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© Katja Effting
- Architects: RO&AD Architecten
- Location: Roosendaal, The Netherlands
- Design Team: Ad Kil, Ro Koster, Tamara Giesbers, Chris Bakens
- Area: 600.0 m2
- Project Year: 2017
- Photographs: Katja Effting
- Landscape Design: Vis-a-Vis
- Structural Engineer: ABR
- Contractor: Bergh Bouw
- Building Area: 600 m2
- Total Land Area: 18.000 m2
© Katja Effting
From the architect. A neighbourhood family had a redundant piece of land, and offered that to “Het Da Vinci College” , a school for animal care and gardening, with pupils who require additional support. They didn’t know where this would end, because there was a plot, lots of enthusiasm, involvement, from the school, neighbourhood and city council, but neither the skills, nor the money to realise the project.
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That’s where RO&AD architects stepped in. With help of the Province of Noord-Brabant, Visavis Landscape designers, who gave a small budget, they designed a plan which made it possible
© Katja Effting
When Rini, a teacher at the school, saw this, he became so enthusiastic, that he offered to make the building himself. And that is what happened. He postponed his retirement for 2 years, and together with neighbours, students and lots of other people he started to work. Under the guidance of a contractor and the architects, he built the school, and the garden in 1 1⁄2 year’s time. And it works! Neighbours are taking down their fences to get access to the school garden.
© Katja Effting
They take care of the plants and the animals during the holidays, and the students finally have a place where they can be proud of to work on.
© Katja Effting
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