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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. IKC de Geluksvogel in Maastricht, The Netherlands by UArchitectsOctober 17th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: UArchitects This a unique sustainable and digital school in the Netherlands. Two existing schools in two neighbouring locations in Maastricht are merging into a new school on a new location in that city. This particular location was chosen to strengthen the weak social structure of the two neighbourhoods and to introduce a new digital education system to learn also more about the environment, nature and sustainability. Even the playground outside has different zones to help children (re)discover nature and explore their world by means of experiments or to build and test objects.  Image Courtesy © UArchitects
 Image Courtesy © UArchitects The digital way of teaching is for the most part paperless (virtual), which is represented in the architecture of the building. It shows a brick element with random messages in binary code (1 and 0) on the façade, as a reflection of this digitalized education system and the virtual reality in which we live today. The façade acts as the messenger of our digital world. Not in a direct, obvious way but more indirect, by the irregular placing of the bricks in patterns.  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects This is a school that holds a kindergarten, a primary school, a gym, out-of-school child care and a library. A school with five different types of users that work closely together to combine environmental and digital teaching to reach a new level of education. The concept of environmental teaching can be found on different levels, from virtual reality to the building itself, making it the green and modern digital school.  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects Both the school and the building are not designed around a classically organized educational system but around the concept of free movement and free use of spaces. We used the concept of a flock of birds to predict the movement of the users (children) through the building, which is how we designed the various spaces in the school. The educational space in the school is not limited to the classrooms but can continue in different open spaces with a different purpose. This open plan will encourage the free flow between and use of the spaces; education will not be limited by walls or doors. It even continues outside to the playground and the terraces on the first floor.  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects Together with the consultants, the building was designed to be flexible and adjustable. This means that if this building should get another function in the future, the different compartments that is made up of can easily be adjusted to the needs and wishes of another user, without losing its quality.  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects  Image Courtesy © UArchitects
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