International Student House

cepezed designed a large International Student House in Delft for student-housing company DUWO. Foreign students and guest students live in the new building complex within the TU Campus North plan.

client(s)
duwo

location
Delft

user(s)
students

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cepezed, cepezedinterieur

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Rectangular residential composition

The TU Campus North plan alongside the River Schie is a close collaboration between TU Delft, DUWO and the municipality. cepezed paid significant attention to the integration of the ISH (International Student House) with the surrounding monumental buildings.

The new-build consists of two U-shaped building blocks of partly five, partly six and partly ten storeys. Together they form a rectangular composition. Wide passages in the long sides of the rectangle connect the different parts of the public space: a square on the Professor Schermerhornstraat, a courtyard between the building blocks and a park.

Corten-steel cassettes match the surroundings

The ISH has 332 units for around 350 international students. The building has an almost entirely concrete structure with façades consisting of a metal-stud system. The exterior cladding is made of Corten-steel cassettes; the appearance complements the monumental brick architecture of the surrounding buildings.

The main structure of the stairwells consists of a steel skeleton. The glass is fastened directly to it without the use of window profiles.

Students live in a communal group

The student rooms are approximately 16 m² in size and have their own shower, toilet and washbasin. Each group with a communal kitchen and balcony has six to eight rooms.

Students will also find many facilities outside their room. In the double-height, transparent plinth along the square, for example, cepezed created a restaurant with a terrace and a communal space, the latter designed by cepezedinterieur.

Washing and parking

Students can make use of facilities such as a launderette, depot for refuse and integral bicycle sheds. There are commercial spaces to be found in a large transparent cantilever construction on the west side; the spaces have split-level floors and overlook the river. The stairwells at the heads of the building, which are illuminated at night, are adjacent to the courtyard.