Student Housing for TU Delft Campus / Studioninedots + HVDN

A nice place to live! The broken space for social activities let the building looks quite special!  Actually the building looks heavy if without the blank space, in addition, this part become an icon of this building.

Thinking: What things could be my icon of my project???

Yes the connection part between the building and existing garden!

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Student Housing for TU Delft Campus / Studioninedots + HVDN

Studioninedots + HVDN shared with us their winning proposal for the student housing competition for TU Delft Campus. The project parameters were to design a volume of 67 meters long and 5 storeys high, with its own strong identity and a collective space on the roof including a rain water harvesting element. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Along with a collaborative bid of contractor Jan Snel, the winning entry was defining in its dynamic façade, with the collective space having a central location in the building instead of on the roof. This creates a more interactive relationship between the residents, the building and its surroundings, leaving the roof to be fully planted with moss-sedum. The new building will be finished to all probability at the start of 2013.

The TU Delft is expecting a substantial growth of students in the coming years. That is why 1100 new built student residences are realised in the masterplan of Mecanoo for de TU-Delft Mid-West. The first project will be located in Field 2 along the Balthasar van der Polweg The volume Suite 9, designed by Studioinedots + HVDN for this location, is based on a central corridor with on each side student housing. At strategic points a few of the flats have been removed. As the flats are individually insulated and constructed, it can freely be chosen where the voids are located. The created open area gives the building a transparency that maintain the links of the existing courtyards with the Balthasar van der Polweg.

By removing flats on each side of the corridor, an unexpected and lively section is created with a covered entrance and central covered collective (outdoor) space. More Flats have been removed on the south-side, so sunlight can enter the building as far as possible. A wide stairs connects all the individual levels as one continuing collective space. This centrally located outdoor space forms the heart of the building. Its timber cladding gives the building a warm character and strong identity.

Architects: Studioninedots + HVDN
Location: TU campus Delft, Netherlands
Design Team: Albert Herder, Metin v. Zijl, Vincent v.d Klei, Arie v.d Neut
Project Team: Wouter Hermanns, Jarno v. Essen, Giovanni Lavanna
Engineering: Jean-Marc Saurer
Sustainability: Uta Ehrhardt
Constructor: Jan Snel Group
Client: Stichting DUWO
Type: Studenthousing, 138 houses
Plot: 388 m2
FSI: 5,0
Budget: €5.600.000