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| Address |
Heidelberglaan 6-8
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| Architect |
ir.
Frans J. van de Seyp (Werkgroep Kokon BV architecten Rotterdam),
co-architect P. Laman.
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| Year |
• first draft: end of 1977
• last draft: 1981
• first pile: Apr. 1982
• highest point reached: Mar. 30, 1984
• start of usage: Nov. 1984 |
| Use |
The building was built to serve the
University board and the entire university administration,
print shop, and audiovisual media group. Over the years the administration has
become substantially smaller which allowed for additional
usage of the building, e.g. Facilities Services, IVLOS Institute
of Education and the Department of Philosophy.
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| Awards |
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| Opened |
Officially opened on May, 1st 1985 by
drs.
Wim Deetman (Minister of Education).
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| Sq. metrage |
| 18,400 m2, gross volume 62,600 m3 |
| Cost |
| 37 million Dutch guilders (1981) VAT
included as well as supervsion. The building is constructed
on the basis of the 'vastbedragmethode' for schools (maximum
amount per cub. m.) in accordance with the regulations of
the Ministery of Education at the time. |
| Contractors |
Building combination
Heilijgers; construction firm De Vries Emmeloord/Almere/Nieuwegein
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| Landscape designer |
Kuiper Compagnons, Arnhem
In the original design, a roof garden was foreseen on top of
the protruding meeting room for the university counsil
(now: Van Lier Eggink hall) at the ground floor. Due to
budget cuts it has not been created.
The artist who created the seven columns at the entrance
is the German Peter
van de Locht (1946) from Escharen. They are 4 m. high
and are made from white marble and red with black granite.
They are placed in a geometrically shaped pavement. © Peter
van de Locht
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| General information |
The administration building has a long
and tedious history of revised designs and budget cuts. As
early as 1971, the board of the university decided that the
administration should be moved to 'De Uithof'. Originally
the lower parts of 'Van Unnik' building were chosen for this
pupose.
The building department had already been in this
building and could remain there, according to this plan.
However, in 1975, the decision was overturned and one new
administrative building was strived after. In 1980 a concept
design was handed in at the ministery for approval, but it
was turned down because of the necessity to demolish the
power station.
The present building was designed in 1981. One of the last
efficiency measures was to reduce the amount of gross sq.
m. by means of enlarging the offices at the cost of introducing
smaller corridors. For some, this impracticality is still
a nuisance.
The main characteristic of the building is its sober character.
To give the building measurable dimensions, the long wall
(120 m.) was interrupted by simple loggias at regular intervals.
In recent years these have proven themselves useful to the
smokers in the building. The walls are made out of prefab
MTI split blocks ('breukstenen') for economic purposes. The
priciple is taken from the building of houses but still has
some feeling of representativeness about it. The building
frequency is 4.80 m. and the depth of the building is 4.80
m. and 13.20 m. respectively.
In the spring of 2006 part of the western part of the ground
floor (one layer) was demolished to make space for the construction
of student housing project Casa
Confetti.
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| The name of the building |
| 'Bestuursgebouw' is the equivalent of
'Administration Building'. |
