Simon & Tancredi

Tour of WdKA (Wijnhaven & Blaak buildings) & observations

Security

• key safes outside rooms in Master's area
• steel constructions around elevators
• open access to equipment in stations
• map of the floor and path to escape

Open space/Closed space

• architecture and materials of Wijnhaven building mix together elements of inside/outside space
• traces of former building are visible in Blaak
• seems to be a space in flux, which can be adapted as one needs (signage in Business station invites users to write on partitions, also room numbers are written on a printed schematic of the floor)
• common furniture item (a steel frame) that is adapted to different uses throughout school (e.g. shelves, walls, partitions, display cabinet etc)
• stations are organised by function, but not exclusive to those who may want to work there, but not use those facilities necessarily (e.g. you might use a space because you want to work within that atmosphere)
• large (lockable) doors that give access to stations, keep space open during school hours and when there are no emergencies (e.g. fire) - related to security

Wijnhaven vs Blaak buildings

• Wijnhaven is a more modern building, very modular in both architecture and also furniture
• Blaak has more traces of the former building (a bank), seems easier to "get lost" within
• more possibility for private (exclusive) spaces in Blaak

Learning in public vs learning in private

• pianos in Blaak & Wijnhaven (play and performance - can be related to the style of learning engendered by spaces in WdKA)
• works in development and on display in stations/vitrines
• learning in public is linked to collaboration/more social styles of learning
• learning in private allows one to develop ideas without having to perform them at the same time
• relation with open/closed space

Paths and Way finding

• lines on ground indicating direction or inviting exploration?
• signage that points to "open area"
• exit information and some signs (e.g. smokefree Hogeschool) in Dutch
• some signage is made by students? (e.g. Leisure Management on 3rd floor)