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Vinkenhof School

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Project
Vinkenhof School
City
Utrecht
Year
2024
Area
6,800 m²
Type
Education
Sheet
A-005
Vinkenhof School, Utrecht
Client
Stichting Vinkenhof
Partner
Amina Chaouch
Team
Jorien Aalbers, Tomas Berg
Engineering
Kooij Structural
Year
2020 — 2024
Recognition
2025 · European Civic Architecture Medal, shortlist2025 · Open Ground Award, winner2024 · Schools of Tomorrow Award, winner

A school that can become anything. Vinkenhof is a primary school for 620 children built on a housing grid, so that in forty years its classrooms can become homes without moving a wall that carries load.

The long corridor, lit by round windows at child height
The long corridor, lit by round windows at child height
The reading stair between the two upper floors
The reading stair between the two upper floors
Rooms before corridors: working material for Vinkenhof School

Rooms before corridors

Each classroom opens onto a shared hall instead of a corridor. The hall is wide enough to teach in, and wide enough later to become a street of front doors.

The playground side, with the round stair tower
The playground side, with the round stair tower
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01 Vinkenhof School, Utrecht
02 The long corridor, lit by round windows at child height
03 The reading stair between the two upper floors
04 Rooms before corridors
05 The playground side, with the round stair tower
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