The existing campus of Tilburg is characterized by an orthogonal grid formed by rectangular buildings with green areas which overlap each other. This structure is very coherent but also creates public spaces that are all very similar and uniform to each other. The one point where this structure is broken, is on the place of the esplanade, which is clearly a main route. But it is a route to get from one place to the next, a place for traffic, not a place to stay.

So to create the beating heart of the Tilburg and create a new focus point in the campus the opposite form is introduced, not rectangular but circular to form a notable point where everything is centered. The square is divided by Tilburg’s orthogonal shapes in the form of wooden decks and tree bins and the colonnade ensures a dry walkway across the square for the pedestrians.