Vertigo building, TUe

This is my architecture faculty. It used to be the Chemistry faculty bulding built in the 50s. It was totally stripped to bare structure, modified and rebuilt by a former student/architect Diederen Dirrix van Wylick. The staircase leading up to the foyer/lecture hall pictured on the left is designed so that the tread is not long enough for 2 steps but way too long to walk confortably in one step. Apart from that, ground-floor student workshop is airy, and so are the offices on the top 4 floors with its atrium. The facade is glass with green pattern printed on them, a bit like the University library in Utrecht by Wiel Arets and Associates. The grass field in front of it is perfect for lunch if weather permits! In all, a welcome change from TU Delft architecture faculty which is 50s brutalist concrete monolith. (although there you can smoke on the ground floor 'smoking area'--basically 3 tables and chairs no partition or nothin', which was cool) Also Vertigo, or so it's called, is right in front of the station--very handy for a commuter like me.

more info on Vertigo and Wiel Arets' new library
and forum about Sterling Prize 2005 where Vertigo/Wiel's library are briefly mentioned