Where Modernism Meets Transparency

“Its architecture refers to the heritage of Jos Bedaux by abstracting and updating his formal language.”The building, designed by Shift architecture urbanism, serves as a multipurpose pavilion for the academic staff and their guests. The studio took the initiative to reanimate the quintessential quality of the Tilburg campus: strong solitary buildings in the green. The monumental modernism of Jos Bedaux, who designed the first buildings for the university in the sixties, served as a main reference to the designers. They explain: “Its architecture refers to the heritage of Jos Bedaux by abstracting and updating his formal language. This makes the building into a solidary solitaire, sober and luxurious, massive and transparent, silent and outspoken.”