De Klimpaal
The design and construction of a naturelab for primary school De Klimpaal
Taina Casana Rodrigues dos Santos - Shakthi Bhargavi Brahmapuram Selvaraj - Hélia Shahmohammadhani - Finn Gredel - Tirza Mathilde Meijer - Léa Ide - Yasmina Mardari - Alina Angelova - Qing Zhong - Olivia Ricks Tapia - Warre Moors - Lianzhen Chen - Uxue Santamarina Pérez - Nicola Papaioannou - Jimena González Rebaque
Design location
Hostel Generation Europe, Molenbeek
Academic year
2025 — 2026
Teachers
Hélène Dorny / Hannah Hermann / Zeynep Topçu / Wes Degreef
The brief was to create a structure with rain and sunshading, in which 20 children from primary school the Klimpaal can have nature class outside. The site is a beautiful hidden garden behind the youth hostel, bordering La Fonderie in Molenbeek.After the initial design phase in which different groups proposed a design, the groups joined forces to build the structure. The final design was constructed using second hand galvanised steel tubes and hot air balloon textile.
