Abstract
‘KAAN Architecten and the building firm VORM are together creating a large new building on the Tilburg University campus. With 11,000 square metres of floor area, the university’s Teaching and Self-Study Centre (OZC) is intended to offer students better facilities and hence further improve the quality of education. The building will have BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) ‘Excellent’ certification, the maximum achievable level of sustainability. Completion is scheduled for autumn 2017.
The KAAN Architecten design shows an OZC that is square and fairly low, like various other buildings on the campus. This means it will fit in well among the trees and the other buildings. Yet it is substantially different from the square central Cobbenhagen building, the former Catholic College of Economics that formed the basis for the university back in the early 1960s. Whereas with its two courtyards the enclosed structure by architect Jos. Bedaux (1910-1989) brought the landscape inside the building, KAAN Architecten’s centre will blend into it. Abundant daylight and radical perspectives will allow the building and its surroundings to merge. The study areas will be enclosed in the same way as a woodland clearing.
The KAAN Architecten design shows an OZC that is square and fairly low, like various other buildings on the campus. This means it will fit in well among the trees and the other buildings. Yet it is substantially different from the square central Cobbenhagen building, the former Catholic College of Economics that formed the basis for the university back in the early 1960s. Whereas with its two courtyards the enclosed structure by architect Jos. Bedaux (1910-1989) brought the landscape inside the building, KAAN Architecten’s centre will blend into it. Abundant daylight and radical perspectives will allow the building and its surroundings to merge. The study areas will be enclosed in the same way as a woodland clearing.
Translated title of the contribution | Ontspannen waardigheid: KAAN Architecten ontwerpt nieuwbouw voor Tilburg University |
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Original language | Multiple languages |
Title of host publication | OverHolland 18/19 |
Subtitle of host publication | Universiteit en stad |
Editors | Henk Engel, Esther Gramsbergen, Henk Hoeks, Reinout Rutte, Otto Diesfeldt, Iskandar Pané |
Publisher | Vantilt |
Pages | 173-185 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-94-6004-304-8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Publication series
Name | OverHolland |
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Number | 18/19 |
Volume | 11 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1574-3160 |