Place
Dordrecht
Type
School
Completed
2022
Client
Drechtsteden School Group
Floor area
11,500 m²
A secondary school for 900 pupils around a covered courtyard, completed in 2022.
The brief
Two secondary schools were merging and needed one building for 900 pupils, on a former shipyard by the water.
The design
The classrooms wrap around a courtyard with a glass roof. It is where pupils eat lunch, sit exams and put on the school play. The facade is timber with deep balconies, which shade the classrooms in summer.
The result
The school moved in after the summer of 2022. The courtyard is now also rented out to the neighbourhood in the evenings.
From drawing to building
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