The school site is situated in a small town between the town center and the adjacent woods. With the development of the school site the possibility arises to reestablish the relationship between the two. Transparency and giving the project a green feel are the main themes in the design. The old town hall on the street side will be reused and gets a prominent place in the middle of the entrance square.
To the left of the town hall there's the entrance for pedestrians and cyclists. On the right side we strengthen the green character of the school by introducing new trees.
The new three-story-high school building will be located right behind the town hall. Parallel to the school building a new sports hall is provided. Both buildings have a compact lay out and the positioning of the buildings guarantees an optimal phasing. During construction the existing school can stay active until the new school building is finished. All 3 buildings can operate autonomously. This maximizes a multi-functional use of the school infrastructure.
The 3 buildings are connected with a roof construction that covers part of the playground. This leads to another part of the playground that is a terrace overlooking the garden. This terrace, at its turn, gives access to the last part of the playground which is a garden in the woods. The facade of the ground floor is made up of a mosaic of tiles that shows an abstract representation of the woods, this way we literally extend the green landscape towards the street side.