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Culture Centre Utrecht, Building, Project, Picture, News, Design, Property, Image
Culture Centre, Utrecht : Architecture Information
Key Development by 3XN in Utrecht, The Netherlands
Culture Centre, Utrecht, NL
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3XN
Address: Smakkelaarsfeld, Utrecht, the Netherlands | Client: Gemeente
Utrecht | Proposal for open, invited competition - under evaluation
| Size: 45.000 m2 | Architect: 3XN | Engineer: ABT, the Netherlands

With its remarkable, sculptural shape, the culture centre of Utrecht
piques the curiosity of the endless stream of passers-by and future
users of the library, cinema, shops, and book café integrated
in the building. The upper levels of the construction are reserved
for residential housing, which opens up to the sky providing residents
with optimal daylight conditions and fresh air.
The culture centre will be busy with life all hours of the day. When
the residents wake up in their homes and step out into the sunlight
on their upper floor terraces; when the library and shops open their
doors during daytime; when the residents come home at night and stop
by the book café and the variety of shops already busy handling
other customers; when the cinema provides entertainment at night.
We preserve the areas existing notion of public life, while
the centre will be as busy as an ant hill and constitute a new meeting
place and urban space for the entire city. Further, the presence of
shops and cafés help draw the street life into the building,
and in our design the centre on Smakkelaarsfeld has not one but many
facades. Even the adjacent park area will be visually linked with
the centre because of the large open, inner square in the building
with a direct view of the green neighbour. Our efforts to streamline
traffic will create an active environment, which at the same time
feels safe and friendly day and night.

Correspondingly, the residents will profit from the heighten activity
and extensive improvement of the area. The inner square creates the
classic city feeling, and the activities in the public sphere render
the residences more attractive because of the now central city location.
Culture Centre Utrecht images / information from 3XN Architects
Utrecht Architecture - Selection
Educatorium Utrecht University
Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA

photo : Alan Mason
Utrecht building : Educatorium
Utrecht University
building
Minnaert Building
Neutelings & Riedijk Architects

photo : Alan Mason
Minnaert Building
Hogeschool Utrecht
Utrecht bridge
Utrecht University Library
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