Bo & Rita
Open space concept
- No physical walls = Willem de Kooning School prides itself for having an open-space concept
- However, there are some boundaries on the floor taping/marking (Yellow mark on the ground)
- Open spaces can have a negative impact on concentration
- Students can be easily disrupted by outside
Group Table
- No individual tables (in order to promote gatherings with each other, exchange of ideas)
Lights
- Big windows: light as a big influence on happiness
- Interesting how students are using them as lightboxes, sense of practicality
Free discussion
- No stage for the teacher: less hierarchy = students and teacher seen as equals in terms of space. (of course there is hierachy, but!)
- Feels like more discussion, the teacher and the students are in a circle
Colors
- The school is mostly painted in black. Colors have meanings (maybe black provides a cozy feeling, black absorbs light)
- Very corporate and clean (different of the ideia of an art school)
- Colors influence the way we perceive spaces
- Yellow provides a vibrant feeling: giving you breaktime/separation from the black space.
- Piano as a creative escape
Habits
- Water purifier and disposable cup standing at the entrance of the building.
- Easy accessibility & Standing out well
- By having cups for free, we get more influenced to change our habits.
Places of passage
- A place of passage: A lot of print materials are hanging on the wall.
- It is not just a passage because it becomes a useful space: a place to take a break and have a chatting.