De Opmaat brede school

Arnhem, The Netherlands

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De Opmaat brede school

Arnhem, The Netherlands

Firm

Architectuurstudio HH

Type

Educational › Elementary School

YEAR

2007

The neighbourhood had hoped for a park on this Location, and to defuse their objections, we made the side of the school facing the houses into a primarily landscape-like hill that can be used as a roof park, while the grandstand constitutes an added attraction in the playground. These devices also help to make the building more an integrated part of its surroundings than a free-standing object. The large central area borders directly on the working area in front of the classrooms, which can be completely openend up using concertina walls, as a result of which the wide steps can be used as working areas, even when no communal activities are taking place, an innovation that proved particularly successful at the Apollo Schools.