Tilburg University in The Netherlands has a new Education and Self Study Center known as the CUBE that was designed by Dutch practice KAAN Architecten. Tucked away in the northwest corner of campus and completed this past April, the 11,000 m2 building serves the university's faculty and 2,200 students.
Designed with a homogenous layout and no closed-off facades, the compact building features a pared down aesthetic that blends into its green landscape and surrounding buildings on campus, such as the historic Cobbenhagen building built back in the 1960s.
The interior is a spacious study plaza flanked by a transparent auditorium and two patios, KAAN describes. It also features open study spaces, lounges, a cafeteria, a gracefully spiraling staircase, and four open staircases. The glass-walled auditorium comprises of fully equipped lecture rooms, green patios, and smaller spaces for independent study.
KAAN is no stranger to designing higher education buildings, which include the recent UAM Campuses in Piracicaba and Sao José dos Campos in Brazil, the Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay in France, and the Education Center Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, to name a few.
Find more project photos and drawings in the gallery below.
Project credits
Architect: Kees Kaan, Vincent Panhuysen, Dikkie Scipio
Project team: Allard Assies, Dennis Bruijn, Timo Cardol, Sebastian van Damme, Michael Geensen, Alejandro Gonzáles Pérez, Marlon Jonkers, Rense Kerkvliet, Martina Margini, Kevin Park, Roland Reemaa, Maria Stamati, Yiannis Tsoskounoglou, Noëmi Vos, Yang Zhang
Client: Tilburg University
Design phase: January 2016 - October 2016
Construction phase: December 2016 - April 2018
Main contractor: VORM Bouw, Papendrecht (Netherlands)
Project management: VORM Ontwikkeling, Papendrecht (Netherlands)
Advisor construction: Pieters Bouwtechniek, Delft (Netherlands)
Advisor technical installations: J. van Toorenburg Installatieadviseur, The Hague (Netherlands)
Water installations: A. de Jong Installatietechniek, Schiedam (Netherlands)
Electrical installations: Steegman Elektrotechniek, The Hague (Netherlands)
Fire control, acoustics: Buro Bouwfysica, Capelle aan den IJssel (Netherlands)
Sustainability: ABT, Velp (Netherlands)
Quality management: OPPS, Utrecht (Netherlands)
Landscape: MTD Landschapsarchitecten, ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)
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