School De Brug in Bocholt, Belgium Building Development, Belgian Architecture Images
School De Brug in Bocholt, Belgium
24 Feb 2020
School De Brug
Architects: UArchitects / Misak Terzibasiyan in cooperation with Lens Ass Architecten
Location: Brugstraat 22, 3950 Bocholt, Belgium

In its approach to visualizing education, the School De Brug fosters an ambivalence. First of all there is the centric way of education and the concentric arrangement of the school around its pupils. The children form the focal point of the school and the building is literally constructed around them. In its architecture it reflects the way of education whereby children and a sense of community are the main focus of the school.

Children are prepared for a responsible role in society. This connection to the outside world is reflected in the centrifugal arrangement of classrooms around the concentric common space.
It?s both concentric and centrifugal formal expressions lend the new school an ambiguous identity.

Materials of the now demolished educational buildings that used to occupy the site have been an inspiration for the new concentric school. Corrugated aluminum roofing is echoed in the ribbon that encloses the entire school. The light grey tone of the former school returns in the cement skin brick masonry of the new school.

Situated in a green area at the edge of Bocholt?s town center, De Brug is a so-called MOS school. His means nature and environmental awareness form an important part ...