School of Fashion and Graphic Design in Utrecht, Netherlands
documentation
p. 1221 - 1224
Architect
Egeraat, Erick van
| Structural Engineer
Strukton Engineering b.v.
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Only after construction work had begun and the foundations had been laid was the present architect called in. The banal spatial organization of the original scheme was respected; but the three tracts laid out around a courtyard were then enclosed in a delicate glazed skin of uniform height that has a gauze-like veiling and revealing effect. The exposure of building materials normally concealed from view, such as insulation slabs, reflects the unusual genesis of this building. At the north-east corner, the grid is interrupted and a light-filled atrium opens out in which a lecture hall is inserted. This architectural reworking of an existing scheme achieves an unusual strength of expression.
Details
Horizontal section through facade 1:20
Horizontal section through lecture hall 1:20
Plans 1:1500
Section 1:500
Sections through lecture hall 1:400
Site plan 1:4000
Vertical section through facade 1:20
Vertical section through lecture hall 1:20
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