Kindergarten in Edegem
First prize in a competition for “Scholen van Morgen”
For AG Real Estate and the municipality of Edegem
Design team: Dirk Somers, Joni Nieuwenhuysen, Reinaart Vandersloten en Henk Jan Imhoff
Photos: Stijn Bollaert
The kindergarten merges with the kinked morphology of the street.
Ground floor plan of the building amidst a typology of deep plots.
The front elevation kinks to follow the bending street.
First floor plan
The frayed character of the rear side of the kindergarten.
The tectonic expression of the elevations is designed as a stack, with a certain toy like playfulness.
Detail of the brickwork made of colored concrete blocks.