Classroom interior, Open-Air School (1928)*

Artist/Designer: Jan Duiker

Project Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Figure 1: Open-Air School. Jenny, Open Air School. 2007, Digital Image. Available from G.O.A: The Cultural Exchange. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 2: Open-Air School. Source: Wessel de Jonge Architecten, First Open-Air School for the Healthy Child. 2011, Digital Image. Available from Archined. ( Source | Accessed : November 4, 2013 )

Figure 3: Open-Air School. Source: Wessel de Jonge Architecten, First Open-Air School for the Healthy Child. 2011, Digital Image. Available from Archined. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 4: Open-Air School. Source: Hans Jan Durr, Openluchschool-031. 2010, Digital Image. Available from Flickr. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 5: Open-Air School. Source: Hans Jan Durr, Openluchschool-031. 2010, Digital Image. Available from Flickr. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 6: Open-Air School. Source: Rory Hyde, Johannes Duiker-Open Air School, 1930. 2003, Digital Image. Available from Flickr. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 7: Open-Air School. Source: Jon Reksten, Back to School. 2007, Digital Image. Available from Flickr. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 8: Open-Air School. Source: Rory Hyde, Johannes Duiker-Open Air School, 1930. 2003, Digital Image. Available from Flickriver. ( Source | Accessed : November 11, 2013 )

Figure 9: Open-Air School. Jose F. Garcia Martin, Eerste Openluchtschool. Digital Image. Available from MIMOA: Mi Modern Architecture. ( Source | Accessed : November 18, 2013 )

Style/Period(s):
Modern

Primary Material(s):
Glass, Concrete

Function(s):
Classroom

Related Website(s):

Information | Accessed : February 6, 2018

Open Air School Movement | Accessed : February 6, 2018

Chair Design | Accessed : February 6, 2018

Additional Information | Accessed : February 6, 2018

Architecture of Early Childhood | Accessed : February 6, 2018

Significant Date(s):
20th Century, 1928

Additional Information:
Project Description:
Jan Duiker's 1928 Open-Air School for the Healthy Child is designed around a single concern: promoting children's health by providing maximum sunlight and fresh air. The school was built at the time of the Open-Air School movement, the goal of which was to create schools for children with early symptoms of tuberculosis; soon, however, open-air schools were constructed with even the healthy children in mind. The large windows in every classroom flood the interiors with light, and open to let in fresh air. The two classrooms on each of the four floors have access to adjacent balconies, where everyday class activities are to take place in warm weather. Additional outdoor classroom space is on the roof. It should be noted that it were the functional requirements of the school that determined its form, not vice versa.

Publications/Text in Print:
Graves, Ben E. School Ways: The Planning and Design of America’s Schools. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1993.

Grosvenor, Ian, and Catherine Burke. School. London: Reaktion Books, Ltd., 2008.

Gutman, Marta. Designing Modern Childhoods: History, Space, and the Material Culture of Children. New Brunswick, N.J:Rutgers University Press, 2008.

Hille, Thomas R. Modern Schools: A Century of Design for Education. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011.

Significant Dates:
1928- Opened
1955- First renovation completed
2008- Second renovation started

Building Address:
Cliostraat 40
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tags:
Classroom design, school design, open air school, education, education design, netherlands, Jan Duiker

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