A small, yellow, three-dimensional artwork by artist Krijn de Koning is the inspiration for the design of the Teaching Lab at the TU Delft campus, which will provide university staff with an interactive laboratory environment in which new education methods and programs can be experimented with, developed further and tested.
The large structure - an integrated 'stand alone' furniture element inserted into the former Composietenlab - is like the artwork, finished in monochrome yellow and performs a number of essential tasks. It organises the large hall, interconnects existing floor levels, offers flexible easily convertible spaces and provides an integral solution to management of m&e, data and acoustics.
Flexibility has been brought into the design by introducing linkable spaces within the structure, pivoting doors for separation, and ample power/data points and AV-facilities. On the ground floor podium, pop-up studios can be built from loose bespoke furniture elements. Compact desks and benches can be positioned along the podium edge, and acoustic partition screens can be plugged in into a grid of podium floor sockets.
The furniture element comprises a detached steel structure, clad around with standard yellow coloured OSB-panels. Some areas are clad in contrasting but always yellow coloured materials; with felt, perforated plasterboard and carpet as acoustical surfaces, hpl as finish for the kitchenette, and spray painted magnetic steel plate as 'whiteboards'.
