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ACADEMY MINERVA
P. BLOM, 1976-1984
Gedempte Zuiderdiep 158, Groningen
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Piet Blom
BUILDING TYPE:
Buildings for education
RELATED BUILDINGS:
School of Architecture
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Piet Blom
BUILDING TYPE:
Buildings for education
PUBLICATIONS:
Wonen TA/BK 1984-15; Architecture + Urbanism 1985-11; S. Hiddema - Piet Blom en de Kunst van het Bouwen, 1984RELATED BUILDINGS:
School of Architecture
The building of the Arts Academy consists of three main blocks on a square site with a symmetry axis along the diagonal. All rooms face a central meeting space with a public roof terrace. This creates a compact, introverted whole: a citadel. The lecture rooms, volumes of double height with a mezzanine level, receive an assortment of lighting mainly via roof lights. All 150 spaces are different, further emphasized outside by the cappings, ornamentation and facades. Opposite the Academy stands the School of Architecture, home to Groningen’s Architecture Academy.