education location laan op zuid

A vacant lot at Laan op Zuid in Rotterdam will accommodate an educational building for two schools. It will be a sustainable building with a wooden facade and an identity that both schools can relate to - one user is a secondary school, the other the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. A clear building structure, in which the schools are more or less placed one above the other, keeps the routing as logical as possible. A striking element on the outer façade is the yellow ramp, which continues around the corner and leads to the entrance to the secondary school.

client(s)
Gemeente Rotterdam, Hogeschool Rotterdam, Stichting BOOR

location
Rotterdam

user(s)
Hogeschool Rotterdam & Stichting BOOR

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building in a park

The education location will be a compact building and rich with daylight; efficient but full of atmosphere at the same time. BoschSlabbers Landscape Architects will design the exterior space, which anticipates a green route towards the Rijnhaven metro station and the future Rijnhaven Park. The stepped structure of the building provides space for several green roofs. Partly due to its all-sided wooden façade, the educational location has a friendly and open character. Even though at its highest point it has no less than nine floors. The gym is at the top, next to a 'sports roof'.

internal street

A wide and partly storey-high inner street at ground level contains the reception desk, seating areas, call boxes, podium staircases, meeting areas and an ‘events and exhibition plaza’. Some of these functions are housed in a modular wooden wall unit. The inner street also gives access to an 'urban lab', the lifts, the bicycle shed, the 'market restaurant' and a multifunctional lecture hall. The flexible set-up of the proposed design still leaves room for further development, so that ultimately it can meet the wishes of both schools in detail.

The building will be demountable. Bio-based or reused materials will be used for the separate interior fitout. The project was awarded in July 2022. In the coming period, the design will be refined in close colaboration with Rotterdam University, the Stichting BOOR and the City of Rotterdam. Completion is scheduled for the summer of 2026.