The Tetra building is the new face of the independent Research Institute Deltares. The institute, which focuses on innovative solutions to Delta problems, was housed on an outdated campus designed in the sixties. Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur tried to find a suiting expression to the changing emphasize of the research of Deltares. New insights into the essence of hydraulic engineering, with more emphasis on the "soft side", the ecology and sustainability, asked for a different architectural language. The Tetra building is the first step in the new masterplan proposed by Jeanne Dekker Architectuur to make the campus future proof.

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Architects: Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur · Office Profile
Location: Rotterdamseweg 185, 2629 HD Delft, Netherlands

Area: 5805.0 sqm

Project Year: 2013

Photographs: Daria Scagliola, Jim Pulles

Construction: Pieters Bouwtechniek, Delft

Installations: Deerns Raadgevende Ingenieurs BV, Amsterdam

Contractor: Combi, Deventer

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From the architect. The Tetra building is the new face of the independent Research Institute Deltares. The institute, which focuses on innovative solutions to Delta problems, was housed on an outdated campus designed in the sixties. Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur tried to find a suiting e...