Lyceum Schravenlant

Lyceum Schravenlant
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Lyceum Schravenlant 

LIAG Architects

ARCHITECTS
LIAG Architects

CONSTRUCTION
Advies- En Ingenieursbureau

ACOUSTICS
Peutz Bv, Mook

INSTALLATIONS
Nl, Vintis

BUILDING PHYSICS
Peutz Bv, Mook

DESIGN TEAM
Thomas Bögl, Erik Schotte, Carina Nørregaard, Wouter Oostendorp, Peter Donkers, Thomas Witteman, Arie Aalbers

AREA
6150 M²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Schiedam, The Netherlands

CATEGORY
Schools

Text description provided by architect.

The new building accommodates approximately 600 pupils and, including two gym halls, has a gross surface area of about 6150 m2.

Lyceum Schravenlant
© Moni van Bruggen
Lyceum Schravenlant
© Moni van Bruggen

Lyceum Schravenlant should serve, among other things, as a meeting place for pupils from a variety of backgrounds and be a ‘home base’ where they learn to work together in a pleasant and safe environment.

With its new accommodation, the school has the ambition of operating optimally within the social context; realizing a healthy, future-orientated, multi-functional, and flexible or adaptable building with a modern and robust look.

Lyceum Schravenlant
© Moni van Bruggen
Lyceum Schravenlant
© Moni van Bruggen

The school should also be safe from a social point of view and easy to get to for a variety of target groups and by a variety of transport means. Lyceum Schravenlant wishes to realize a small-scale warm environment within a uniformly adaptable structure, where the atmosphere and look will be determined in particular by the design.

SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL

d the municipality have very high ambitions with regard to sustainability, within which the Cradle to Cradle® principle serves as an inspiration. All kinds of ways are being considered for making the school as sustainable as possible in its entirety.

Lyceum Schravenlant
© Moni van Bruggen
Lyceum Schravenlant
© Moni van Bruggen

The concept of a long life span is the starting point for this, with the focus on the total building and period of use, in order to make sustainable solutions feasible. Lyceum Schravenlant is the first CO2 neutral Cradle to Cradle school building in the Netherlands.

LIAG has presented a vision where the possibilities also include the recycling of a part of the existing structure.

Lyceum Schravenlant
© Moni van Bruggen
Lyceum Schravenlant
© Moni van Bruggen

With this vision, the school will be given a clear countenance towards the city, while retaining the existing identity. By means of a central hall, the lay-out will be easy to view and clear, facilitating orientation and shortening the walking routes.

Lyceum Schravenlant will be an example project for the use of sustainable innovations in residential areas, industrial estates and public places.

Lyceum Schravenlant
Section
Lyceum Schravenlant
Site Plan

It will be the ‘Experimental Garden’ for the technical use of sustainable innovations as a platform for the educational and cultural perception in Schiedam. A huge green opportunity for the new generations of Schiedam.

RECOMMENDATION PROF. DR. MICHAEL BRAUNGART - FOUNDER C2C

One of the initiatives I really was surprised of was Lyceum Schravenlant. I fully support the collective ambition of teachers and students, management of the school and municipality to make this a new pilot project for a Cradle to Cradle® school.

Lyceum Schravenlant
Ground Floor Plan
Lyceum Schravenlant
First Floor Plan

The ambition for this school to create a healthy, energy positive building makes it a real showcase for students and other parties to learn about the impact we have on the environment and our children.

Lyceum Schravenlant
Second Floor Plan
Lyceum Schravenlant
Third Floor Plan