Campus renewal and sustainability ambitions go hand in hand at Erasmus University Rotterdam. In the newest addition to the campus, the multifunctional educational building called Polak, the university?s ambition is emphatically manifested: to be among the most sustainable campuses in the Netherlands. The energy-efficient building, of which both the interior and the exterior are designed by Paul de Ruiter architects, fits  into the new educational strategy of the Erasmus University, aimed at activating, small-scale education.

© Jeroen Musch

Architects: Paul de Ruiter Architects · Office Profile

Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands

Project Team: Marlous Vriethoff, Laura van de Pol, Richard Buijs, Marieke Sijm
Area: 8400.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Jeroen Musch · Photographer Profile, Sebastian van Damme · Photographer Profile, Tim van de Velde · Photographer Profile

Project Architects: Paul de Ruiter, Noud Paes

Adv Construction: Van Rossum, Amsterdam (NL)

Adv Installations: VIAC, Houten (NL)

Adv Building Physics: LBP Sight, Nieuwegein (NL)

Adv Construction Costs: bbn adviseurs, Houten (NL)

Electrical Engineering: Croon, Rotterdam (NL)

Mechanical Engineering: Wolter & Dros TBI Techniek, Amersfoort (NL)

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