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Student Cloud, Utrecht Netherlands
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Student Cloud
LocationHamburg, Germany
PhotographerAnna Wacker
During the Christmas holidays in the Netherlands, I stumbled upon this architectural gem at Utrecht Science Park. The Johanna building is home to 655 students from diverse nationalities, providing a space for an important phase of their lives. Its design reflects the dynamic energy of student life, symbolized as an amorphous "cloud." The façade, finished with glazed tiles by Royal Tichelaar Makkum, creates a diffuse, cloud-like pattern, blending windows and tiles into a striking mosaic design that remind me of Gustav Klimt artworks.