A unique timber-frame building is being built in the heart of Utrecht in three months. In December of this year, a new residential tower of 12m high with 6 tiny apartments and 2 workspaces will be built in the Monicahof. Ready for the new residents and built entirely of wood.
Article source: VenhoevenCS architecture+urbanism and AHH architects
The new EU headquarters for the illustrious esports organization Team Liquid has been officially opened in the city center of Utrecht. The new facility combines training, presentation, working, eating, living and relaxation. The interior of the building, designed by VenhoevenCS and AHH Architects, sees two worlds intertwine: players and office staff work in a world of green and comfort, while fans and visitors are entertained by the spectacular world of Team Liquid and their ongoing adventure.
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In Utrecht, the fourth largest city in the Netherlands, an entire island development is dedicated to the theme of the cube.
Kubus-Eiland describes the urban planning principle that was used in the conversion of a former port area along the Leidse Rijn area and which is shaping the transformation of this urban development project from a former industrial area to a residential area.
An office floor on the 18th floor in newly built WTC with large panoramic windows and a phenomenal view over the city of Utrecht. This is Aalberts HQ with 25 employees including the Management Board, facilitates central functions like strategy, marketing & communications, M&A, business development, group control, legal and governance, treasury, tax, insurance, internal audit and all responsibilities and communications towards our shareholders.
From the beginning, we had a vision of a concatenated lounge floor, where working, meeting and relaxing merge in a free and casual manner. A place to feel at ease while working on great deals.
Along the banks of the river Lek near Utrecht a ‘ribbon’ of houses is situated outside of the winter dike only safeguarded by a lower summer dike. The first of these houses, built in 1910 and measuring 70 square meters, is a comfortable home for two. The owners fell in love with the atmosphere of the village and its beautiful floodplains, so they sought to adapt their home to their growing family.
In one fluent movement the bicycle route, park and school are joined together in a coherent infrastructure, building and landscape. The design challenges all the involved designers to intensly collaborate and clearly tune into each other.
The bicycle bridge, being positioned on the south side, creates space on the north side for a recreational area. The school and recreational area orientate towards the park. This is made possible by making the east side of the school, under the bridge, more narrow. The result is a private recreational area attached to the public park and an apparent, natural entrance in continuation of the street. The wide side of the school at the water complements the park and creates a safe enclosed space for the school children to play.
Team: Bart Reuser, Marijn Schenk, Michel Schreinemachers with Jurriaan Hillerström Tara Steenvoorden, Mark Jongerius (NEXT) and Rudy Uytenhaak, Karin Dorrepaal and Jonathan van Leuzen
IN Collaboration With: Rudy Uytenhaak Architectenbureau
Until four years ago, the HU University of Applied Sciences, a school founded in 1995 through the merger of several previously independent institutions, was spread across some 30 buildings in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The university prioritized consolidating its footprint into five adjacent buildings on its Utrecht Science Park campus, and Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects’ new structure is the last of the five to be com-pleted. The 22,310-square-metre Heidelberglaan 15 building is home to eight educational institutes in the economics, management, information communication and technology, and media and communication sectors.
“The HU University of Applied Sciences was a spatial design challenge with more than 5,800 students, faculty and visitors moving through the 3,000-square-metre footprint of the building daily,” said Kristian Ahlmark, Partner and Design Director Copenhagen at Schmidt Hammer Lassen. “In order to create a social gathering place and bring natural daylight deep into the heart of the building, we placed meeting and study rooms around the atrium so that it came to function as a vertical city hall that connects to the city square of the ground floor. The space is then tied together with large, iconic escalators and the movement of people between floors becomes part of the experience of the space.”
The state office building De Knoop was officially opened. Annet Bertram, general director Central Real Estate Agency, Ruud Peters, directorr bcfd, Debbie van Noort, director Strukton Integrale Projecten and Piet Brittijn, project director Ballast Nedam performed the opening act in presence of Jaap Uijlenbroek, general director belastingdienst, ans Gennissen, chairman of the General Management Faciliom Group, Mariska Plomp, director SSO CFD en historian Herman Pleij.
The conversion of the former Lieutenant General Knoopkazerne into a modern office building and conference center for civil servants was realized within a 20-year Design, Build, Finance, Maintain & Operate (DBFMO) contract from the Central Government Real Estate Agency (RVB) by consortium R Creators. The architectural design is by cepezed.
Project: State Office Building (Rijkskantoor) De Knoop
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Photography: cepezed | Lucas van der Wee, cepezed | Leon van Woerkom
Project Team: Ronald Schleurholts, Jan Pesman, Paddy Sieuwerts, Jaap Bosch, Ruben Molendijk, Lisen Hablé, Steven Goeman, Peter van den Heuvel, Ronald van Houten, Rutger Kuipers, Robertus de Bruin, Jorg Voogt, Paul Oehlers, Frank Smit
When an old blacksmith retired he sold the house his grandfather rebuild to a young couple. They transformed his workshop with blackened oaken beams dating back to 1650 and massively thick walls into a modern living area. By lowering the floor of the living room and raising its roof this area become very spacious and is visually separated from the kitchen and dining area. It also creates room for an enormous glass front which, together with (walkable) roof lights, flood the ground floor with daylight. A wood clad canopy has an obliq angle which enables it to naturally controls the direct sunlight and to protect one entering from the rain. Slim steel doors separate the playroom at the front where a wood clad wall incorporates doors to entrance, restroom and stairs to the second floor.
The Princess Máxima Center in Utrecht opened in May 2018. From that point onwards, all healthcare, research and training in the Netherlands related to children with cancer is concentrated in one place.
Every year 600 children aged anywhere up to 18 are diagnosed with cancer. Fortunately, the treatment options are getting better all the time and more than 75% of patients can now expect to be cured. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement: the proportion of patients cured should be raised to 100%, the side effects and late effects of treatment need to be reduced and by 2020 the Princess Máxima Center aims to be one of the world’s top five paediatric oncology research institutes in the world.
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