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De Uithof, showcase of modern architecture
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| Address |
Yalelaan 1
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| Architect |
ir. H.L.M. Frantzen, T.A. Brouwer (Bureau
Groosman, Rotterdam)
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| Year |
phase 1 (practicum building):
start of designing: April, 1969
start of construction: 1971
end of building process:
1973
phase 2: (teaching):
start of construction: Sept. 22, 1977
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| Use |
The building was built to serve as
a laboratory for Veterinary Science. In phase 2, a library
and offices for Anatomy and Pathology were added.
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| Opened |
Feb. 1973.
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| Sq. metrage |
| Phase 1: 10.244 m2, volume 40.876 m3 |
| Cost |
| Pase 1: 20 million Dutch guilders |
| Contractors |
HBM BV Rijswijk, prefab concrete: Liesbosch
Beton Bv, Utrecht.
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| General information |
The first phase
of the building is known as the 'practicum'buidling. It is
designed in the same way as the Kruytbuilding. Equally an
industrial building process was used, using three types of
prefab elements (H-portals, T-columns and floorbeams), 691
pieces in total. The building is founded on 250 prestretched
concrete piles. The are seven floor ande the height measures
37 meters.
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| The name of the building |
The building derives its name from Androclus,
a poor Roman slave. Androclus was badly treated by his master
and fled. He escaped into the mountains, but was weakened
by the lack of food and took shelter in in cave. A lion
entered this cave and woke Androclus with a loud roar.
Although he feared for his life, Androclus saw that the
lion limped because of a sharp thorn in his paw. He helped
the lion and removed the thorn. As a token of gratitude,
the lion provided Androclus with food and for a while they
lived togehter peacefully. However, Roman soldiers tarcked
his down and arrested him. Slaves that had fled were traditionally
fed to the lions in the arena. In the case of Androclus,
the audience was surprised by the fact that he was spared
by the lion. This lion, of course, being the same one,
Androclus had been with earlier.
Both the lion and the slave were given their freedom back
and lived on happily. Androclus is taken to be equivalent
to the serving role of the vet and hence used as a symbol. |
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