{"id":67024,"date":"2017-02-21T12:32:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T11:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/2017\/02\/21\/lees-luister-en-kijk-hatta-gebouw-officieel-geopend\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:32:56","slug":"lees-luister-en-kijk-hatta-gebouw-officieel-geopend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/02\/21\/lees-luister-en-kijk-hatta-gebouw-officieel-geopend-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Read, listen and watch: The Hatta Building officially opened"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The ground floor of the Hatta Building was officially opened for use on 20 February with a live radio broadcast, the unveiling of a plaque and a news bulletin featuring Executive Board member Bart Straatman.<\/p>\n

The building, named after Mohammed Hatta (see inset), houses 372 student flats \u2013 36 studios for Dutch students on the top floor, as well as 336 rooms for international students on the lower floors. The ground floor features a caf\u00e9 called In de Smitse, the Gio Foundation and the Erasmus Sustainability Hub.<\/p>\n

Listen here to Hello Hatta!<\/em>, a radio broadcast recorded during the opening ceremony of the Hatta Building<\/strong><\/p>\n

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According to Dorota de Blanken of the Student Housing Foundation (SSH), the student flats inside the Hatta Building will help turn the campus into a bit more of a \u201csmall and cosy village\u201d. \u201cStudents like having a lively campus, and they like that the place does not feel deserted after 7pm. In addition, they appreciate the proximity of the university\u2019s buildings and they feel safe on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The plinth of the Hatta Building houses the workspaces of the Gio Foundation (an initiative by Feyenoord coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst to create more opportunities for learning disabled adolescents from Zuid), the physiotherapist Dimitri Motz (who will be celebrating his twentieth anniversary on campus soon) and the Erasmus Sustainability Hub, where everyone is welcome to enjoy a cup of (free) sustainably grown tea in exchange for ideas on how to make the campus more sustainable.<\/p>\n

A bit further down, health-and-safety doctors and a university welfare worker have their offices, while at the front, the campus pub, called In de Smitse [In the Smithy], is seeking to re-gain the popularity it held back when it was at the Mandeville Building. If first impressions are anything to go by, they are doing well<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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