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Ikc De Geluksvogel

Ikc De Geluksvogel
South side. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects

IKC DE GELUKSVOGEL

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ARCHITECTS
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CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT
Castermans

HVAC CONSULTANT
K+ adviesgroep

ENVIRONMENT CONSULTANT
CNME

MANUFACTURERS
Accoya, Bolidt, Forbo Flooring Systems, Multiwal, Vandersanden

CONSULTANT
ZRi

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Misak Terzibasiyan

CONTRACTOR
BMV

AREA
2100 m²

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Maastricht, The Netherlands

CATEGORY
Schools

Text description provided by architect.

This a unique sustainable and digital school in the Netherlands.

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East side. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects
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Side from street. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects

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.

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East side playground. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects
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head staircase. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects
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mainstair ground floor . Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects

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.

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.

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head staircase. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects
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Open class first floor. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects

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.

This is a school that holds a kindergarten, a primary school, a gym and a library. A school with different types of users that work closely together to combine environmental and digital teaching to reach a new level of education.

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room teacher. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects
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Ground floor open classes. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects

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.

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.

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roof garden. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects
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Head staircase - ground floor direction gym. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects

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.

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corner building south. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects
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East side playground. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects

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.


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corner wood. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects
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connection wood. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects
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Look through . Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects
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Head staircase. Image © Daan Dijkmeijer and UArchitects


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