New Building: Zernikeborg
On 25 November, the University of Groningen unveiled its design for the Zernikeborg, the new, impressive building for teaching and research in science & engineering. The new building endorses the University’s commitment to continue its work in important international research fields, such as chemical engineering, nanotechnology, materials research and astronomy. The Zernikeborg will be an imposing building comprising three interconnected V-shaped wings, covered in aluminium tiles. The building work will be carried out on the Zernike Campus Groningen in two phases between 2016 and 2022. Once it is completed, the Zernikeborg will replace the dated ‘Nijenborgh 4’ building. A 3D impression is available here.
The Zernikeborg will be used for high-quality fundamental and applied research, serving as a base for top-class institutes such as the Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, the Van Swinderen Institute, the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute and SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research. The sheer size of the building is impressive : it boasts more than 62,000 m2 of floor space, with a total length of 260 metres and a width of 63 metres, making it the biggest building on the Zernike Campus Groningen. The new building will be five stories high, with an extra floor for the enormous air conditioning installations. It will provide teaching and research facilities for some 1,000 Bachelor’s students and 450 Master’s students, and a workplace for 840 employees. The underground bike park has room for 1,000 bikes. In addition to numerous laboratories, the building also has rooms for practical lessons, a total of 450 fume cupboards, some 3 km of lab tables and 30 laser labs.
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