Community Centre TuinPad
COMMUNITY CENTRE TUINPAD
Kwint Architects
LOCATION
Groningen, Netherlands
TYPE
Cultural › Cultural Center
Kwint Architecten designed a community centre for the Paddepoel-Zuid & Tuinwijk districts in de dutch City of Groningen.
The community center is located in a parc, called the Bessemoerpark, as a link between the two districts.
As part of the transformation of the parc, Kwint Architecten was assigned to design a building with it’s own character, independent from the parc.
The building is set up as an unpretentious master volume with an elongated shape.
The volume is placed crosswise in the elongated parc, as a result of which transforms the building in a link between the two adjacent city districts.
The entrance of the building is situated alongside a footpath between these districts.By means of rounding of two of the four corners the building derives a distinctive character.
As a result of the rounding, the front and side facades melt together and prevents the use of the outdoor spaces at only one side.
Instead, the shape stimulates the use of all the outdoor space alongside the building for activities. The building is designed to be a guest in the parc and to interact with the parc. Two elements are a added to the design.
At one side a cavity is formed to mark the entrance, at the other side a porch is added which connects the main rooms to the park.
