Skandia multi-purpose building

In the Skandia district of Geldrop, a multifunctional building will be constructed. In this building, elementary school Beneden Beekloop and Dalton Child Center Dommeldal will be combined and child care center Potje Knor will provide child care. In addition, neighborhood association Hulst-Skandia will also use the building. To make this new school accessible and to minimize the inconvenience of traffic, it was decided to redesign the immediate vicinity of the school. Would you like to stay up to date with the latest news? Then sign up for the schools Skandia newsletter.

Temporary housing

To build the new school, the lower creek will be temporarily housed in makeshift classrooms. These will be placed on the lawn directly adjacent to the school. They are expected to be placed in June 2025. Starting in August 2025, the students of Lower Beekloop will attend school here and the neighborhood association Hulst-Skandia will rent two classrooms for neighborhood activities. In addition, child care center Potje Knor will place a unit. So that the children of Potje Knor can come here in August 2025. 

Once the temporary housing is in use, we can start demolishing the old school building. And removing the emergency rooms behind the school building. The Map below shows where the temporary housing will be placed. 

Temporary housing including temporary parking

Temporary construction road

For the delivery of materials, it is important to create as little inconvenience to the neighborhood as possible. Therefore, it was decided to construct a (temporary) construction road for all major construction traffic. This will remain in place for the construction of the temporary housing and for the construction of the new building. This construction road will be located next to Beemdstraat.

In addition, we also make arrangements with all parties to make as much allowance as possible for drop-off and pick-up times of children during school hours so that there is as little inconvenience as possible to the students, the school and nearby residents.

The road is for construction traffic only. Parents dropping off children by car will use a temporary parking lot. Below is the situation of the temporary construction road.

New design 

We want to create a safe school environment by designing the public space according to Sustainable Safety. We find it important that the environment radiates safety, accessibility and livability. We do this by, among other things, providing sufficient parking space and designing the area mainly for slow traffic in the vicinity of the school. 

New play facility 

After the new school building and its associated public space are completed, we will start work on the play facility. In the new situation, this will be above the proposed parking lot. For this we will talk to the neighborhood and ask them to contribute to the design.