various floors and are an expression of the corporate values of Menzis: transparent and communicative Moreover, in their formal variety the atriums offer some surprising interior perspectives The building is a successful combination of a distinctive exterior and a varied and exciting interior (text from architect website) photo: Roderick Trompert Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Structural engineer de Architekten Cie Ingenieursbureau Wassenaar Menzis Roderick 32

33 Education Executive Agency & Tax offices Kempkensberg TB Groningen A greener approach to tall buildings in the post-iconic age The Dutch tax office moves to one of Europe's most sustainable offices A new, 92 meter tall complex of soft, undulating curves marks the skyline of Groningen This asymmetric, aerodynamic construction is set amidst small, ancient woodland, sheltering rare and protected species The project includes the design, construction and financing of two public institutions; the national tax offices and the student loan administration The commission from the RGD (National Buildings Service) includes, besides the architecture, the management and building maintenance and care of facilities and services for a period of 20 years Accommodating 2,500 workstations, parking facilities for 1,500 bicycles and 675 cars in an underground garage, the building will be surrounded by a large public city garden with pond and a multifunctional pavilion with commercial functions Project is public! UNStudio Education Executive Agency & Tax Offices RichardZeinstra 33

34 photo: KCAP s & Planners photo: KCAP s & Planners Station forecourt and bike shelter Stationplein AE Groningen The area around Groningen's railway station is undergoing a transformation into a dynamic urban zone with the 19th-century station at its centre The building was fully restored a while ago, and is now being furnished with a forecourt raised to the level of the station concourse and the platforms This 'city balcony' (Stadsbalkon) offers travellers and passers-by a place to take a promenade with a view across the city Beneath it there is a storage facility for about 4000 bikes, which is set on an underground thoroughfare for cyclists The modularization and perforation of the pedestrian deck establishes a diversity of links between the spaces above and below The city balcony represents a lively, urban forum for city residents as well as for departing or arriving visitors The plaza provides a traffic-free zone to pleasantly while away some time with a view of the city and space for terraces and cultural activities photo: KCAP s & Planners Project is public! Floor area/size m² Structural engineer KCAP s & Planners ARUP Municipality of Groningen Kuifje 34

35 photo: Jeroen Meijer photo: Jeroen Meijer De Brink Flats De Brink 9723 Groningen In July 1984, the architects were asked to develop an alternative project comprising 80 apartments, this time a net living area of 43 m2, the accommodation to be organised in two buildings By changing the long axis of the blocks from east-west to roughly north-south the buildings look 'past' each other rather than overlooking each other The greater mass of the two blocks due to the increase in height is broken by splitting the building into two thin slabs The front slab is ten stories of apartments raised above the ground on pilotis, and placed symmetrically against a larger slab of ten stories of apartments on two stories of storage together with the entrance lobby The top floor of the rear slab opens onto the roof of the front slab, which can be a communal sun terrace or a penthouse garden terrace Project is not public! 1984 OMA - Rem Koolhaas Geerlings Vastgoed jpmm photo: Jeroen Meijer From the station walk 500 m eastwards along zuiderpark and trompsingel, go right 50 m, go left bonte brug, cross the bridge on the right are the buildings 35

36 Pavilion for the Duisenberg-building Nettelbosje Groningen This extension to the Duisenberg building on the campus of Groningen University contains part of the library, offices and a lecture hall The project was constrained by a tight budget and equally tight time frame! The architects had just four months to produce a construction ready design The plain façades have been given depth by the application of a second skin of white, yellow and red aluminium coffers, profiles and variously perforated expanded metal sheeting This produces a moiré effect (interference pattern) with a different pattern of perforations for each of the buildings functions Although the moiré façade has a softening effect, the harder 'real' façade is always visible ans so becomes part of a layered visual game This balance between optical dynamism and a 'honest' technical appearance is continued in the interior Project is public! Floor area/size m² Contractor pvanb architecten Brands Bouwgroep BV University of Groningen dirkverwoerd 36

37 Willem Alexander Sportcentre Zernikeplein AS Groningen Since 1 February 2008, the Institute for Sports Studies has a new building with all sports and lesson facilities at the Zernike Campus A special constellation of sports functions is grouped around a central space over several floors with various educational facilities A spectacular roof provides the central space with special light Throughout the building you can see and feel all kind of sports From the study-scenery you can, while quietly studying, watch the athletes in the top-sporthall From the canteen you can see the swimmers crawling Students can choose to work out in state of the art gymns, the swimming pool or the fitness rooms! The latest developments in sport have been applied Project is public! Floor area/size m² AGS Architekten & Planners Stichting Hanzehogeschool Groningen dirkverwoerd 37

38 Zernikeborg Nettelbosje AJ Groningen borg The Zernikeborg was the first new building on the Groningen University's rejuvenated campus The design originated from the area of tension between the university's massive high-rise blocks of the sixties and the abundant presence of public space The multi- functional educational building - inspired by a Groningen 'borg' (bailey) - is designed as an extraordinary and prominent site, situated on the entrance to this university complex The building's scale and the eaves of its roof, which gives the impression that you can nearly touch it, offer the building a human scale The reflection - generated by half of the building being positioned in the water - adds another dimension to the experience The building forms the hub for the ICT infrastructure in the north of the There was also a need for research areas for the application of computer technology, requiring a minimum of daylight, which more of less explains the appearance of the completed building Project is public! Floor area/size m² Structural engineer Inbo Blaauw en Partners Raadgevend Ingenieursbureau Building physics consultant DGMR Contractor Rottinghuis Associate architect West 8 University Groningen dirkverwoerd 38

39 Gasunie Headquarters Concourslaan Groningen One of the major starting-points in the design of the new building was, next to multi-efficiency and flexibility, to create a heart for the Gasunie Bringing all the people working for the Gasunie together does not only result in a 'calculated' efficiency but also gives them a feeling of belonging together A huge vertical 'indoor street' forms the binding element between the different floors As much attention was paid to the inside as the outside The organic character of the design is echoed throughout the interior of the building, even down to the specifically designed furniture One of the most striking features of the interior is the use of colour in the foyer and stairwell The architect chose earth tones for the structural elements like the columns and central pillar of the stairwell, to symbolize the building's attachment to the ground In 2007 this building was chosen by the readers of newspaper Trouw as the "Most beautiful building of Holland" Project is not public! Floor area/size m², Landscape architect Structural engineer Alberts en van Huut bv dirkverwoerd Adviesbureau Tielemans Gasunie 39

40 photo: Rudy Uytenhaak enbureau Linnaeusborg Centre for Life Sciences Grouwelerie Groningen appen 'Linnaeusborg' is the new building for the Centre for Life Sciences of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Groningen The design forms a component of the WEST8 urban development plan, in which Zernike College will be transformed from a technocratic outpost of the university into an Arcadian campus in a leafy setting The building is situated on the eastern periphery of the Zernike complex, directly adjacent to the moat and the nature area beyond Housing for animals is situated on the north side, with greenhouses and test beds to the southin relation to the extensive project as a whole, Linnaeusborg is a functionally determined building that, while it is large in scale, does not form an impenetrable mass It opens up onto the campus, and is transparent and logical in its structure The volume can be interpreted as a body that rises from the ground and partly vanishes in the perspective and the sloping ground level Project is public! Floor area/size m² General consultant Contractor Structural engineer Rudy Uytenhaak Cofely Strukton Voortman Staalbouw Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Roderick 40

41 photo: Team 4 photo: Team 4 Helpmancentrale Helperpark ZA Groningen At the Europapark were historically different power plants Much of these buildings fell out of use and were demolished in the late nineties The administration building of the turbine hall and the 'Helpmancentrale' have been renovated and transformed Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Team 4 en ABC Onroerend Goed TEAM4en photo: Team

42 School of ure Zuiderkuipen HR Groningen Opposite Piet Blom's Minerva Academy of 1984 stands the School of ure, home to Groningen's ure Academy The four-storey building is detached on an underground parking garage A competition held among academy students elicited 64 entries from amongst which the design by Jeroen Huijsinga and Joost Koek was chosenthe building, clad in wooden slats, was characterized by the competition jury at the time as "A friendly and gracious building that meets the demands of urban and spatial location The jury expected many of the intriguing interplay of light by the remarkable slats covering the academy in the evening, if the building is used frequently, will give a striking appearance " The box-shaped stucco and glass clad building sports an additional facade of redwood slats Between this and the box are the entrance, stairs and servant areas such as toilets and cupboards The building boasts a double-height general assembly hall with a mezzanine and studios Main designer, Jeroen Huijsinga & Joost Koek AAS architecten Stichting Academie van Bouwkunst Noord dirkverwoerd 42