Anda Kerkhoven Centre (HAC)

The first building project by the (UG) at the Healthy Ageing Campus will be the realization of a new education centre for the Faculty of Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Science & Engineering (especially for the degree programmes in Pharmacy). KAAN Architecten from Rotterdam was selected to design the education centre that will be named Anda Kerkhoven Centre.

The new education building of around 12,000 m2 will be located next to the ERIBA building, near the new UMCG proton therapy centre. It will function as a new entrance building to the campus when departing from the city centre of Groningen and will include, among other things, classrooms and project rooms of various sizes, a study environment, a food court and a covered bicycle parking area. In addition, flexible workstations will be installed to be used by lecturers in between their teaching activities. There will be room for around 2,000 staff members and students in the teaching centre, which will replace the old teaching rooms at Antonius Deusinglaan 2.

All of the teaching activities that are currently spread across multiple – sometimes outdated – buildings will now be brought together in a sustainable manner to one location. There will be new facilities for innovative and small-scale teaching and the building will really give the campus its own presence in the city.