Some 2400 years ago, in Ancient Greece, the philosopher Plato started his grove academy; it was a school in a garden environment. The subsequent Roman civilisation brought us the word 'campus', which originally means open field or pasture. That historical legacy was one of the sources of inspiration for the THIERRY eco-campus project. It was in the summer of 2004, when our school was still located in Brussels, that the concept of a small outdoor campus was first introduced. Six years later it became the eco-campus. It is also an ongoing venture, by its further envisioned plans for the future.   

The site, which has been placed at the school's disposal by special courtesy of its private owners, is also called the Outdoor Academy Ardennes and The Thierry House. Both have been integrated into the eco-campus, along with its multiyear environmental project initiated in 2010. In accordance with the school's operational philosophy and investment policies, in which the affordability of leadership studies prevail, the eco-campus' operating costs and structural expenditures are financed by other means than by the possible apportioning of a share of the programme tuition fees of students.

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