© Stefan Müller
The new hall of residence for the University of Technology in Eindhoven stands on the northern edge of the campus, which is defined by the small River Dommel has a strictly orthogonal layout. All elements of the reinforced concrete structure are precast and were erected in a period of only 14 months.
Seen from the two ends, the 14-storey high-rise block has an elegant, slender appearance as a result of the offset layout of the two room tracts. The long faces seem to adopt the repetitive logic of identical rooms stacked on top of each other, each with a large area of fixed glazing and an opening light in an anodized aluminium frame. Applied concrete strips lend the facades a grid-like relief pattern and create a strong interplay of light and shade, whereby the horizontal elements do not reflect the position of the floor slabs, but are aligned with the upper and lower edges of the fenestration on alternate floors.
Seen from the two ends, the 14-storey high-rise block has an elegant, slender appearance as a result of the offset layout of the two room tracts. The long faces seem to adopt the repetitive logic of identical rooms stacked on top of each other, each with a large area of fixed glazing and an opening light in an anodized aluminium frame. Applied concrete strips lend the facades a grid-like relief pattern and create a strong interplay of light and shade, whereby the horizontal elements do not reflect the position of the floor slabs, but are aligned with the upper and lower edges of the fenestration on alternate floors.