OBJECT

Steißlingen Community School, 2014

Project

Extension of the community school with a new building section to implement a new pedagogical approach.

The appearance of the functionally self-sufficient new building is in keeping with the existing school buildings: Timber element construction with a glass skin as a climate buffer and façade protection. The idea of flexible learning and inclusion required a break with traditional room structures. In addition to the canteen, media centre, specialist rooms, locker rooms, teachers' workrooms and sanitary facilities, classrooms were created with spacious, open learning landscapes in front for maximum flexibility.

Architects: Dury+D'Aloisio Independent Architects BDA, Constance

EQUIPMENT

Interior design concept

The flexible layout allows for all forms of learning, from traditional frontal teaching to learning groups and quiet individual work. The colour coding of the different areas provides orientation and underlines the spatial structure. The corridors can be used for both independent learning and group work on projects. Whether with mobile partition walls in small, protected self-study centres or by clustering individual tables in the larger group area. The flexible, stackable furniture enables quick and easy rearrangement.

Sustainability

Quality, made in Germany. Products that will shape future generations require responsible use of resources. Short production routes, the avoidance of solvents and tropical woods, as well as the fact that the legal limits are clearly undercut have already earned A2S numerous seals of approval and certificates.