Together with the O|2 Lab building and the New University building, this new research building (Onderzoeksgebouw) has replaced the outdated Mathematics & Physics building, which will be largely demolished, starting summer 2025. The new research building is a medical sciences lab building and represents a step in renovating the university’s buildings for science and practical research.
Free of vibrations
Much of this research is carried out using highly sensitive laser microscopes. For this reason, a lot of effort has gone into a coming up with a design that ensures that the building – and especially the basement – will be free of vibrations.
The building consists of a higher 13-storey tower and a lower 6-storey tower behind it. To ensure that the building is vibration-free, the entire building has extra deep diaphragm walls around the basement, which is also constructed with sheet piles.
Timetable
Until the end of 2020 the construction consortium JP van Eesteren and Croonwolter&dros worked on the foundations and on the construction pit with the diaphragm walls and sheet piling. After that, the shell of the higher and lower buildings were constructed. The building, a design by the architectural firm cepezed, was completed at the beginning of 2024.
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