Designed by Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur, Delft University of Technology’s new Department of Geotechnology, part of the school’s faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CiTG), is housed in a building at one end of the CiTG complex, which was designed by Van den Broek en Bakema. The façade was stripped and given a new glass curtain wall imprinted with a pattern of stones sawed in half.
Existing window cleaners’ balconies were converted into bay windows equipped with built-in air conditioners. Slanting lines in the façade follow the spatial organization of the interior, a landscape of laboratories, workstations and study areas. Voids were added to connect existing floors and to represent transparency in the education provided here. Floors were enlarged by adding a new stairwell at one end of the building. Materials and colors derived from the original building were applied in a more ‘virtual’ manner.
Project Info:
Architects: Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
Location: Delft, The Netherlands
Area: 5490.0 m2
Project Year: 2007
Project Name: Geotechnology TU In Delft
All Images Courtesy Of Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
