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De Kleine Pijler
De Kleine Pijler
350, Spoorweghaven, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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De Kleine Pijler
350, Spoorweghaven, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Firm
Type
YEAR
2008
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
Together with parents and the
school board, PLUS architecten committed themselves to create an enhanced and
more pleasant temporary school building within a healthier context. This was
done in close co-operation with the Youth and Education Department of the
Municipality of Rotterdam.
The temporary character of the
building, made out of standard units, asks for an inventive and budget driven
solution. In most cases this kind of projects with standard units leads to dull
and sad buildings that do wrong to its context and users. However, this
shouldn't be!
By the application of an innovative
facade material and both an open floorplan and facade, the clustered units get
a special appearance. As a result the units form a unity and break away from
the idea of standardization.
The floor plan, consisting of a
series of fixed unit modules, is programmed in such a manner that spaces open
up to the exterior with the internal corridor as a starting point.
By doing so the building is able to
respond better to daylight en view lines which therefore leads to a direct
relationship with its surroundings.
The so-called 'hotel room effect'
of an endless corridor without daylight and views and with many closed doors
wil be avoided with this approach resulting in an open building. The oversized
corridor with its local widenings allows for a muli-functional use.
The corridor can also serve as a
playground or a learning zone. Besides a series of horizontal windows at
different heights each class-room has one or more king-size openings giving the
rooms daylight and views.
The meandering facade panels move
around the building like a snake and transform the building into a dynamic
sculpture. The flush detailling of the roof edge and the windows guarantees a
clear sculpture without unnecessary bulges and edges.
The facade is made of HPL (High
Pressure Laminate) compact panels which are treated with a Vectogramm milling
technique, in this particular form a facade innovation. On each of the four
facades a 'full-screen' image has been milled into the panels expressing the
four themes of the school: independant, structure, committed and social. This
leads to an alienation of scale and to the visual support of the educational
activities that take place within the building.
From a distance one experiences the
facade in a different way than from nearby. At a distance of 30 meters one can
observe the images as dead sharp and discover the scale and expression of the
image, while from close distance a blur-effect appears resulting in an
experience of texture and sensibility instead of the scale of the image.
Because of the application of relatively wide milling lines one can experience
the building differently from every angle.
Through this alteration of
a standard unit not only a more pleasant school building with its own identity
arises but the building itself also forms surplus value for its surroundings.
In conclusion a few words
from Leonard Geluk, alderman of Youth, Family and Education, during the
official opening of 'De kleine Pijler' on October 8th 2008: "De Kleine Pijler is the most beautiful
and most innovative building of Rotterdam and will from now on be the new
standard for quality and image of temporary accomodation in Rotterdam".
school board, PLUS architecten committed themselves to create an enhanced and
more pleasant temporary school building within a healthier context. This was
done in close co-operation with the Youth and Education Department of the
Municipality of Rotterdam.
The temporary character of the
building, made out of standard units, asks for an inventive and budget driven
solution. In most cases this kind of projects with standard units leads to dull
and sad buildings that do wrong to its context and users. However, this
shouldn't be!
By the application of an innovative
facade material and both an open floorplan and facade, the clustered units get
a special appearance. As a result the units form a unity and break away from
the idea of standardization.
The floor plan, consisting of a
series of fixed unit modules, is programmed in such a manner that spaces open
up to the exterior with the internal corridor as a starting point.
By doing so the building is able to
respond better to daylight en view lines which therefore leads to a direct
relationship with its surroundings.
The so-called 'hotel room effect'
of an endless corridor without daylight and views and with many closed doors
wil be avoided with this approach resulting in an open building. The oversized
corridor with its local widenings allows for a muli-functional use.
The corridor can also serve as a
playground or a learning zone. Besides a series of horizontal windows at
different heights each class-room has one or more king-size openings giving the
rooms daylight and views.
The meandering facade panels move
around the building like a snake and transform the building into a dynamic
sculpture. The flush detailling of the roof edge and the windows guarantees a
clear sculpture without unnecessary bulges and edges.
The facade is made of HPL (High
Pressure Laminate) compact panels which are treated with a Vectogramm milling
technique, in this particular form a facade innovation. On each of the four
facades a 'full-screen' image has been milled into the panels expressing the
four themes of the school: independant, structure, committed and social. This
leads to an alienation of scale and to the visual support of the educational
activities that take place within the building.
From a distance one experiences the
facade in a different way than from nearby. At a distance of 30 meters one can
observe the images as dead sharp and discover the scale and expression of the
image, while from close distance a blur-effect appears resulting in an
experience of texture and sensibility instead of the scale of the image.
Because of the application of relatively wide milling lines one can experience
the building differently from every angle.
Through this alteration of
a standard unit not only a more pleasant school building with its own identity
arises but the building itself also forms surplus value for its surroundings.
In conclusion a few words
from Leonard Geluk, alderman of Youth, Family and Education, during the
official opening of 'De kleine Pijler' on October 8th 2008: "De Kleine Pijler is the most beautiful
and most innovative building of Rotterdam and will from now on be the new
standard for quality and image of temporary accomodation in Rotterdam".
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