As an introduction to the Academy of Architecture in Groningen we were to design a new interior in a former school building. 

 
This building used to be a school. The place where the roots of the social life of this small community begun. Later it got some other functions and was no longer of big social importance. By introducing a cultural center the small village became more important. 

 
By keeping the bearing structure in tact and reducing the inner walls to columns the interior becomes one big communal space. In this space some volumes are placed to enclose the required privatness of some functions. 

 
  The space within a space. The old, existing structure is only there for keeping the inner climat optimized. 
 
 

  
 In this image you can see the reduction of the wall by inserting columns. The interior space is then optimized so that all necessary program fits in. When a connection with the outside is required, the volumes move to the exterior.