Maris College, Den Haag (NL)
Dirk Jan Postel
The need of the client for security and structure and the elementary necessity to design a financial efficient building lead to a clear and compact design. In the three storey high building the lower grades and upper grades are divided by a collective middle area. The brick facade has the colour of the dunes. The window frames are designed systematically in a vertical direction. Large glass surfaces represent the collective spaces and entrance zones. Daylight gets through by a roof window and lightens the heart of the school. The roof is covered with mossedum vegetation. The schoolyard is orientated to the south and fenced off. Thus a private space in ‘Klein Houtrust’ is created.
De gevel bestaat overwegend uit baksteen, in de kleuren van het duinlandschap. Raampartijen zijn regelmatig en verticaal, met enkele open vlakken bij de collectieven ruimten en de entree. Extra daglicht wordt in het hart van de school binnengebracht door een dakraam. Het dak is met mos-sedum bedekt. Het op de zon gelegen schoolplein is omheind: een eigen territorium in Klein Houtrust.
year
2007 - 2008
client
Maris College Houtrust VMBO
GFA
3,746 m²
project team
Jan-Hein Franken, Richard Fung, Joost Esschendal, Cees Alberts