The aim was to construct a series of buildings using a limited budget, buildings that would turn the mundane, existing building into part of a whole that provides the scouts with an individuality of their own. The construction should be permanent, built in accordance with ecological principles and suitable for use by the disabled.

The two new buildings reflect the existing building’s size and the materials used in its construction, with a few simple alterations to produce an individual character.

The buildings are grouped together in such a way that this creates an inner courtyard that can be used as a new location

in which to gather.

The composition and shape of the buildings are mathematical in origin.

The structure reinterprets the tradition of prefabricated chalet construction, which uses solid timber construction and a roof with trusses.

While the logic of this system is adhered to, the buildings nevertheless have a character of their own thanks to the rotation of the new buildings in relation to the old one and a one-metre eave overhang.

The diagonal across the building determines the angle of the rotation, whereby the ridge remains at right angles to the existing building.

In this way double dynamics are created, both in the composition of the buildings round their square and with their surroundings and in the spaces themselves.

The one-metre eave overhang is important in order to protect the wood from rain and from being splashed by water.

Symmetry makes it possible to reduce everything to 3 truss structures and prefabrication can still be used. With regard to the construction, a contractor specialized in solid timber construction was brought in, whereby new details were developed that fit in with this contractor’s logic and systems.

Extra attention was paid to the structure of the trusses, the eave overhang and openings in the outer walls.
The traditional tiled roof is replaced by a green construction whereby the rainwater drains off gradually and no drainpipes are necessary. 

The outer walls facing the square have large openings all the way down to the ground while the walls facing the woods have very few openings incorporated in them.