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An inspiring learning environment for technology programmes in Amsterdam<\/h2>\n\n

In August 2019, AISC \u2013 the expat school in Amsterdam \u2013 opened the doors of a new modular building. It is an innovative place where the youth of today are becoming the inventors and innovators of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n \n

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TASC<\/h3>\n\n

In August 2019, the expat school in Amsterdam opened the doors of a new modular building for the first 250 international students of the Amsterdam International Community School (AICS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A new and innovative educational concept<\/h2>\n\n

What started as a dream and initiative of four school boards in Amsterdam resulted in the VMBO level technical school TASC. This new school building, where four schools with a technical profile have been merged, houses an innovative educational concept. Here, students aged 12 to 16 are being prepared for careers in engineering and technology: from hi-tech to health, and from energy to media & entertainment. Through play and exploration, they discover that technology is an essential component to (virtually) everything around us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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The learning process is key<\/h2>\n\n

A new school also deserves a new interior. That interior was designed by Martin Saemmer of MAF.studio. Together with a fantastic team of ambitious teachers, he set about creating a place that would be an experience for the students, and a school that would immerse them in the curriculum and inspire them to be curious and creative.<\/p>\n\n

Technology is all around us. Even in the school building. The look and feel of the learning environment that MAF.studio has created is an inspiring showcase, demonstrating that technology is all around us. As the students are trained to be makers, MAF.studio involved several creative makers in the development of the interventions that will help motivate the students to get actively involved: doing, making and discovering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n

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\u201cNow that the school is finished, there is nothing else to say but that it has turned out incredibly. It is impossible to differentiate between it and a permanent structure and it provides a wonderful learning environment for our lessons.\u2019\u2019<\/h6>\n\n

Project Leader – Esprit Scholen<\/strong>, Kees van Ruitenbeek<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n

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Technology and inspiration at every turn<\/h3>\n\n

A new building and a new interior \u2013 both designed by Martin Saemmer of MAF.studio. Together with the team of teachers, he worked to create a place that makes the curriculum come alive and, most importantly, that offers plenty of inspiration. The result? A creative learning environment that demonstrates and creates the experience that technology is at every turn. Students are welcomed by the colourful, handmade mural and integrated floor mat by artist Marije Vermeulen. A specially equipped \u2018control room\u2019 monitors the building\u2019s data. How much water is the school using? Will it rain in the next hour? How many people are inside? Finally, Designer and Inventor Allard Roeterink\u2019s school robot hoover has also found a home here. It has its own special spot with charging station, devised by the students themselves.<\/p>\n\n

The floor as a communication tool<\/h3>\n\n

In the technical world, floor plans serve as a communication tool. So too, at the TASC. Squares indicate entrances to classrooms, dotted lines mark the way to the canteen. And while coloured lines lead to lockers in the same colour, black dotted lines represent the main pathways. In short, a well thought-out graphic interplay of lines that allows students to navigate through the school in a playful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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