Forget about traditional school design with a teacher’s desk and a black board. At Ordrup School in Gentofte, Denmark, Bosch & Fjord has settled with traditional design of school interiors and instead created varied rooms with space for differentiated teaching and creative thinking. You will find heightened window seating where you can sit and watch the world outside, green platforms with round, red holes where discussions can buzz and bubble and large upholstered tubes where you can hide with a good book or to spend some time alone.

Dissimilarity is a strength
Thinking that all people are different, thinks differently and learn differently Bosch & Fjord has created a complete and challenging design at Ordrup School. The design is based in three concepts, ‘peace & absorption’, ‘discussion & cooperation’ and ’security & presence’, that will separate the individual areas in distinct functions and create new rooms for learning. By separating the activities and creating varied rooms Bosch & Fjord has created a space for dissimilarity in both teaching and play where the learning situation will be optimized.

Security is a condition for learning
Bosch & Fjord has worked with the concepts of security, presence and belonging in the design of the individual team areas dividing Ordrup School. Each team area is provided with a distinct identity based on the statements of the employees. This is why the importance has been attached to dynamics and development in one of the team areas while in another peace and cosiness have been highlighted.

[Via: Ordrup School]