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Bonifacius School / FARO Architecten | ArchDoc

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by mr926 in Uncategorized

© Hans Peter FöllmiArchitects: FARO Architecten Location: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands Client: Gemeente Alphen aan den Rijn Project year: 2006 – 2011 Photographs: Hans Peter Föllmi © Hans Peter FöllmiAlphen aan den Rijn is turning into a real city. The to be developed Bonifacius location will also become an area with urban construction. The new Bonifacius school is the first step in the new urban plan that FARO is making for this part of Alphen.© Hans Peter FöllmiThe appearance of the building will fit into the current urban architecture with a brick plinth under a light metal façade. The brick will be enhanced with arcs: characteristic, recognizable and strong. The lighter upper façade has horizontal lines and contrasts with color and texture. Building the new school is part of the grander scheme for the Bonifacius location that will also house new apartments, assisted care residences, shops with a parking garage and, in the old school building a hotel or restaurant.© Hans Peter FöllmiThe first building of plan is now ready: the Roman Catholic elementary school Bonifacius. The building refers both to the future as to the past. The design is evidently modern but uses historic elements. Elements that we use in Roman and Medieval times and that we still use today, the same but different: arcs, gates, walls and Bonifacius’ name forever in brick. All of this together creates the architectural image of a building that’s part of a century long tradition and that will contribute to this tradition as well. Contributing something of our own time and culture to a never ending development. The children will thus be taken into the history of this location.elevation 01FARO has an integral approach towards sustainability and has booked increasing results on many fronts. The Bonifacius school also meets the needs of any contemporary building. The building is very compact and uses minimal energy. The interior is fresh and noise-free. The spaces are flexible and can be used by many different user groups. One request was to design a school that will function at least 75 years. The materials we used are all solid and durable and can easily stand the test of time. The users, the school team, the children and also the neighbors – all have been included in the realization of the design.#gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}

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Protected Housing / möhn + bouman bv | ArchDoc

325 days

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© Sarah BleeArchitects: möhn + bouman bv Location: Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Project area: 2,500 sqm Photographs: Sarah Blee © Sarah BleeThis housing block for 24 mentally disabled is built within an existing neighbourhood.The building is placed on a white concrete platform and is clad with black concrete elements.plan 01With their vertical structure and integrated white stone blocks, this facade acts as a diapositive background for a screen of densely plated birch trees. The trees provide privacy for the inhabitants and are softening the shapes of the concrete.© Sarah BleeAt the corner the building has it’s entrance, supporting facilities as well as a small restaurant.Here the white platform is lifted to introduce a large, completely open corner, interacting with the surrounding public space.#gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}

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Fabric Façade Studio House / CC-Studio, Studio TX and Rob Veening | ArchDoc

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© John Lewis MarshallArchitects: CC-Studio, Studio TX and Rob Veening Location: Almere, the Netherlands Project Area: 190 sqm Photographs: John Lewis Marshall The house is built on one of the 350 plots designated for construction by private builders, which was an initiative of Alderman Adri Duivesteijn in the Homerus quarter of Almere. The “Herenhuis” plots, where an extra high ceiling clearance of 3.5 m at ground floor level was required, are suitable for both residential and work functions.PlotThe assignment was to achieve a spacious home with a studio artist / exhibition space downstairs and housing on the top floors. The principal, Rob Veening, after having lived in Canada for many years, expressed the wish that the house should not be minimally sized and narrow (like many Dutch residences), but spacious, open and giving one a sense of freedom and movement. A dream assignment for space loving designers, this project has the added challenge of a very limited budget.© John Lewis MarshallTo save costs, and to make the construction of such a large volume financially viable, a number of measures were taken. The house (hull) was made wind and watertight by the contractor Postma, after which the client himself finished it: stairs, insulation, interior finishes, interior walls, doors, equipment and installation of the external cladding. Contractor Postma’s advantage is that, in addition to their own timber structure workshop, they also produce their own windows and door frames. This eliminates contractors traditional 10% surcharge cost over these items. It also made it possible to make very large window frames and doors (2.7m high), which could be realized without any fuss.Cross Section BOne of the most expensive items in a building budget is the facade which is usually the first item that is reduced in ambition. This always has serious consequence for the architectural image. From there came the radical proposal.© John Lewis MarshallThe municipality of Almere has C2C in high esteem and even drafted its “Almere Principles”! This course offered a chance to see how much they really meant it, and how much liberty they were willing to give private clients. From this, cc studio developed the idea to produce the facade from residual waste, using their contacts with the tent industry. The extremely durable, non-combustible, residual material comes from rolls of PTFE (Teflon) coated fiberglass fabric, used in the industrial manufacture of conveyors belts for the food industry. This special material was completely sponsored by Verseidag-Indutex from Krefeld, Germany. The 5 m long rolls (about 1200m2 gross) were cut by the principal and cc-studio into strips and placed as overlapping shingles and tacked on a backing of osb panels. The flexible material moves with wind, creating a lively image. In the sidewall up to a height of 7 meters no pattern is applied due to possible future building that must, by regulation, build up to a minimum height of 7 meters.© John Lewis MarshallThrough integrated design it was also possible to omit the traditional steel portal for stability. The entire stability comes from stapled Fermacell (fiberboard) plates in the front, rear and side facades.© John Lewis MarshallTo ensure the internal spatial relationship vides and split-levels were used. The artist’s studio downstairs is, at the side of the garden façade, visually connected with the living room on the first floor trough a vide. The studio therefore has an extra window giving it more light deep into the studio.© John Lewis MarshallIn the middle of the building volume a central vide with at the top a skylight was carved out, visually connecting all the upper floors. A continuous internal space is the result which has a very pleasant light quality and orientation. An additional advantage is that the study / TV room, located at the top level street side, does not need windows nor received them to save costs. Due to the split-level in the front part of the living room, the ceiling height reaches 4.5 m, giving it a real mansion (“herenhuis”) quality. The dimensions of the wooden doors 3.5 m wide x 2.7 m height contributes also to this sense of space. But due to all those large measurements the scale of the building is quite difficult to read and can only be measured by comparing it with the traditional sizes of the neighboring house.© John Lewis MarshallFinally, the house has a lower energy requirement than demanded by law (A EPC required then was 0.8, achieved 0.6) and also features a number of other sustainability features which made it eligible for “Green” financing (a lower interest rate for sustainable building). It was a special, very nice and close collaboration between client and designers that made the best use of the somewhat unconventional opportunities.© John Lewis Marshall#gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}