Article source: Studio Ard Hoksbergen i.c.w. Studioninedots
Preface
Veerkracht is a multi-cultural, Christian primary school in Slotermeer, Amsterdam. The original school was built in 1960 as the Dr. M.B. van ‘t Veerschool, designed by G.A. Roobol, who started his career at H.P. Berlage.
In the summer of 2013, the school board did a request for a new building and organised a competition, which was won in 2014 by Ard Hoksbergen. For the project, a collaboration was made with Studioninedots, an Amsterdam based architecture office with extensive experience in school design.
Educational buildings and centres of learning should offer everyone the oppurtunity to flourish and find their place in a society that is more and more autonomous. State schools are places of diversity and merging, and early years learning is the first step in a human being’s long journey through education, and learning about collectivity within a group. In residential areas, public buildings are a landmark and a meeting point.
The pine trees at the northwestern corner of this site form a gateway into the site. The pine grove gives onto a succession of patios, lawns, green roofs, pines, other trees and plant-covered partitions that create a transitional landscape. The building hovers between two layers of forest, one indoors, the other outdoors, creating an instant link with nature and the surrounding landscape.
In 2017, one of China’s innovative education pioneers ETU EDUCATION commissioned Crossboundaries to design the first campus for the ETU School in Beijing, after starting off experimenting with their educational practice in a temporary space for about two years.
Shortly after Crossboundaries handed over the completed space, ETU School’s founder Mrs. Li Yinuo told us, that our children-centered design made the school extremely popular among the children, many of whom calling it “home”. When a former Finnish Counselor for Education at the Beijing Embassy came to visit the school, expressing that it was the first time they’d seen a Chinese school that felt very similar to Finnish Schools.
From a boiler room, this well-accepted school was transformed in just five months.
The concept of this project is to build a nursery according to the terrain. In other words, instead of digging on the slope and violently placing a rectangular parallelepiped building, we decfined the shape of the building along the slope.
This building is a nursery for about 140 children aged 0 to 6 years.
We arranged seven children's rooms in the shape of a trace of the site, and placed stairs at the place where there was a small mountain road originally.
In June 2013, the town of Champagné launched a consultation on building a Multisports Hall for use by elementary schools and sports associations.
This operation was part of a desire to offer a wider range of sporting activities, and to relieve pressure from the Jean Rondeau gymnasium which was built in the 1980s.
The proposed sporting activities are: basketball, badminton, table tennis, handball, taekwondo and volleyball.
In the interests of economy of construction, the city wanted the new Sports Hall and the Jean Rondeau gymnasium to be joined together to share technical facilities, cloakrooms and equipment.
Going to school in a wooded environment where it’s all about sustainability. Het Dok is a new community school where kids can learn and play safely, and where nature is tangible both outside and in every class room. Natural materials, fresh air and lots of daylight were the most important starting points for the design.
Community school Het Dok comprises a primary school, a day care center, a nursery school, a sports hall, a music school, and exhibition and multifunctional spaces. These functions are divided between the ground floor and the first floor, and are directly connected with the circular courtyard. The complex has a natural and comfortable appearance because of its wooden construction.
Article source: Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architects ZT GmbH
The Unterdorf elementary school in Höchst is a radical, uncompromising example of a modern cluster school. In a plain, elongated, ground-level wooden building, four identical clusters are placed on the east side. The special education classes and the admin area are located on the west side, connected with the gym by a spacious hall. The clusters comprise two classrooms, an open group area and a relaxation room as well as toilets and wardrobes around a top-lighted lounge with a raised roof. A direct exit into a private garden and the outdoor classroom area includes the exterior space and enables short access routes.
The King Solomon School is a Jewish, bilingual and International school in the center of Israel. It promotes holistic education.
The design concept is based on the wish to translate the pedagogical – philosophical idea of the holistic education to an exciting learning experience.
The Star of David symbol was the formal inspiration for the design. The inner shape- created from the intersection of the two triangles- is a hexagon, a shape with universal values.
Article source: Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architects
New pedagogical concepts ask for new architectural forms. To transform the elementary school in Edlach into a contemporary cluster school, the new building arranges the master classes and group rooms as small units and offers a wide range of spatial configurations. The circulation space is reduced to a minimum.
Already providing service in the garden of Tevfik Fikret Primary School located in Bebek neighborhood of Besiktas district in Istanbul, the nursery unit, which fails to satisfy the needs is projected to be replaced with a nursery that can operate independent from the primary school. An area located next to the entrance gate of the school has been allocated for this function, which is restricted with the retaining wall formed by the elevation difference of the neighboring parcel on the west side and the school land on the north side. A double layered facade has been planned in order to meet the illumination need for education and whereas to reduce the heat effect in the summer months. The area remaining between these layers have been planned as a garden where students can grow plants. The entrance of the building, which is planned as two-stored, is projected at the 1/3 axis of its long side. The entrance area has been considered as cloakroom and reception. A semi-closed play ground has been created at the roadside of the building. The second floor of the structure includes two classrooms and wet areas. The classrooms have been projected on the upper floor in order to avoid the noise from the road as well as the school garden. The top of the circulation area has been projected to be transparent in order to make use of the structure in depth especially in the education season when day light is relatively less.
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