Address: Hever
Client: Katholiek Onderwijs Dijle Demer
Intervention: Renovation
Status: Competition 2025

Architecture: A2D architects
Structural engineer: IRS studiebureau
Technical / Acoustic engineer: ENDES
3D visualisation: A2D architects

In our competition proposal, we developed a well-founded, inspiring and forward-looking vision for the redevelopment of Kringeling Primary School in Hever. Our approach goes beyond the traditional school concept with sports facilities: through its deep integration with local community life, this creates a unique opportunity to realise a new, beating heart for Hever. With this new school, we aim to be more than just a primary school; we want it to be the beating heart of the village. A place where learning and living, school and community merge, all whilst maintaining a strong connection to both the village and the surrounding green spaces. The site is situated in a strategic location, nestled amongst various community facilities. It already serves as a hub within the social fabric: a space where education and community life come together. That is precisely why we have opted for an approach that focuses on interaction, multifunctionality, shared use and strengthening the village. We are designing a new school that integrates as fully as possible into its surroundings, taking into account the proximity of a large forest and the church, the surroundings of which are due to be redeveloped in the near future.