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Brede School Bonaire


Four schools join at the windy landscape plot filled with cactuses, with the ambition to create a new Place for the community. Each of the four programmatic part contains it’s own inner courtyard orientated at the central common court. The courts function as climatic buffer with indigineous plants, shade and water dispersed by the prevailing eastrly winds. Traditional ‘shed roof’ houses with are arranged to form the sculptural ensembles articulating the identity of particular schools.
Competition 1st Prize
Bonaire, Dutch Antilles, ‘11
architect Bureau LADA
graphic/narrative design Nadia Troeman
designteam Lada Hršak, Nadia Troeman, Miren Leon, Blaž Boldin, Eva Remec, Alexander Mooi
building physics Paul van Bergen, DGMR
local consultant Alfio Troeman, MADECO Project Vision, Curaçao
client Ministerie OCW, Fundashon Cas Bonairiano

themes architecture, landscape, tropical design, narratives, climate, ecology, education