U-Stad

U-Stad (or Universiteit Stad) is the newest neighborhood in Grijzestad.

Development
The U-Stad was conceived as a development project in 1925 to address Grijzestad overcrowding, add another campus to the Grijzestad University and showcase modern Brunanter architecture to the world. The designs chosen were mostly in the International Style and borrowed many elements from modern European design. Construction began in early 1928 and most of the neighborhood was finished by 1935. In 1934 the University moved several departments to their new locations here, including medicine and architecture.

World War II
During WWII some of the buildings here were destroyed in the invastion but others were used by the Nazis as administrative buildings and officers quarters.

Postwar
In 1948-49 reconstruction began on the quarter, with a new architecture hall opening for the university in 1950 and the Public library in 1953.