The kasbah strip was developed to facilitate an area for the new building volumes that were designed for the non-university faculties. Since budgets were problematic, a lenient strategy had to be worked out. For this purpose, it was allowed to build relatively low buildings (three or four storey) in the central zone of 'De Uithof' to the south of the central axis Padualaan - Heidelberglaan. For reasons of sustainability one strict principle was added: adjacent building was obligatory, therefore each building plan had to occupy the four corners of the building lots that were provided and consequently the buildings in the kasbah strip had to be designed to go without windows on te eastern and western walls. The floor - space index ratio would minimally have to be 2.0. One of the consequences of the introduction of the kasbah strip was the need of adding a new road to 'De Uithof', the 'Cambridgelaan' (prominent on the pictures below) which enabled service traffic to reach the new buildings. The 'Cambridgelaan' rendered the 'Toulouselaan' superfluous.

When conceived, the kasbah strip only contained the Langeveldbuilding (called 'Centrumgebouw Zuid' at the time), and a temporary wooden building ('Provisorium') . The pictures below show the achievements of the 1990s. Three faculties have been completed here: Communication and Journalism (leftmost), Economics and Management and Law and Society (rightmost)). The small white building on the grass, to the right of the Langeveldbuilding was a temporary lecture hall ('De Pelikaan'). At this location the University library was built after 2000. Probably the most succesful architectural performance was delivered by Mecanoo that designed the building for the Faculty of Economics and Management and incorporated thematic gardenpatio's: Zen, Jungle and Water.