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Nemetschek Structural User Contest 2013 - Category 1: Buildings
Category 1: Buildings
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Contact
Heleen van den Berge
Address
Piekstraat 77
3071 EL Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Phone
+31 10 2012360
Email
Website
Since its inception in 1960 IMd Raadgevende Ingenieurs [consulting engineers] has remained totally
independent and has had no commercial ties with manufacturers, subcontractors, contractors or
developers who could influence the making of unbiased and unrestrained recommendations. The
company dedicates its activities to making recommendations in the field of structural engineering.
The company has experience in working on projects in which the structural engineer is expected to do
more than merely make calculations and drawings. An active input of the structural design in the design
phase specifically leads to an economically feasible plan. IMd’s aspiration is to ensure that the client
gets a functional and beautiful building, the architect can realise ‘his design’, all the consultants achieve
their best performances and the contractor can build quickly and easily.
IMd Raadgevende Ingenieurs
Project information
Owner
Gemeente Utrecht
Architect
VVKH architecten Leiden
General Contractor
Slingerland Bouw Nijkerk
Engineering Office
IMd Raadgevende Ingenieurs B.V. Rotterdam
Location
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Construction Period
09/2011 to 05/2013
Short description │
New Community “Brede” School
A new community school along Duurstedelaan in the suburb of Hoograven in Utrecht will be occupied
halfway through 2013. The plan, designed by VVKH architecten, offers space to three schools (the
Ariëns School, the Da Costa School and De Hoge Raven), as well as out-of-school care facilities and a
‘sports box’ with two gym halls.
The three schools and the out-of-school care facilities are individual free-standing buildings that
surround a sports box. This sports box has been designed as a kind of box on legs above the central
entrance area (the village square) and its particular structure is explained in this entry in more detail.
