{"id":7687,"date":"2026-05-08T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:05:22","slug":"dp6-and-i29-balance-old-and-new-in-overhaul-of-historic-school-in-utrecht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/dp6-and-i29-balance-old-and-new-in-overhaul-of-historic-school-in-utrecht\/","title":{"rendered":"DP6 and i29 balance old and new in overhaul of historic school in Utrecht"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dutch studios i29<\/a> and DP6 have overhauled a 20th-century school<\/a> in the Netherlands<\/a>, transforming it into a training institute for the Dutch Judiciary and Public Prosecution Service while honouring the building’s original features.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named Courthouse Building H, the four-storey building in Utrecht<\/a> has been restored to celebrate its historic character while being updated to host new educational<\/a> spaces and to ensure improved sustainability performance.<\/p>\n

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The project, commissioned by the Central Government Real Estate Agency, occupies a secondary school that opened in 1903, before being converted into offices<\/a> for the Utrecht Courthouse in 1995.<\/p>\n

“The goal of this project was to bring back the original qualities of the historic building, showing a clear symmetrical structure, lofty ceilings and craftsmanship in detailing,” i29<\/a> and DP6<\/a> told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

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The building now houses a judicial training institute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Visitors enter the building through the original vestibule, which has been restored, with terrazzo<\/a> floors repaired and arched openings reinstated.<\/p>\n

A large suspended lighting feature hangs from the ceiling, and a glossy black front desk has been added. The entrance hall now also provides access to the green courtyard garden.<\/p>\n

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New openings were added to allow light in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The symmetrical U-shaped floorplan has been reestablished, and additional walls, suspended ceilings and fire partitions inserted during the 1990s office conversion have been removed.<\/p>\n

New meeting and educational spaces have been introduced to the plan, with classrooms and studio spaces located on the ground and first floors finished with muted green and warm yellow walls.<\/p>\n

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A social and meeting space is finished in terracotta and coral tones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first floor also provides flexible social and meeting spaces, with walls finished in beige, dusty terracotta and warm coral tones.<\/p>\n

A selection of globe lights reused from the original school building features in the corridors, and are among the decorative lighting used throughout the building.<\/p>\n