{"id":3816,"date":"2016-05-12T13:41:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T12:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/05\/12\/woudestein-vs-hoboken-waar-zijn-de-beste-studieplekken\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:13","slug":"woudestein-vs-hoboken-waar-zijn-de-beste-studieplekken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/05\/12\/woudestein-vs-hoboken-waar-zijn-de-beste-studieplekken\/","title":{"rendered":"Woudestein or Hoboken: which are the best places to study?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mila Ivanova tussen Woudestein en Hoboken<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Mila Ivanova is studying Medicine and writes articles for EM. She regularly commutes between Woudestein and Hoboken and describes the similarities and differences between \u2018East\u2019 and \u2018West\u2019 in her column. In today\u2019s article, she\u2019ll be telling us about the best places to study.<\/p>\n

All students need a quiet place to study. And since the University Library is temporarily closed, everyone on Campus Woudestein has moved to the Polak Building, while medical students \u2013 and a few stowaways from the other side \u2013 can use the Education Centre. Although there\u2019s no lack of stunning architecture at both these locations, they\u2019re either too hot or too cold.<\/p>\n

Architectural design at the Education Centre and the Polak Building<\/h3>

A wealth of light and space between the red carpets and the soaring roof, furnishings in dark brown walnut and a pattern of glass triangles in the ceiling that lets in the sunshine if the weather is fine. There are four rows of bookshelves on the right with lecture halls on the other three sides. These are the main features at Erasmus MC\u2019s Education Centre, which was awarded the Rotterdam Architecture Prize in 2012. The Polak Building is even more recent. This is another breathtaking architectural design on Campus Woudestein. The unusual arrangement of the narrow staircases in this building have been compared to one of M.C. Escher\u2019s lithographs, and glass and light play a large part here as well.<\/p>\n

Critical assessments of Polak<\/h3>

But not all the students are happy with the impressive design at the Polak Building and the Education Centre. Third-year Econometrics student Thijs sums up the problems very neatly: \u201cThe Polak Building looks very nice, but it\u2019s much too small \u2013 and too warm, because the air conditioning doesn\u2019t work.\u201d Jan Bas, sixth-year Economics student, mentions a different drawback to this building which concerns the washbasins: \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to fill your water bottle in the Polak Building without spilling at least half a litre because there isn\u2019t enough room for the bottle under the taps. This must cost the University a lot of money because students often fill their water bottles there,\u201d he comments. His fellow Economics student Werner has yet another criticism to make: \u201cThe fifth floor in the Polak Building is an absolute jungle,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can actually conceal yourself behind all those plants.\u201d And International Business Administration student Yenal concludes: \u201cI liked the University Library a lot better, but Polak is the second best place to study.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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