Study · 2024

Schools After School

How a school building can serve its neighbourhood for the other sixteen hours of the day.

Fig. 1 · Schools After School
Fig. 1 · Schools After School
Authors
Amina Chaouch
Published
2024
Licence
CC BY 4.0

A primary school is used for about a third of the year. We studied twelve Dutch schools and found that small changes to entrances, halls and storage let the same rooms host sport, evening classes and meetings without extra staff.

Fig. 2 · A reading room that stays open after school
Fig. 2 · A reading room that stays open after school
Fig. 3 · Vinkenhof, the playground side
Fig. 3 · Vinkenhof, the playground side
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