Paddenbroek Education Centre / jo taillieu architecten

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Paddenbroek Education Centre / jo taillieu architecten - Exterior Photography, Facade
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Text description provided by the architects. The countryside education centre Paddenbroek close to Lombergveld/Kesterheide (next to the old tram bed) focuses on the relationship between nature, agriculture, tourism and regional identity in an all-around education centre.

Paddenbroek Education Centre / jo taillieu architecten - Exterior Photography, Facade
© Filip Dujardin

The old farmhouse underwent a metamorphosis whereby the farmhouse was dismantled and a volume of glass and steel was constructed all-around to maximalise the flexibility and shared use of space.

Paddenbroek Education Centre / jo taillieu architecten - Interior Photography, Beam, Facade
© Filip Dujardin
Paddenbroek Education Centre / jo taillieu architecten - Interior Photography, Beam, Facade
© Filip Dujardin

Guarding the balance of the centre with the surroundings was one of the challenges of the design. The goal was to design a generous building that could provide every user with the necessary comfort in all weather conditions.

Paddenbroek Education Centre / jo taillieu architecten - Exterior Photography, Facade
© Filip Dujardin
Paddenbroek Education Centre / jo taillieu architecten - Interior Photography, Stairs, Brick, Facade
© Filip Dujardin

The greenhouse serves as an unheated “in-between” space. The charm of the building is the layering of the old and new structures and communication with its surroundings by making a design in which every façade has its own perspective on de surroundings and vice versa.  

Paddenbroek Education Centre / jo taillieu architecten - Interior Photography
© Filip Dujardin

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Address:Gooik, Belgium

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Cite: "Paddenbroek Education Centre / jo taillieu architecten" 30 Mar 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/958845/paddenbroek-education-centre-jo-taillieu-architecten> ISSN 0719-8884

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农舍加盖玻璃顶,教育中心Paddenbroek / jo taillieu architecten

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