Kleve, 2012
Photo © Hans Juergen Landes

The new Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kleve is now a green, ultra-modern, energy- and resource-saving harbour campus.

Photo © Hans Juergen Landes

The complex is located at the former Spoy harbour with its imposing, modernised industrial buildings. The former warehouse of Allgemeine Speditionsgesellschaft AG has been integrated into the complex as a highly visible landmark. The campus is divided into two parts to the east and west of the canal, arranged in a modular sequence.

Photo © Hans Juergen Landes
Photo © Hans Juergen Landes

There are different centre areas on the site: Lecture Hall Centre with the creative XOX area, Knowledge Store with library, Language Centre and StudentServiceCentre as well as refectory with seminar area. The elongated campus functions like a permeable system, similar to a small town with the library at its "centre". Open spaces - such as the "themed gardens", the tree-lined riverside path or the pedestrian and cycle bridge - complete the system.

Photo © Hans Juergen Landes
Photo © Hans Juergen Landes