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'House in the polder' breaks ground

BDP's design for a new school for Zuyderzee Lyceum, in the Dutch town of Lemmer, has commenced construction. The first foundation pile has been installed into the Lemster Polder soil by local piling company, Hoekstra, to mark the exact spot where the entrance will warmly receive the inaugural group of students who will begin their education at the school, in one year's time.

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The Zuyderzee Lyceum is a public school with an education structure designed to nurture talent, develop skills and create passionate, knowledgeable young people. The school’s new 3000m2 building will provide space for up to 355 students and is being developed by VariO Education Group and the municipality of De Fryske Marren, as a green, sustainable, education environment within the green polder landscape surrounding Lemmer.

Alongside its partners, BDP has designed a modern, state of the art educational space, conceived as a healthy and sustainable school building that offers space for home-based education at VMBO, HAVO and VWO level, in a familiar environment.

The building will be delivered using a timber structure, designed to interweave with the natural landscape. The new ‘house in the polder’ will become the most recognisable, building in the area, bringing new facilities for students, teachers and local people.

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The design will be sympathetic to the black wooden barns that are scattered around the area, using a biobased facade of burnt wood that folds to form a silhouette around the roofs of a number of ‘houses’. PV panels on the south flanks of the roofs and a low-tech system for ventilation will provide a sophisticated building in which sustainability and circularity naturally strengthen education.

Kerstin Tresselt, Associate Architect at BDP, explains: “We pride ourselves on our ability to design innovative, sustainable buildings that fit within the Netherland’s biodiverse, rural landscapes, inspired by the waterways and countryside that surrounds our cities and towns. This project is a perfect example of our exploration of these concepts in an historic polder landscape and we can’t wait to deliver the new building using the ideas from the students and teachers. We are sure it will become a world-class, sustainable educational building that will be a home to many generations of future talents.”

Councillor for Education at the Municipality of de Fryske Marren, Barbara Gardenier, said: “By joining forces we can now realise this beautiful, sustainable and future-proofed school building that fully supports the educational needs of the region. The design fits so well into our rural environment and we are continuing to explore ways to make the school as connected as possible to local areas and nearby towns.”

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