Entrance and transferaccelerator Overvecht station, Utrecht
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The entrance of the Overvecht station was built in 1985 together with the new station of Overvecht. Both architecture and landscapearchitecture where designed in one style. After years of heavy use the place hit the spot in decay and had required extensive maintenance and revision . Especially concrete rot made the place had a dilapidated appearance
Entrance and transferaccelerator Overvecht station
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The UBU, comparable to a data recorder, is more than a place where people can consult books; it is a place where they can work in a concentrated fashion, but also one where they can meet other people without the need of any other stimulation except the atmosphere that the building radiates.
Location: University Campus ‘De Uithof’, Heidelberglaan 3, 3584 CS Utrecht, the Netherlands
Project team: Wiel Arets, Bettina Kraus, Harold Aspers, Dominic Papa, René Thijssen, Frederik Vaes, Henrik Vuust
Collaborators: Pauline Bremmer, Jacques van Eyck, Harold Hermans, Guido Neijnens, Michael Pedersen, Vincent Piroux, Jan Vanweert, Michiel Vrehen, Richard Welten
Photographs: Kim Zwarts (façade print), Jan Bitter, Henryk Gajewski, Bas Princen, Christian Richters, Héléne Binet
Having lost its original function in 2005, this former school, located in the centre of Utrecht, was divided into eight elements each to be sold separately and renovated into new residential properties.