Architect(s): UNStudio
Address: Padualaan 8, De Uithof, UTRECHT, Netherlands
Latitude/Longitude: 52.085862,5.170392
Photographs: Christian Richters
Located on the Uithof Campus of Utrecht University, the NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Facility is a small pavilion-like laboratory building. Eight spectrometers (high-frequency magnets) are included at the two-floor column free laboratory. The spatial layout of the building is decisively influenced by this, because the radiate force fields these magnets produce may not be disturbed. A single concrete surface, which continues from floor plane into the wall and ceiling is used and the flipping-over surfaces are constructive and are thus not traversed by a secondary support structure of columns. Office and laboratory spaces have windows with integrated sun shading, a silk-screened dot pattern, allowing daylight to enter.
Client: Utrecht University
Building area: 2,050m²
Surface: 10,000m²
