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Pandora, Amstelveen, Netherlands
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school 03
Pandora, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Project Featured on May 02, 2014
‘Gossip about me, but don’t tell them the truth
Make them believe something bigger’
Architecture and interior
In the design for the new accommodations of public school
Panta Rhei in Amstelveen (NL) there is a lot of attention on the balance between
freedom and a sense of security. Snelder Architecten realised a building with
many open multifunctional spaces where students can make themselves familiar
with the teaching material. The interior design by i29 links up with that
perfectly and gives the spaces an identity that connects with the students’
environment and addresses them directly and personally. i29 let itself be
inspired by the name of the school. Panta Rhei, meaning ‘everything flows’,
‘everything is in motion’. This led to a design that leaves space for the
imagination of the users, offering elements that can be used flexibly, which
also propagates the school’s identity.
Poems
Throughout the entire school poems have been applied to
the linoleum floors and the furniture. The thought behind this is that there
are moments outside of the classroom when you can learn and gain insights:
often a casual setting is very inspiring. Maybe these poems provide a different
perspective in an unguarded moment. i29 commissioned the poet Erikjan Harmens
for this. He worked out themes like insecurity and friendship together with the
students. The open texts leave room for their own interpretation. i29 modelled
the poems in ‘carpets of text’ in which the letters stick together and seem to
flow from each other. From a distance the texts form intriguing graphic
patterns. This imagery has been implemented by i29 in the new school logo, the
facade and the signposting throughout the school. The furniture, which was made
to measure, is informal and dynamic. Because work takes place both in groups
and individually, i29 itself designed tables in asymmetrical, angular shapes.
These shapes allow the furniture to be linked together in all kinds of ways and
different configurations can be made, such as square, circular or star-shaped
set-up. This means the pieces can be used in the general spaces as well as in
the classrooms and staff rooms.
Structures
i29: ‘We
think in structures and rhythms and not in taste or style. You can look at it
as music which deals with harmony and contrast. One tone is not unconnected to
the next and silence is essential.’ i29 has realised a spatial composition
which has been carried out without compromise. Over the neutral basis of tables
and benches there is a fine fabric of black elements; consisting of the poems,
the hassocks and the Magis One-chairs. The furniture is strong and robust, but
does not look bulky, rather refined. Remarkable in this context is the choice
of the Grcic chair. It matches well here because of its technical aura and it
urges you to think about the design and production process. It is a vocational
school after all. Just because this is not a university, does not mean you do
not have to challenge the students.
Field of tension
There is a field of tension between the free, blank
character of the open spaces and the personal, almost emotional nature of the
poems. Both have been carried to great lengths; in the sense that the spaces
are very aloof and quiet, but the text carpets speak to the children in a
direct and personal way.
Make them believe something bigger’
Architecture and interior
In the design for the new accommodations of public school
Panta Rhei in Amstelveen (NL) there is a lot of attention on the balance between
freedom and a sense of security. Snelder Architecten realised a building with
many open multifunctional spaces where students can make themselves familiar
with the teaching material. The interior design by i29 links up with that
perfectly and gives the spaces an identity that connects with the students’
environment and addresses them directly and personally. i29 let itself be
inspired by the name of the school. Panta Rhei, meaning ‘everything flows’,
‘everything is in motion’. This led to a design that leaves space for the
imagination of the users, offering elements that can be used flexibly, which
also propagates the school’s identity.
Poems
Throughout the entire school poems have been applied to
the linoleum floors and the furniture. The thought behind this is that there
are moments outside of the classroom when you can learn and gain insights:
often a casual setting is very inspiring. Maybe these poems provide a different
perspective in an unguarded moment. i29 commissioned the poet Erikjan Harmens
for this. He worked out themes like insecurity and friendship together with the
students. The open texts leave room for their own interpretation. i29 modelled
the poems in ‘carpets of text’ in which the letters stick together and seem to
flow from each other. From a distance the texts form intriguing graphic
patterns. This imagery has been implemented by i29 in the new school logo, the
facade and the signposting throughout the school. The furniture, which was made
to measure, is informal and dynamic. Because work takes place both in groups
and individually, i29 itself designed tables in asymmetrical, angular shapes.
These shapes allow the furniture to be linked together in all kinds of ways and
different configurations can be made, such as square, circular or star-shaped
set-up. This means the pieces can be used in the general spaces as well as in
the classrooms and staff rooms.
Structures
i29: ‘We
think in structures and rhythms and not in taste or style. You can look at it
as music which deals with harmony and contrast. One tone is not unconnected to
the next and silence is essential.’ i29 has realised a spatial composition
which has been carried out without compromise. Over the neutral basis of tables
and benches there is a fine fabric of black elements; consisting of the poems,
the hassocks and the Magis One-chairs. The furniture is strong and robust, but
does not look bulky, rather refined. Remarkable in this context is the choice
of the Grcic chair. It matches well here because of its technical aura and it
urges you to think about the design and production process. It is a vocational
school after all. Just because this is not a university, does not mean you do
not have to challenge the students.
Field of tension
There is a field of tension between the free, blank
character of the open spaces and the personal, almost emotional nature of the
poems. Both have been carried to great lengths; in the sense that the spaces
are very aloof and quiet, but the text carpets speak to the children in a
direct and personal way.
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