How can a public function, a boarding school, link urban and rural terrain, amid a flood plain? Maasmechelen is a small town in Belgian Limburg. The town itself is scattered and separated from open nature by the canal Zuid-Willemsvaart. The project is situated on the border between urban terrain and the green riverscape along the canal. Today the existing dike blocks the view of the landscape, while the road next to the canal diminishes the green hinterland. Furthermore, the site is subject to flooding. The purpose of the research is to sculpt a new landscape between the city centre and its hinterland, between education and recreation, between exterior and interior. Since the town has a low density, I tried to finish the open areas west of the canal while maintaining the east as plain nature. The project is linked to two schools in the north of Maasmechelen by an open area for the youth and to the inhabitants of Maasmechelen, formalized as a park. The building serves as an entrance to the town and is supposed to be intertwined with the landscape. The façade is made of weathering steel which discolours through time, much as its surroundings. The structure is based on a meccano, leaving most of the structure visible so there is a contrast between raw materials like steel and pure white plaster of the interior. The crossing beams provide direct and indirect contact with nature in the spaces that are formed in between. These beams meet at the centre, constituting an interesting lobby where all functions, like a daycare, youthclub, library, bar and housing of the interns congregate and reach out again. By hoovering partly over the landscape, the building makes excellent use of the spectacular views outwards, while providing shelter in case of a flooding.