The Kortrijk School Complex is located in a central district in Kortrijk, next to the river Leie. Our purposal is to create a new, functional educational complex with turned towards a park environment and embracing outdoor activities.
The program includes a new building and a series of renovations and extensions adding up to 7 200 sqm. The majority of the classrooms are organised along a gallery opening onto a garden, as a contemporary re-interpretation of a monk cloister. This configuration echoes its original form already existing on the site.
The renovation and extension of the existing buildings on site creates and define a centralised square, framed by an elevated gallery.
| Project | Educational Building Complex | Budget | 15.300.000 EUR | Type | Invited Competition |
| Size | 10.500 m2 | Client | DBFM-vennootschap | Status | Settled 2012 |
| Location | Kortrijk, Belgium | Team | JDS, Louis Paillard Architects, Greisch structural engineer, KLAR, CES sustainability | ||
| JDS Partner in Charge | Julien De Smedt, Louis Paillard | Project Leader | Stephanie Vander Goten, Khadija Djellouli | Project Team | Reveal list ▿ Barbara Wolff, Adrien Mans, Weronica Wojcik, Lea Fournier, Lionel Roullet, Kamile Malinauskaite, Francisco Villeda, Wouter Dons, Victoria Migliore |