The Belgian city of Kortrijk, which borders on France, will host a new school complex next to the Leie River. Between the classrooms and the river, the existing buildings of this central district of the city are completed with a series of renovations and extensions scattered around a large park, showing an explicit will to integrate outdoor activities into the students lives. These interventions frame a centralized square that collects the different circulations converging on the site, strategically thought for every kind of vehicle. The school is also oriented towards a green garden and the majority of the classrooms are organized along a gallery, echoing the classical distribution of a monastery cloister, as the one already existing on the site, but with a contemporary interpretation...[+]