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School Campus Redevelopment, Knokke-Heist
A major educational campus redevelopment combining schools and welfare facilities at the Heistlaan street seeks a multidisciplinary design team through a two-stage tender in Knokke-Heist, Belgium.
GO! Campus Heist is envisioned as a transformative educational environment that unifies a wide spectrum of learning institutions, ranging from nursery and primary schools to secondary education, adult learning, and specialised welfare facilities, onto a single, cohesive site along Heistlaan in Knokke-Heist. The project replaces several dispersed school buildings and a welfare facility elsewhere in the town, consolidating them within one large, future-oriented campus designed to support innovative pedagogical models. Learning no longer occurs in isolated classrooms but within flexible “learning units” shared by two to four classes, complemented by a rich variety of differentiated spaces: open collaboration zones, focused study rooms, informal lounges, project studios, instructional areas, and communal facilities including an atrium, dining hall, sports hall, and didactic kitchen. These spaces are conceived to accommodate diverse learning modes, individual, collective, quiet, expressive, static, or movement-based, while offering openness to the wider community through shared uses and adaptable programming.
Set within a residential zone and guided by a municipal volumetric study, the masterplan restructures the site into a series of new buildings and landscaped outdoor environments, following selective demolition of outdated structures. The design team will deliver the full architectural and engineering scope: design development, planning consent, technical documentation, tendering, execution coordination, and post-completion services for the new school buildings and conditional welfare facilities. Outdoor learning areas, covered play spaces, sports courts, cycle infrastructure, and redesigned public realm form an integral part of the assignment. The project’s ambition is to create a resilient, flexible, and human-centred campus that integrates architecture, landscape, sustainability principles, and inclusive educational practice into a unified spatial ecosystem supporting lifelong learning.
Location
Sector
education
Intervention
New Build
Website
Tender Portal
Tender Stage
Two stage tender
Deadline
11 Dec 2025
Project Value/Scale
€16.9 million
Consultant Team
Architect (cannot be subcontracted)
Structural engineer
Building services engineer
Acoustic engineer
Landscape architect
Energy performance assessor
Additional disciplines may be added by the team
Structural engineer
Building services engineer
Acoustic engineer
Landscape architect
Energy performance assessor
Additional disciplines may be added by the team
Submission Criteria
Up to 5 candidates will move forward to the second stage.
Each non-selected team will receive €3k remuneration upon compliant submission.
Qualification Deliverables:
– Application Form
– Evidence of Absence of Exclusion Grounds
Team Composition:
– Organisational chart (max. 1 A4) – organigram
– CVs of key personnel (max. 1 A4 each)
– Proof of registration with the Order of Architects (architect only)
– EPB Reporter registration code (energy performance assessor)
Reference sheets (using the official model):
– Maximum 3 pages per reference
– Includes description, images, cost, client, completion date
– Certificates of good execution – signed by the client (builder), not by project managers/agentes
– Commitment of Supporting Entities
– ESPD – European Single Procurement Document
– Proof of Signature Authority
Motive Notes for Shortlisting:
– Team Motivation Note (max. 1 page) – explains organisation, capacity, method, and process readiness
– Design Motivation Note (max. 12 pages) – demonstrates relevant project experience, design approach, and alignment with campus vision
2nd Stage Deliverables:
– Additional proof of authority (if changed since Stage 1)
– Any documents specifically requested by the contracting authority
Official Tender Form:
– Completed fee proposal (fixed percentage fee)
– Signed by authorised representative(s)
– Confirmation of legal and administrative details
Technical Deliverables (to be defined in Stage 2 brief) – Likely to include:
– Approach to the study assignment
– Methodology for design development
– Proposed project organisation and planning
– Risk and opportunity analysis
– Preliminary vision or concept alignment (NOT a design proposal unless required)
Attendance at the Mandatory Information Session:
– Attendance list must be signed
– Questions must be submitted beforehand (as required)