The Rosalind Franklinplein is the Leiden Bio Science Park in a nutshell

“When I stand here on Rosalind Franklinplein, or campus square, it feels like the world is at my feet. If you turn around your axis, you will come across everything: the green landscape, the university buildings with the lovely outdoor terrace, the ‘Saucer’ auditorium, the sports center, the central bicycle storage, the Ehrenfest parking garage with the buildings of Johnson+Johnson and Plus Ultra behind it and, on top of all that, the residential neighborhood in the Entrance District. It’s all that diversity that LBSP offers in a nutshell.

What we want to achieve at this park is a campus where everyone feels welcome and where there is always something happening. A place for everyone. That multifunctionality is paramount. We also want the park to be well connected to the surrounding area, to the city of Leiden. In doing so, we see the Dutch landscape as a unique binding element for everything and everyone.

When we started, we had to look for such a binder in the area fragmented with multiple owners. It had to be something that everyone would say yes to. Well, in everyone’s DNA is a love for the Dutch green-blue landscape, with tall grass, alders, reeds and water. Lots of water. The somewhat wild landscape and the lively waterfronts make this park really different from other science parks. You always walk through the green.

On the campus square, you will experience this traditional Dutch character right at the heart of all the dynamics. It is not without a reason that it is one of the four designated hotspots, where we create plenty of space for meeting, organized or spontaneous, in an environment that gives a sense of openness. The LBSP is not yet finished, but with this square and all the beautiful university developments around it, it has already become a real Leiden park.”