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 Issue no. 9  - December 2011 - Year 2

Slicing off heads for student accommodation - pile-driving activities

 Within the next two years, about 450 students (including the residents of
the F-building) will be living on campus. Not only will this really be making things hum, it will also boost the international appeal of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The student accommodation building U will be realized by building contractor Züblin and is commissioned by Vestia Rotterdam Stadswonen. Read more>>

Dick Pakkert director of Student Pavilion Erasmus University

Dick Pakkert has been appointed director of the new student pavilion on the Woudestein campus of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). He will also remain director of two other Rotterdam venues, live music café Rotown and café restaurant De Unie. Read more>>

On the way to a new lane

One of two new main road axes, Institutenlaan is of vital importance to Woudestein’s makeover. With on either side airy, graceful trees, the revamped Institutenlaan will add a touch of grandeur to campus. One of the things that need to be done beforehand, however, is to raise the road surface of the lane substantially, thus evening out the difference in level from the new car park. Read more>>

Ululation for U-building

In many countries, students take being able to live on campus for granted. Although EUR has had student accommodation in town for a while, digs for (international) students on Woudestein itself have only been available recently and in limited numbers. This is to change: from 2013, the U-building will offer unique accommodation to 372 students.  Laurens Smits from VASPRO will be overseeing U’s construction. Read more>>

Rolled-up shirt sleevs in C

There’s still a lot of hard work happening in the C-building. Regretfully for the editors of this newsletter, there is not really any exciting stuff to be told right now. Except for one thing: everything is going to plan. The photo report by photographer Michelle Muus paints a lively picture of the goings-on in the C-building. Read more>>

New bicycle park in the making

What used to be a kind of crawl space underneath C square is now being turned into a spacious bicycle park (partly for staff, partly public). In the first week of December, various preparatory works were completed, such as pumping out the water and aligning the construction. On 12 December, when pile-driving took off, the building works started properly. Read more>>

'We had thought things would´ve been worse´

The first period of pile-driving (which was for the car park) has taken place by now. Exactly according to planning, the last pile was sunk around the end of November. How did Woudestein’s building users fare while pile-driving was going on? Read more>>

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