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| Address |
Cambridgelaan, Salamacapad en Heidelberglaan
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| Architect |
Köther | Salman | Architects Amsterdam
|
| Year |
formal start of building process: Feb.
3rd 2005 (Marie Louise Van Kleef)
2004 - 2006
|
| Use |
The 'Bisschoppen' is primarily a student
housing project. It consists of 552 units of which 35% can
be used individually and 65% are rooms with shared facilities.
The southern tower is used for short stay housing. The ground
floor at the Heidelberglaan contains a number of campus facilties:
the front office of SSHU, the office of campus recruitment
and a study information centre for all Uithof students.
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| Awards |
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| Relevant websites |
• http://www.sshu.nl/tSite.asp?BASE=TS&ID=367&CSIZE=580 with
a virtual tour of the computer design
• archined
• wiki
• skyscraper
city (contains pictures from the construction)
• forum
page |
| Opened |
Inhabited from Oct - Nov. 2006. (Nov.
16th) Official opening: Jun 20th 2007 by the archbishop of
Utrecht, Simonis.
|
| Sq. metrage |
25,787 m2
17.5 m2 per room with shared facilities,
33 m2 per separate unit, 650 m2 office space for commercial
use. The extension of the building of the Utrecht University
of Applied science (HU, Faculty of Law and Management) measures
4,500 m2. |
| Cost |
| € 26,697,131 VAT not included |
| Contractors |
Koopmans TBI Bouw
 |
| Landscape designer |
| Buro Lubbers |
| General information |
The 'Bisschoppen'
is part of the kasbah area of
'De Uithof'. It is built in two towers of 60 meters high
and 20 floors each. In between the so-called 'herenhuizen'
(mansions) are situated parallel to the historic 'Bisschopssteeg'.
The rooms in the two towers measure appr. 17.5 m2 and 2-4
rooms are grouped toghether as one unit. They share a kitchenette,
shower, washing facility and toilet.
The units for individual use measure appr. 33 m2 and consists
of a living room, bedroom, kitchenette and bathroom.
In the mansions 10 rooms of 17.5 m2 each share facilities.
They are three storey units equipped with a roof terrace. |
| The name of the building |
| The 'Bisschoppen' (bishops) is derived
from the adjacent historic path (Bisschopssteeg) that runs
through 'De Uithof'. |
