Paddenbroek Education Centre / jo taillieu architecten

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.  

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