The Cellar - Feb 18, 2009: Dormitory

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Feb 18, 2009: Dormitory

The University of Enschede, in the Netherlands, needed a new dormitory.

Like many Colleges and Universities in the US, they built a nine story building to make good use of the land it takes up.
I'm sure there are stairs, but maybe elevators too, there certainly would be here.

They also made it look kind of spiffy.

http://cellar.org/2009/dorm1.jpg

But unlike the US the Netherlands is flat, very flat.

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“It was a gift from the client to the inhabitants of the campus, because the university of Enschede has a very active and successful mountaineering club – however paradoxical that may sound in the flat Netherlands”, Arons & Gelauff Architects write, “As a climber in the Netherlands, one anyway has to resort to artificially created training spots, so why not combine architecture and climbing wall?”

Wall? Climbing wall?

Yes, climbing wall.

http://cellar.org/2009/dorm2.jpg

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One of the sides of the nine story building features a climbing wall. According to the architect it is the second highest one in the Netherlands.

The addition of the climbing wall is a response to the context of the building. Positioned right next to sports fields, with the wall the building literally absorbs the sports onto its body. The specifications of the wall: 30 meters high, 2500 grips.

Golly, maybe they don't have an elevator.

Stairs? :eek:

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yea, I could see it now. US parents would sue the shit out of the school if one of their kids fell. It could never happen and would never be built in the US. For sure.

Anybody can climb up the side of a building.

But it takes a real man to do it while wearing wooden shoes.

Yeah I can even picture lawyers manning a card table at the base.

What's up with all the little climbing nobbies half way up that side wall?

Must be a warm up for the grand finale.

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Originally Posted by newtimer (Post 535855)

Anybody can climb up the side of a building.

But it takes a real man to do it while wearing wooden shoes.

Just don't keep them in the sink. They become clogs. :D

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 535832)

yea, I could see it now. US parents would sue the shit out of the school if one of their kids fell. It could never happen and would never be built in the US. For sure.

The darlets high school has a climbing wall and both darlets have been up. It's very safe when the safety rules are enforced.

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Originally Posted by dar512 (Post 535899)

The darlets high school has a climbing wall and both darlets have been up. It's very safe when the safety rules are enforced.

Yeah, and just make everyone who uses it sign a release.

Releases dont do anything but try and scare the signer out of participating....bc it doesnt hold up in court at all....

A nearby public park has a climbing wall and they won't even put in a skatepark. Of course, it isn't quite as high as that building.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 535814)

But unlike the US the Netherlands is flat, very flat.

i live in Iowa and its flat. really really flat. don't believe me? here's a photo of the highest point in iowa.

Terrible accident involving drunk college student locked out of dorm at 2 am in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ....

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Originally Posted by sullage (Post 535991)

i live in Iowa and its flat. really really flat. don't believe me? here's a photo of the highest point in iowa.

Does water flow in Iowa or the Netherlands?:D

With a case of beer and two rednecks.....

C. All the above.

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Originally Posted by sullage (Post 535991)

i live in Iowa and its flat. really really flat. don't believe me? here's a photo of the highest point in iowa.

If you want to find the highest spot in Iowa just drop a quarter on the ground.