Architectuurstudio HH, Herman Hertzberger
Subtitle: NHL Hogeschool University
Publisher: NAi Uitgevers / Publishers Stichting; Brand: nai010 publishers; nai010 publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9789064507458
Subjects: College buildings; Campus planning; Architecture, netherlands
Description: Summary: The existing building of the NHL University, designed by the architect Abe Bonnema and dating from 1984, is an amorphous presence with its small-scale combination of building masses. Architectuurstudio HH expanded it with a new building of the same size, leaving Bonnema's building intact. The new enfolds the existing on all sides as an inclusive framework, like the frame of a picture. It is lifted into space so that the existing structure is left visible and the grounds can continue uninterrupted beneath it. Free floor spans of nearly 12 metres enable the changes in layout necessary to a modern education institute.