Büchenbach-Nord becomes a district school!

The merger of the two buildings of the Hermann-Hedenus-Mittelschule at the Büchenbach-Nord site and the integrated development in cooperation with the Mönau (primary) school offer the best educational and structural development opportunities to create a "district school" with an international and integrative profile. The district school aims to be a place of learning and community life in equal measure. It should function as an integral part of the district and open up architecturally and spatially for pupils, district residents and parents. This openness will create a strong link between formal and non-formal education, youth welfare concepts and services and cultural diversity.

The district school will thus become an important social center and place of integration and make a significant contribution to increasing the attractiveness of the Büchenbach-Nord district.

The key objective is to make the Hermann-Hedenus-Mittelschule a single building. The spatial consolidation and the necessary expansion/conversion of the Hermann-Hedenus Middle School and the Mönau Primary School at the Büchenbach-Nord site will create modern and tailor-made framework conditions for sustainable schooling, which will bring significant improvements with regard to all-day care and the support services offered by youth welfare.

The architecture and the pedagogical concept are developed and coordinated in parallel and together. The design of the school supports and promotes the continuous development of the educational goals and principles of the school. The focus of the planning is not primarily on individual rooms, but on activities and needs that are synchronized with the pedagogical concept in the course of planning.

The school is deliberately designed in such a way that it integrates into the district and creates an inviting atmosphere. The architecture promotes transparency and permeability and enables a connection between the indoor and outdoor areas. The school complex does not appear to be self-contained, but rather signals openness towards the district through its permeability. The outdoor areas are accessible to all residents of the district and encourage communal use. The new school complex and the outdoor area will thus also become an important part and eastern prelude to the urban center axis of Büchenbach-Nord.

The lessons are based on modern teaching methods and promote individual learning and creativity. Project-based learning and practical relevance are emphasized. Pupils are encouraged to discover and develop their interests and talents. The combination of education and leisure activities contributes to holistic personal development. The school concept is supplemented by impulses from other actors from the fields of (socio-)culture, family education, youth social work in schools, adult education, sport and more.
The district school attaches great importance to the active involvement of school families and parents in particular.

The schools are open to cooperation with local stakeholders from the areas of open youth social work, (socio)culture, adult education and sport in order to facilitate and establish sustainable extracurricular activities and cooperation. This also opens up the opportunity for joint projects and activities between pupils and the residents of the district. In this way, the different generations learn from each other in the sense of an intergenerational approach.
Transparent communication, open events and joint projects promote a positive perception of the district school as a place of exchange and cooperation. The family education and support services integrated into the school make it easier to reach the pupils' parents and ultimately strengthen the educational biographies of the children and young people in a positive way.

Children and young people use the district school for their leisure activities across all school types and also outside of school hours. The school opens up to the district within the scope of the opportunities created with cross-generational, low-threshold offers and usage options in the school building and on the school grounds. This makes it a natural place for pupils, their parents and the residents of the district to learn and experience things together.
In order to achieve this, the participation and further planning will determine which rooms are available and must be created exclusively for school use, which rooms can be used for activities and offers for all district residents beyond purely school use and which rooms may need to be created additionally. School needs take priority over public needs.

The district school will become a new and special place of shared learning and experience. Its open design, integration into the district and diverse activities will make it a positive place of identification for everyone. The district school thus makes a significant contribution to positive development and social stabilization and therefore to increasing the attractiveness of the Büchenbach-Nord district.