St Bavo

Type

Residential care center

Location

Wilrijk

Year

2015

The Gasthuiszusters of Antwerp wish to build a new rest home on the site of the existing retirement home, located near the center of Wilrijk.

The current rest home is a renovated hospital and can no longer be adapted. A new concept of housing for the elderly is being worked out together with the client, which is based on respect for the needs of every elderly person and is averse to the feeling of institution.

No long corridors and central entrance, but small groups like apartments around central lift points. This design wants to fit in with its surroundings and closes the guard walls in the streets, on the quietest corner of the site, located on a low-traffic street, we plan a neighborhood square with toys, the cafeteria of the rest home will become a neighborhood cafe.

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