November 11th

Juliette Bekkering is organizing with the chair of ADE (Architectural Design and Engineering) TU Eindhoven and student organisation AnArchi the lecture series 'Making Architecture'. In this lecture series two architects will each give a presentation which creates an interesting dynamic whereby the audience will be exposed to the visions of two (contrasting) people and possibly become inspired by the mix. The speakers are asked to illuminate two or three projects or designs.

Thursday 13 October Joost Vos from Benthem Crouwel Architects and Elma van Boxtel from Zus kicked of with inspiring lectures in a fully packed auditorium.

This month Willem Jan Neutelings from Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Nathalie de Vries from MVRDV will enlighten their working methods.

Join in at Double Lecture #2: Willem Jan Neutelings (Neutelings Riedijk architects)/Nathaltie de Vries (MVRDV), November 17th at the TU/e campus.
Click here for more details.

Thursday 13 October Joost Vos from Benthem Crouwel Architects and Elma van Boxtel from Zus kicked of with inspiring lectures in a fully packed auditorium.

This month Willem Jan Neutelings from Neutelings Riedijk Architects and Nathalie de Vries from MVRDV will enlighten their working methods.

Join in at Double Lecture #2: Willem Jan Neutelings (Neutelings Riedijk architects)/Nathaltie de Vries (MVRDV), November 17th at the TU/e campus.
Click here for more details.

August 18th

During this summer the users of School Campus Peer have been taking preparations for the upcoming start of the new school year, starting September 1th. Last week AgnetenCollege, Elementary school mAgneet and Boarding school Agnetendal have been busy with the relocation and they are now ready to welcome their students. In between all the activities photographer Daria Scagliola managed to make some beautiful shots of Agnetencollege. Ahead of the final photos please enjoy the sneakpreview of the great central hall and the architectural colums accentuating Agnetencollege and the entrance to the public park.

May 18th

During the official Open Wervendag (Day of the Open Building Site) in Belgium this Sunday 22 May, various building projects on site are open to the public. Also School Campus Peer can be visited.  

The campus consists of four buildings around a green park. All four buildings and their environment are being built simultaneously. During the Open Wervendag, a route is laid out allowing visitors to view the progression of the secondary school AgnetenCollege and the primary school de mAgneet. On the first floor of Agnetencollege the models of all four buildings are presented, giving a good overview tof the whole area of the Campus.

At the end of the tour Scholen van Morgen offers various building site gadgets, and a photobooth to share your Building Site- look online. The building site is open from 12.00 untill 17.00. See the website for more info.







 

April 25th

During the official Open Wervendag (Day of the Open Building site) on Sunday 22 May, various building projects in Belgium open their construction sites for the public. Also School Campus Peer will open their site to the public.
All four buildings are already taking shape. On the Open Day you will be able to visit at least the Primary School. Today, De Scholen van Morgen launches the website for this special occassion.
The building site at the Collegelaan in Peer will be opened from 10h - 17h for visitors who are curious to see the works in progress.

March 14th

Last week a group of future students of the School Campus Peer attended an Open Day where there was a possibility to look at the overview maquette of Peer, while being explained the progress of the project by Rik Schepers, who is the chairman of the Building Commity of the Peer project.

Due to the work in progress it was not possible to enter the site itself. However even through the fences it is clear that the various buildings are being elevated. See the overview picture and the secundary school Agnetendal shown on the picture below.

 

Update: Placing 36 meter long wooden beams

November 30th

With most of the structural work in the buildings now almost done. The interior work starting with the mechanical and electrical engineers busy preparing their future work, one of the last but definitely not least structural works was executed last week. In the Sports Complex eight woorden beams were placed. Being 36 meters long, transport took place during the night. Positioning them however went pretty fast.

Watch the spectacular moment of placing these 36 meter long elements.

Update: Four emerging buildings

October 1st

Climbing the cranes at the construction site of School Campus Peer gives a wonderfull view on the four buildings which are emerging fast. In the concrete contours the plans of the secondary school, elementary school, sports complex and boarding school are becoming more and more recognizable.

Update: New website School Campus Peer

September 8th

Our School Campus Peer is part of the broader movement 'Scholen van Morgen', building 165 schools all over Belgium.

Scholen van Morgen has a new website showing more detailled information. On the website for the project in Peer http://scpeer.scholenvanmorgen.be/ you can see the webcams on all four buildings, and thus see the progress on a daily basis.

Update: Facades ground floor are emerging

August 24th

The building site of our Schoolcampus in Peer, Belgium, has been continuously under construction during the summer period. In this period they have started the placing of the blue natural stone, starting at the ground floor of the Primary school and the Boarding school. With this new phase of the building process the facades of the buildings are really starting to emerge. The Schoolcampus consist of a Secondary school, an Elementary and Primary school, a Sports complex and a Boarding school, all planning to finish summer next year. Although programmatically and spacially different, they all share the same architectural language and materialisation.  The blue natural stone ground floor is an important aspect in the overall outlook of the buildings. We will keep you updated of the progress! See also the read more section for previous news on the campus.

Update: Striking columns eyecatcher for new School Campus Peer

June 8^th

Update: Prefabrication Sculptural Columns

April 13th

Last Thursday we visited the Belgium Concrete Factory PRETON. This factory will produce thirteen large prefabricated sculptural columns which play a very important role in the appearance of our four buildings, what can be seen on the visualisation of the project.

The prefabrication of the first sculptural column, with a rough size of almost four by four meters, will already be finished in less then two months from now. We will keep you updated!

Update: Schoolcampus Peer

March 10th

Last week during the weekly round at the School Campus Peer, the site was visited by students of the Thomas More College. This visit of the construction site is part of a studyproject in their curriculum. One of the following weeks they will also take part in the the weekly site meeting.

Update: Two of four foundations executed

February 15th

The foundations of the Preliminary School and Secondary School of School Campus Peer in Belgium are almost finished and the foundation of the Boarding School is about to start. Although the winter weather wasn't always ideal for building, the execution continued.

The ground floor facades of the four buildings will be executed in flagstone. Bekkering Adams architects, representatives of the Schools and client visited Marbor, the flagstone suplier.

Update: Execution School Campus Peer in Belgium

February 3th

Our project in Peer, Belgium is a School Campus with four buildings: a secondary and preliminary school, a boarding school and a sport complex. The design and build phase started last year after the summer. Simultaneously the construction phase started, which takes place in two phases. Currently the foundation of the Preliminary school is nearly finished and the bicycle storage of the secondary school is being poured. Coming spring the execution of the boarding school and the sports complex will start.

Update: Construction School Campus Peer in Belgium is progressing steadily

December 15th

The construction of School Campus Peer is on schedule. 139 Piles are drilled and the first concrete floors are poured. The campus will be build in two phases, with the secondary and elementary school starting first. The construction of the boarding school and sports complex will begin in spring 2015. The construction is registrated by four live webcams.

For more information and images of the webcam on the site check: Scholen van Morgen

Start build of School Campus Peer in Belgium

October 3th

Tuesday the 30th of September the Flemish Minister of Education, Hilde Crevits and the Mayor of Peer Steven Matheï, performed the ceremonial handling to celibrate the start of the building activities of School Campus Peer in Belgium, designed by Bekkering Adams architects.

For more information see under 'read more'. Also check the clients' website Scholen van Morgen-Agnetendal

photo in the middle: Steven Matheï - Mayor of Peer, Lisette Loos - Director Agnetendal, Daniël Geerts - General Manager DBFM Scholen van Morgen, Hilde Crevits - Flemish Minister of Education, Philippe Monserez - Project Manager Build Scholen van Morgen, Denise Tops - Deputy Director Agnetendal, Rik Schepers - Chairman Building Committee

All speakers emphasised the value of the new campus; for the schools as well as for the whole population of Peer. As explained by Mayor Steven Matheï great effort was put in the co-operation between the schools and the local authorities. As a result the future campus can be used by the schools as well as by the local community. It will accommodate a sports complex, outdoor sports fields and a central green area open to the public. Flemish Minister of Education Hilde Crevits performed the ceremonial start of the building activities by putting down the first stone.

School Campus Peer contains a Secondary school, an Elementary school, a boarding school and sportscomplex designed as a landscaped urban ensemble with sportsfields, playgrounds and a large public park. When finished it will be a green campus for the students and a green heart for the residents of the city of Peer.

The School Campus in Peer is part of the Belgium 'Schools of Tomorrow', a major operation upgrading and renewing over 200 schools. Bekkering Adams architects was the first Dutch architecture office who won one of its enclosed competitions. The competition was won together with advisors Bureau Bouwtechniek - general/technical support, ABT for construction and Ingenium for installation advise. The landscape design was executed in co-operation with Bureau B+B stedebouw en landschapsarchitectuur.

Update: Placing 36 meter long wooden beams

November 30th

With most of the structural work in the buildings now almost done. The interior work starting with the mechanical and electrical engineers busy preparing their future work, one of the last but definitely not least structural works was executed last week. In the Sports Complex eight woorden beams were placed. Being 36 meters long, transport took place during the night. Positioning them however went pretty fast.

Watch the spectacular moment of placing these 36 meter long elements.

Update: Four emerging buildings

October 1st

Climbing the cranes at the construction site of School Campus Peer gives a wonderfull view on the four buildings which are emerging fast. In the concrete contours the plans of the secondary school, elementary school, sports complex and boarding school are becoming more and more recognizable.

Update: New website School Campus Peer

September 8th

Our School Campus Peer is part of the broader movement 'Scholen van Morgen', building 165 schools all over Belgium.

Scholen van Morgen has a new website showing more detailled information. On the website for the project in Peer http://scpeer.scholenvanmorgen.be/ you can see the webcams on all four buildings, and thus see the progress on a daily basis.

Update: Facades ground floor are emerging

August 24th

The building site of our Schoolcampus in Peer, Belgium, has been continuously under construction during the summer period. In this period they have started the placing of the blue natural stone, starting at the ground floor of the Primary school and the Boarding school. With this new phase of the building process the facades of the buildings are really starting to emerge. The Schoolcampus consist of a Secondary school, an Elementary and Primary school, a Sports complex and a Boarding school, all planning to finish summer next year. Although programmatically and spacially different, they all share the same architectural language and materialisation.  The blue natural stone ground floor is an important aspect in the overall outlook of the buildings. We will keep you updated of the progress! See also the read more section for previous news on the campus.

Update: Striking columns eyecatcher for new School Campus Peer

June 8^th

Update: Prefabrication Sculptural Columns

April 13th

Last Thursday we visited the Belgium Concrete Factory PRETON. This factory will produce thirteen large prefabricated sculptural columns which play a very important role in the appearance of our four buildings, what can be seen on the visualisation of the project.

The prefabrication of the first sculptural column, with a rough size of almost four by four meters, will already be finished in less then two months from now. We will keep you updated!

Update: Schoolcampus Peer

March 10th

Last week during the weekly round at the School Campus Peer, the site was visited by students of the Thomas More College. This visit of the construction site is part of a studyproject in their curriculum. One of the following weeks they will also take part in the the weekly site meeting.

Update: Two of four foundations executed

February 15th

The foundations of the Preliminary School and Secondary School of School Campus Peer in Belgium are almost finished and the foundation of the Boarding School is about to start. Although the winter weather wasn't always ideal for building, the execution continued.

The ground floor facades of the four buildings will be executed in flagstone. Bekkering Adams architects, representatives of the Schools and client visited Marbor, the flagstone suplier.

Update: Execution School Campus Peer in Belgium

February 3th

Our project in Peer, Belgium is a School Campus with four buildings: a secondary and preliminary school, a boarding school and a sport complex. The design and build phase started last year after the summer. Simultaneously the construction phase started, which takes place in two phases. Currently the foundation of the Preliminary school is nearly finished and the bicycle storage of the secondary school is being poured. Coming spring the execution of the boarding school and the sports complex will start.

Update: Construction School Campus Peer in Belgium is progressing steadily

December 15th

The construction of School Campus Peer is on schedule. 139 Piles are drilled and the first concrete floors are poured. The campus will be build in two phases, with the secondary and elementary school starting first. The construction of the boarding school and sports complex will begin in spring 2015. The construction is registrated by four live webcams.

For more information and images of the webcam on the site check: Scholen van Morgen

Start build of School Campus Peer in Belgium

October 3th

Tuesday the 30th of September the Flemish Minister of Education, Hilde Crevits and the Mayor of Peer Steven Matheï, performed the ceremonial handling to celibrate the start of the building activities of School Campus Peer in Belgium, designed by Bekkering Adams architects.

For more information see under 'read more'. Also check the clients' website Scholen van Morgen-Agnetendal

photo in the middle: Steven Matheï - Mayor of Peer, Lisette Loos - Director Agnetendal, Daniël Geerts - General Manager DBFM Scholen van Morgen, Hilde Crevits - Flemish Minister of Education, Philippe Monserez - Project Manager Build Scholen van Morgen, Denise Tops - Deputy Director Agnetendal, Rik Schepers - Chairman Building Committee

All speakers emphasised the value of the new campus; for the schools as well as for the whole population of Peer. As explained by Mayor Steven Matheï great effort was put in the co-operation between the schools and the local authorities. As a result the future campus can be used by the schools as well as by the local community. It will accommodate a sports complex, outdoor sports fields and a central green area open to the public. Flemish Minister of Education Hilde Crevits performed the ceremonial start of the building activities by putting down the first stone.

School Campus Peer contains a Secondary school, an Elementary school, a boarding school and sportscomplex designed as a landscaped urban ensemble with sportsfields, playgrounds and a large public park. When finished it will be a green campus for the students and a green heart for the residents of the city of Peer.

The School Campus in Peer is part of the Belgium 'Schools of Tomorrow', a major operation upgrading and renewing over 200 schools. Bekkering Adams architects was the first Dutch architecture office who won one of its enclosed competitions. The competition was won together with advisors Bureau Bouwtechniek - general/technical support, ABT for construction and Ingenium for installation advise. The landscape design was executed in co-operation with Bureau B+B stedebouw en landschapsarchitectuur.

October 21st

During the Dutch Design Week 2015 the TU-Eindhoven and Cement & Beton Centrum will present the ambitions and opportunities of the research program 3DCP - 3D Concrete Printing. Thursday October 22nd a huge and varied event takes place with presentations, workshops and a marketplace for gathering and exchanging experiences in the field of 3D printing which is developing extremely fast.

During an earlier 3DCP event in September Bekkering Adams architects did a proposal for an experimental design in 3DCP. At 19.30hrs this design will be presented during the event by Juliette Bekkering.

Keynote speakers of the event are Theo Salet - Professor of the Department of the Built Environment, PdD Rob Wolfs, Gregor Zimmermann - research consultant of G.tecz Engineering and Fabio Gramazio of the Gramazio Kohler Research group and Professor Architecture and Digital Production of the ETH University Zürich.

September 25th

October 22nd the TU-Eindhoven and Cement & Beton Centrum will present the ambitious research program 3DCP - 3D Printing in Concrete. A large 3D concrete printer is installed at the Eindhoven University lab - click here to watch the machine being build.

The research will be led by prof.ir. Theo Salet of the Department of the Built Environment. Juliette Bekkering is involved as the Full Chair Professor Architectural Urban Design and Engineering of the TUe.

Several workshops are set up to further explore the possibilities of 3D printing. Friday September 18th the third 3DCP workshop took place. The involved architects, structural engineers and material designers were asked to present an experimental design which uses the full potential of 3D printing in concrete. Bekkering Adams architects are also involved and Monica Adams presented our proposal. All designs and proposals will be enclosed and presented during the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, October 22nd.

December 5th

Coming January Bekkering Adams architects will move into a new office, together with co-tenant GROUP A. After enjoying our current office space in the monumental building 'Diepeveen' with its characteristic tower, we feel it's now time to discover and develop a new environment. We are exited to move to an inspiring new studio, situated within the dynamic and upcoming M4H district - Merwe Vierhavens. 

In this innovative area Bekkering Adams architects will join a diverse mix of companies already situated in the area, such as Atelier van Lieshout, Studio Roosegaarde, Marconia and Studio Makkink & Bey. Together with start-up CleanTech companies and "Making" companies including Buurman - de Bende, de Voedseltuin and Madein4Haven we are fully commited to join them in the creation of a pioneer location for innovation and inspiration.

Since the original ware house needed some serious changes before we could use it as an office, the last half year we have been busy to transforme the space into a working space as well as forming the communal welcome area and meeting space. See also the blog by Lolke Ket (Group A) for a weekly update of the work under construction.