The Frog, Amsterdam

Two primary schools, a day-care centre and an area health authority share a new, green complex: a Community School. The goal is to encourage
interaction between the groups. The design allows each individual part of the building to function at its
best. Each classroom, for example, has a ‘block’ containing a cloakroom, toilets, kitchen, (computer) work stations and a mezzanine. The whole complex surrounds two inner ‘courtyards’ in the form of a communal assembly hall and winter garden. This forms the basis for the placing of two playgrounds. One, for the youngest children, is safely fenced off, the other, for the older and local children has a large platform. Each age group and school has its own entrance. The whole supporting section of the building is made of wood, making it light in terms of weight as well as in its overall effect. Wood is also a tactile, soft, colourful and varied material, and this makes the whole building much more welcoming.


Architect: Liesbeth van der Pol
Team: M. Fredriks, G. Trevetin, A. Mashiach
Number: 0021
Status: Built
Year: 2005 - 2012
Client: Stadsdeel Osdorp, Amsterdam

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Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Staircase and visitors room
Johan Rombouts Johan Rombouts
Senior Designer
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  human scale
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Pleasant workspace

Awarded with the innovation prize for Schoolbuilding 2007 and the Amsterdam Architecture Prize 2008

Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Pleasant workspace
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Clear layout
Sustainable
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  pleasant study areas
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Bright workspace
Glass
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  in the evening
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Staircase and visitors room
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Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  in the evening
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Clarity
To meet
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Additional space
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Bright friendly environments encourages the well-being
Schools
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  schoolyard
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  identity
Liesbeth van der Pol Liesbeth van der Pol
Architect / Partner
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Pleasant workspace
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  grandstand
High quality materialisation
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Green
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  winter garden
Clarity
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Maintainance free material
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Bright friendly environments encourages the well-being
North-Holland
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  For Parent and Child
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  expansion Parent Child Center
Green
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  neighbourhood facility
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  gym
Patrick Cannon Patrick Cannon
Partner
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Bright space
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  timber framestructure
Interior
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Parent Child Center
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Green
Colour
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  winter garden
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Green furniture
Filtered light
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Parent Child Centre
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  entrance

Fresh air and sustainable timber provide the basis for this building.

Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  child-friendly
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Green staircase
Amsterdam
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  playground
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Additional space

A multifunctional, sustainable, and contemporary expressive school building of which pupils can be proud.

Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  maintenance-free facade
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Refined materialisation
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  bright classroom
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  flexible structure
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  green
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  human scale
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  green school
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Refined materialisation
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  Childfriendly
Community School The Frog, Amsterdam  –  grandstand