Open Universiteit Nederland

The project takes on the task of correcting the urban planning with the help of traditional concepts such as space, order and legibility. The programme for the new building incorporates three functions: management offices, a media library with a demonstration room and a restaurant. A wide stairs in the two-storey air space of the hall leads from below to the upper public programme section, the media library. In turn, this opens out onto a roof terrace over the restaurant. The central patio offers complete peace and guides the sunlight reflected from the east wall via a longitudinal skylight and the air space down to the ground floor. Inside the cube, this ensures a surprising abundance of light and the dynamics of the light changing according to the time of day and to the season.