Architect：INBO

Location：Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht, Netherlands; | ;View Map

Category：Universities

Stories By：Alumet;QbiQ Wall Systems

Folded earth layers and geological deformations formed the inspiration for this striking new building of the faculty Geosciences of Utrecht University. With its solid horizontal bands, the building connects architecturally to the nature of its user and to the adjacent buildings of TNO and GML, with which it forms a trinity.

The most public functions of the building lie behind a two-layer transparent plinth. Here employees in different spheres can escape from the working atmosphere. The upper office floors, which look introverted on the outside, have a spatially dynamic interior thanks to a large vide that rotates a quarter of a turn per floor.

Geosciences has obtained the BREEAM-NL Excellent qualification.

Alumet anodised the plinths in the colour

The newly built faculty of Geosciences in Utrecht was designed according to the greatest sustainability ambitions. QbiQ contributed with Cradle to Cradle wall systems on all eight floors.

The glass partitions of QbiQ enable an extremely transparent interior. The dark profiles provide an interesting linear pattern in the otherwise white interior.

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