MUNKEGÅRDSSKOLEN IN GENTOFTE, DENMARK [Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter, 2009] Despite the toilets being internal the spaces feel light and vibrant. The architects designed a bright green plastic laminate with a bold botanical graphic that is used for the cubicle walls, doors and the floor.
1 Courtyards 2 New stairs 3 New toilets 4 Cooking area 5 Diet and health 6 Body and movement 7 Physics and chemistry 8 Nature and technology 9 Storage 10 Gymnastics (restored) 11 Changing facilities (restored)
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Munkegaardsskolen New parterre plan 1:200 dorte mandrup arkitekter
Ground floor plan. The school, originally designed by Arne Jacobsen, received an underground extension designed around four ‘crystal-like’ courtyards that flood the spaces internally with light.
sists of a repeated structure of buildings and courtyards. walls, doors and the floor are all made of the same bold, The new, beautiful, underground extension used this contemporary, rambling botanical design in a bright theme, establishing daylight in the parterre plan via four green plastic laminate. This combined with the well-designed lighting installation makes the toilets feel luxurilarge courtyards, designed as ‘crystal-like openings.’ The toilets, however, are internal, without external ous and special, one large sculptural form. Finally the toilets in a school can be a learning space. light to aid the comfort and atmosphere of the space. In order to give them coherence and drama, the cubicle An internal refurbishment of Earlham Primary School
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