Schoolgarden “De Buitenkans”

Roosendaal, Netherlands

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Schoolgarden “De Buitenkans”

Roosendaal, Netherlands

Firm

RO&AD Architecten

Type

Educational › Nursery Elementary School

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2017

SIZE

5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

Practical School for horticulture and animal care

A neighbourhood family had a redundant piece of land, and offered that to “Het Da Vinci College” , a school for animal care and gardening, with pupils who require additional support. They didn’t know where this would end, because there was a plot, lots of enthusiasm, involvement, from the school, neighbourhood and city council, but neither the skills, nor the money to realise the project. That’s where RO&AD architects stepped in. With help of the Province of Noord-Brabant, Visavis Landscape designers, who gave a small budget, they designed a plan which made it possible to be made by the teachers, the pupils, and the neighbourhood themselves. It is a 6 meters wide and 100 meters long timber structure, with relatively easy to make trusses, which are held together by nail plates. All rooms, like the classroom, animal room, greenhouses etc are placed in a row, without any room and money devouring things like halls or hallways. When Rini, a teacher at the school, saw this, he became so enthusiastic, that he offered to make the building himself. And that is what happened. He postponed his retirement for 2 years, and together with neighbours, students and lots of other people he started to work. Under the guidance of a contractor and the architects, he built the school, and the garden in 1 1⁄2 year’s time. And it works! Neighbours are taking down their fences to get access to the school garden. They take care of the plants and the animals during the holidays, and the students finally have a place where they can be proud of to work on.

Architect:
RO&AD architecten
Bergen op Zoom, Middelburg, The Netherlands Design Team:
Ad Kil, Ro Koster, Tamara Giesbers, Chris Bakens
Landscape design:
Vis-a-Vis
Woudrichem, The Netherlands
Structural Engineer:
ABR
Roosendaal, The Netherlands
Contractor:
Bergh Bouw
Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
Photographs: Katja Effting

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Schoolgarden “De Buitenkans”

Roosendaal, Netherlands

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Schoolgarden “De Buitenkans”

Roosendaal, Netherlands

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