Wisperweide
| Client | Municipality of Amsterdam and various school boards |
| Completion time | 2023-2025 |
| Market | Educational buildings |
| Team | |
| In collaboration with | OMA Noordereng Groep, Adviesbureau Lüning, bbn, Studio A Kwadraat, DWA , Hedgehog Company, Heko Spanten, Lomans |
| Location | Weesp |
| Project scope | 2,200m² BVO |
| Expertises | |
Sustainable in detail
Wisperweide is the first school to implement the prefabricated wooden modular system from Schools by Circlewood. This system was selected in 2023 by the municipality of Amsterdam and the participating school boards for the Innovation Partnership School Buildings program. The building is produced as much as possible in a prefabricated manner, features a high degree of biobased materials, and has a sustainable installation design. This helps to further reduce CO2 and nitrogen emissions.
HoutKern Construction Method
The design of Wisperweide utilizes the plug-and-play system (the HoutKern Construction Method) from Schools by Circlewood. ABT was at the forefront of the HoutKern Construction Method, a modular system for building light, fast, and sustainably, and for further scaling up circular construction. At Wisperweide, standardized wooden columns are used in combination with cross-laminated wooden floor panels and movable partition walls.
Compact en light
In the center of the compact building is an auditorium, which serves as the main meeting and event space of the school and is visible from most parts of the school. Surrounding the auditorium, learning environments are divided into three distinctive zones: one for toddlers, one for middle school, and one for older children. Each zone has its own entrance and outdoor playground, in addition to classrooms with largely transparent facades and walls. The spacious corridors, which are more than three meters wide and capture a lot of natural light, are used as additional learning and working spaces.
Flexible configuration
The modular partition walls allow for the configuration of classrooms and corridors. They can be adapted for various purposes: large storage walls, lockers or storage spaces, coat racks, or green planted walls. They can also be used as exhibition walls to display students’ work and enhance the school’s identity. The flexible technical backbone is placed out of sight above the ceilings in the corridor zones. As the school develops, more classrooms can be added by removing the existing northern facade and extending the modular structural framework.
Images © Studio A Kwadraat
