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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. De Jacobsvlinder School in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands by Paul de Vroom ArchitectenApril 24th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Paul de Vroom Architecten De Jacobsvlinder (Cinnabar) School, previously known as the Prins Bernhard School, is a part of the restructuring of the Palenstein neighbourhood, a quarter of Zoetermeer near the centre, built in the nineteen-sixties. Architecturally, the new school building forms the link between the urbanity of the Nieuw-Schoutenhoek housing complex currently under construction, and the small-scale character of the existing village of detached houses that directly adjoins the location.  Image Courtesy © Ossip van Duivenbode
 Image Courtesy © Ossip van Duivenbode The school provides primary instruction in the form of Adaptive Education (?), and has the aim of teaching pupils, who often come from underprivileged families, in a ‘stimulating and aesthetic’ environment.  Image Courtesy © Ossip van Duivenbode The compact two-level volume contains nine classrooms organized around the heart of the school: a light, central, large-dimensioned hall. As a result of this clear spatial set-up, the scope for pure circulation can be kept to a minimum, while the available communal space is multifunctional to a maximum degree. The large stairway, entirely covered of wood, is not only a point of elevation but also a public tribune with a view of the play area that thus transforms into a theatre stage.  Image Courtesy © Ossip van Duivenbode Taking into account the central situation and the exceptional educational vision of the school, the ambience and the interaction with the environment became the starting points of the design. Between the surrounding buildings of contrasting form, colour and material, the program for the school was designed as a simple rectangular volume with a pattern of large windows. The façade material is polymetric brickwork, with bricks of various sizes generating a tactile allure.  Image Courtesy © Ossip van Duivenbode A large glass cut-out in the brickwork volume opens up all the activities in the strikingly green central hall to the outside world. In addition, two extraordinary elements in the hall attract attention and fire the imagination of the pupils: the large staircase that has been built as a trapezium-shaped wooden item of furniture, and the oval volume of the parent’s room on which a mosaic of golden butterflies is created by the Catalonian-Japanese artist ISAO, in the tradition of the mosaics made by his grandfather, ceramist Llorens Artigas, in conjunction with Miró. The butterflies continue their flight on the glass and on the roof, increasing the magic of ISAO’s artwork.  Image Courtesy © Ossip van Duivenbode De Jacobsvlinder is an exceptional sustainable school. The building has a GPR (Global Product Strategy) rating of 9 or higher on average. On the one hand, it has been constructed from solid and maintenance-free materials and has a large degree of spatial and functional changeability due to its column structure. On the other hand, the building combines a comfortable and healthy indoor climate with low energy use, based on a geothermal heat pump installation with underfloor heating, a green roof, and CO2-regulated ventilation.  Image Courtesy © Ossip van Duivenbode  Image Courtesy © Ossip van Duivenbode  Image Courtesy © Ossip van Duivenbode  Image Courtesy © Ossip van Duivenbode  Image Courtesy Paul de Vroom Architecten  Image Courtesy Paul de Vroom Architecten  Image Courtesy Paul de Vroom Architecten  Image Courtesy Paul de Vroom Architecten
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