195 Melopee School
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Project • By hethos • Secondary Schools
Campus SFDA
Urban Campus
The project to establish a higher education hub takes place on a school site already hosting several institutions. These have been added over time without an overarching plan, so the architectural approach to the project is accompanied by an urban and environmental strategy for organizing the site. This includes proposing green, permeable areas and sports facilities arranged around a pedestrian green axis, rethinking how all the buildings are distributed. Prioritizing sustainable transportation methods helps reduce reliance on cars.
Integrating the campus with the urban fabric.
The site, once an agricultural plot adjacent to Branchoire Park, has been urbanized in patches since the late 1980s, resulting in a diverse mix of bu... More
News • News • 25 Sep 2020
195 Melopee School shows how architecture can make the most of tight urban spaces
The Melopee School in Ghent, Belgium, provides a study in how urban architecture can exploit even the tightest of spaces to maximum utility and functionality. Designed by XDGA Architects, the school is located on a narrow stretch of land along a dock, bordered by a green area to the south, the dock to the west, a square and housing block on the north, and the harbour road to the east. The school is part of an overall masterplan scheme by OMA which is conceived a simple ‘chop stick’ urban plan whereby dense construction is alternated with open green pockets of space.
Credit: Maxime Delvaux
The programming requirements for the building are ambitious and diverse, combining a primary school, a centre for after scho... More