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De Uithof, history of a university campus,
early 1960s
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| 1960 |
The masterplan
drawn by J.A.C. van der Steur is approved and it contained
the leading developmental guidelines for De Uithof until
1967. This masterplan held strong functionalist elements.
A strictly orthogonal grid of roads, orientated from north
to south and from east to west, provided a number of square
building lots. Each of those was supposed to provide space
for one or more faculties. Veterinary Science was directed
towards the south east, Science Faculty towards the north
west, the Medical Faculties towards the south west and the
Humanities and Social Sciences in the centre.
There is no relation between the masterplan and the underlying
landscape, except for one diagonal axis, part of the present
'Oxfordpad' which is oriented towards the tower of the Dom
Cathedral in the centre of the city and was meant to symbolize
the relation between university and city. |
| 1961 |
The first building contracts were commissioned.
The architect Sjoerd Wouda designed 'Transitorium 1' (at
present known as the 'Ruppertbuilding') for the university
and also the 'Hubrechtlaboratory' for the Dutch Royal Academy
of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
Wouda also designed the typical power
stations , small jewels
of creative architecture. |
| 1962 |
On May 11th 1962 the legal documents
were signed to transfer the land to the university. The borders
of 'De Uithof' were established formally. |
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| These digitalia are best
viewed in Century Gothic. |
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