JDS architects: kortrijk school complex
located along the river leie, this educational campus integrates the natural landscape into classrooms by placing them along a garden's edge.
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‘kortrijk school complex’ by JDS architects, kortrijk, belgium all images courtesy of JDS architects
belgian practice JDS architects have proposed the ‘kortrijk school complex’, an educational facility along the river leie in a central district of kortrijk, belgium. embracing the adjacent park and potential for open-air activities, the addition organizes classrooms along the edge of a garden, similar to a monk’s cloister. adding over 7,200 square meters of space, a majority of the rooms open to the outdoors without changing the existing structures already located on the site.
a centralized square is formed with the merging of the new and old buildings, with an elevated gallery framing the area.
view from the street as it meets the existing context
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elevated gallery
interior
aerial view of complex
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project info:
project: educational building complex size: 10.500 m2 location: kortrijk, belgium budget: 15.300.000 eur type: invited competition status: settled 2012 client: dbfm-vennootschap team: JDS, louis paillard architects, greisch structural engineer, klar, ces sustainability JDS partner in charge: julien de smedt, louis paillard project leader: stephanie vander goten, khadija djellouli project team: barbara wolff, adrien mans, weronica wojcik, lea fournier, lionel roullet, kamile malinauskaite, francisco villeda, wouter dons, victoria migliore
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