The first two wings of the Huygens building have been raised between the Universal Laboratory (UL) and the main A building of the Science faculty. Then the UL has been dismantled to make space for the construction of wing 3 and 4 of the Huygens Building, to begin with the removal of dangerous materials from the rooms, in particular asbestos. The demolition of the strong concrete construction from the fifties has occured in a number of sessions in which the carrying pillars were weakened until the unit crashed under its own load... These dramatic events have been set on film and picture a.o. by BCM Consultancy (Nijmegen), the company that coordinated the demolition, and the photographers of the faculty (see colophone):
Demolition of the UL
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Gif animation (gif) 824 KB Time-lapse photo sequence Photographer: Dick van Aalst (FNWI)
Quick Time Movie (mov) 4268 KB Movie without sound BCM-consulancy, Nijmegen
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The first two wings of the Huygens building have been raised between the Universal Laboratory (UL) and the main A building of the Science faculty. Then the UL has been dismantled to make space for the construction of wing 3 and 4 of the Huygens Building, to begin with the removal of dangerous materials from the rooms, in particular asbestos. The demolition of the strong concrete 
