ABOUT THE PROJECT

The renewed and expanded mall Nieuw Hoog Catharijne in Utrecht (The Netherlands), designed in close cooperation with very talented architects from Amsterdam and Los Angeles, comprises large, modern, and transparent spaces. The new design aligns shopping centre and city centre, as two parallel boulevards run through the building from the Central Station to the city centre, creating one common space area. A quite attractive element of this construction - "Stadskamer", made of glass from the bottom to the top, allows visitors to experience the flowing canal Catharijnesingel just under their feet. The construction comprises 23,000 m² of retail space, 19,000 m² of shopping gallery, 9,000 m² of hotel space and an underground car park with approximately 1,300 spaces. Moreover, the construction will also include 60 apartments just above the Nieuw Hoog Catharijne.

FIVE STOREY UNDERGROUND

Novenco Building & Industry (NBI) was awarded the contract for the re-design, component delivery, installation and assistence on the commission of the car park ventilation system for this unique 5 level underground car park. With an impressive 40,000 m² parking area, this is one of the largest underground car parks in The Netherlands. Furthermore, an unusual and very interesting building method was chosen for the car park. To advance and speed the whole process up , it was built in upward and downward directions concomitantly starting from level -2. Although the car park ventilation system is mainly designed as a fresh air and CO/LPG ventilation solution, the system can also be used by the fire brigade as a smoke ventilation system in case of fires.