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kindercampus King
architecture
architecture
interior
education
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location
Amstelveen
client
municipality of Amstelveen
project team
Maarten Sanders, Kitty Luiken & Ernst-Jan Schouten
photography
Thea van den Heuvel (DAPh)
completion
2018
new children's campus (primary school, after-school care, and daycare)
Kindercampus King is an “integrated children's center,” where the ML Kingschool and KDV Kinderrijk share facilities, and where a number of associations also use part of the building outside school hours. A special aspect of the design is the way in which outdoor space has been designed as an integral part of the educational facilities. All floors, and thus clusters in the school, have an outdoor terrace that is used by the school in various ways. It can therefore be seen as a modern variant of the classic “open-air school.”
The building is designed to facilitate education, care, and childcare for children aged 0 to 12 years. The spatial organization is aimed at providing a clear play and learning environment, but also allows special facilities such as a studio, kitchen, playroom, and sports facilities to be shared by all sections of the organization.
In addition, the building meets the municipality's standards for sustainability and health, such as the requirements for Fresh Schools class B, and has an average GPR score of 8.5.
flexible design
The design offers a high degree of flexibility thanks to the modular structure of the building. The dimensions and layout of the space and the spatial organization of the building make it easy to change its use. In addition, partition walls can be moved so that the spatial layout can also be adjusted.
The design of the building-related installations allows for a margin in terms of capacity. This makes it possible to accommodate a 20% increase in the number of childcare and education places. The heating, ventilation, and lighting facilities are modularly designed on a 2.7-meter grid. Control technology based on CO2 detectors, thermostats, etc. is also divided into these modules, so that functional changes and new layouts can be implemented without any problems.
cradle to cradle
The municipality of Amstelveen wanted the principles of “cradle to cradle” to be taken into account as much as possible in the construction and choice of materials. The building has a steel support structure and facades made of timber frame elements and removable facade panels. Provision has been made for both an extension on the north side of the building and the partial development of the terraces on the east side. This makes future expansion easy. The removable supporting structure and facades make it easy to reuse elements and materials.
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