Waldorf School

a creative sanctuary in the city

Master thesis (2016)

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E. Schreurs (mentor)
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Interiors, Buildings, Cities (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2016 Wessels, H.
Delft City centre Craft Waldorf School Anthroposophical idenity Secondary school Gasthuisplaats Stained glass
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Published Date

24-06-2016

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Programme

Interiors, Buildings, Cities

Abstract

This graduation project explores how a secondary Waldorf School can engage with and contribute to the city center of Delft. The Waldorf School is in a continual conflict between achieving public approachability and maintaining an anthroposophical identity. With the growing interest in Waldorf Schools, the schools do not always know how to respond to these new influences while maintaining their own identity. To prevent that the anthroposophical culture stays a closed community, and in order to improve the understanding of these schools, the new Waldorf School is placed in the city center of Delft. In this way the school and its surroundings can contribute to a wider scope than only the scholars. The architectural language has to provide in an answer for the identity conflict, and meanwhile it has to respond to the historical urban tissue of Delft. The social and anthroposophical values of rhythm, movement, nature and reinterpretation are translated into architectural themes.