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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Student Housing Campus Eindhoven University of Technology in Netherlands by Office Winhov + office haratori in collaboration with BDG Architecten AlmereApril 5th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Office Winhov Work began on building the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in 1957 based on the urban development plan of S.J. van Embden. His design aimed at creating an idealised factory environment for technical research and study consisting of tall, modern buildings on stilts that were connected with one another and with the laboratories and workshops located in between them by means of aerial walkways. The plan followed the modern ideal of self-contained buildings in a continuous landscape. The rational structure in which the buildings followed a fixed grid pattern was expressed in the curtain walls of the first generation of buildings on the campus. A master plan for the reorganisation and expansion of the campus has been drawn up following the original design. It envisages the introduction of accommodation for students and researchers on the north side of the campus on the edge of the green brook valley of the Dommel.  The building at the banks of the Dommel, Image Courtesy © Stefan Müller
 Articulation of the volume, Image Courtesy © Stefan Müller The position and orientation of the wedge-shaped building are aligned with the series of taller buildings on the campus. The building is entirely prefabricated. The load-bearing façade is made of concrete sandwich elements whose continuous grid reflects the façades of the old buildings on the campus. The front side of the wall panel bands are polished, providing a stronger contrast with the closed sections of the wall and giving the grid an autonomous position in the façade composition. Besides the outer walls, the floors, bathrooms and installations are also prefabricated to enable the building to be constructed within a very short time. The wedge-shaped building has been staggered around the central corridor, creating a triple articulation in the end facades. This division into three facilitates a logical distribution of the rooms and group flats. It also gives the building an elegant appearance and a dynamic, asymmetrical look, both on the side facing the campus and on that facing the Dommel.  Collective loggia, Image Courtesy © Stefan Müller  Image Courtesy © Stefan Müller The building is aligned with the top end of the campus but is otherwise entirely freestanding in the green brook valley of the Dommel. Upon arrival, residents pass through the cycle shed and the collective space, which share the same visual axis with one another and with the surrounding landscape, to reach the lifts on the north side.  Room and window, Image Courtesy © Stefan Müller  View towards the campus from the group apartment, Image Courtesy © Stefan Müller The lifts convey them via the two-storey lift lobbies to their rooms on the different floors. There is a collective outdoor area on each floor facing south with a view over the campus. The over-dimensioning of the collective areas makes them suitable for meeting and activities. This creates a series of spaces extending through the building from the university terrain to the individual rooms, giving an explicit added value and liveliness to living on a campus.  Connection between the floors in the lift hall, Image Courtesy © Stefan Müller  View from the lift hall, Image Courtesy © Stefan Müller  Bicycle parking as part of the plinth, Image Courtesy © Stefan Müller  The loadbearing facade, Image Courtesy © Stefan Müller  Polished concrete bands on the facade, Image Courtesy © Stefan Müller  Plans: prefabricated construction, floors 1 to 12 and ground floor, Image Courtesy © Office Winhov  Image Courtesy © Office Winhov OFFICE WINHOV AMSTERDAM Office Winhov is an Amsterdam-based architecture and urban-design office, founded by Joost Hovenier (1963-2016), Jan Peter Wingender and Uri Gilad. Operating internationally, the office is engaged in a wide range of projects from housing, mixed-use ensembles to high-end public buildings. Direct personal engagement with our assignments constitutes the basis of our practice. Teaching and a wide range of academic and professional research support its continuing development.  Image Courtesy © Office Winhov  Stacking of loadbearing facade elements, Image Courtesy © Office Winhov  Image Courtesy © Office Winhov  Image Courtesy © Office Winhov
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