Article source: Ector Hoogstad Architecten 

The Da Vinci College in Roosendaal, in the south of the Netherlands, moved into new premises at the start of the present school year. Ector Hoogstad Architects has designed a light, spacious and above all adventurous building that feels and functions like a city in miniature. The school offers a mix of academic and vocational qualifications (VMBO and Praktijkschool in Dutch) to about a thousand pupils. Each pupil has a home base in one of the “clubhouses” scattered around the school, alongside a variety of practical rooms and communal facilities. All these spaces are ingeniously connected by a network of streets, squares and gardens, stairs and terraces. In line with the philosophy of the school, equal weight is attached to ensuring a safe learning environment and challenging the pupils.

Image Courtesy © Petra Appelhof

• Architects: Ector Hoogstad Architecten
• Project: The new Da Vinci College
• Location: Bovendonk 1, Roosendaal, The Netherlands
• Photography: Petra Appelhof and Koen Klijn
  
• Client: Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs
• Design: Ector Hoogstad Architecten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Project team: Joost Ector, Max Pape, Koen Klijn, Bart de Wilde, Elia Salcedo Quiles, Ridwan Tehupelasury, Marco Verroen
• Building management: ICS adviseurs
• Management: Da Vinci College
• Building physics consultant: IMd raadgevend ingenieurs
• Consultant construction costs: Ingenieursbureau Multical
• Gross floor plan: new development 9.300 m², renovation 4.200 m², total 13.500 m²
  
• Completion: June 2016

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