On the site of the current elderly healthcare site Wendhorst, a new home is being realized for Viattence clients in an innovative care concept. In addition, the new neighbourhood will be completed with the development of owner-occupied housing. With this new-build plan, the large regional “nursing home institute” Wendhorst will disappear and an open neighbourhood will be created in which the residents of the Viattence houses are part of daily life in the immediate vicinity. This is in line with Viattence’s vision, namely, to provide care and support in the various village centres and therefore as close as possible to people’s homes.
The location will be transformed into a new neighbourhood with owner-occupied homes, a centrally located animal meadow and 12 ‘residential houses’ for a total of 96 residents with a heavy care demand. The care homes are located at the front of the site, adjacent to the pond and Haneweg. Each house offers space for 8 residents. The ‘residential houses’, four linked units, are built in the shape of a courtyard and are connected to each other by a beautiful garden, which residents of Viattence can use freely. In the new building on Eperweg, residents will sleep upstairs and live downstairs, just like living at home.
Status: Designed 2016, Completed 2019
Team: Evelien van Veen, Marleen Vink, Robby Smith
Collaboration: URBIS (urban designer)
Client: Vitaal Zorgvast, AM wonen
Location: Eperweg, Heerde
Program: Residential care center for 96 residents + 50 owner-occupied homes
Photography: Luuk Kramer
On the site of the current elderly healthcare site Wendhorst, a new home is being realized for Viattence clients in an innovative care concept. In addition, the new neighbourhood will be completed with the development of owner-occupied housing. With this new-build plan, the large regional “nursing home institute” Wendhorst will disappear and an open neighbourhood will be created in which the residents of the Viattence houses are part of daily life in the immediate vicinity. This is in line with Viattence’s vision, namely, to provide care and support in the various village centres and therefore as close as possible to people’s homes.
The location will be transformed into a new neighbourhood with owner-occupied homes, a centrally located animal meadow and 12 ‘residential houses’ for a total of 96 residents with a heavy care demand. The care homes are located at the front of the site, adjacent to the pond and Haneweg. Each house offers space for 8 residents. The ‘residential houses’, four linked units, are built in the shape of a courtyard and are connected to each other by a beautiful garden, which residents of Viattence can use freely. In the new building on Eperweg, residents will sleep upstairs and live downstairs, just like living at home.
Status: Designed 2016, Completed 2019
Team: Evelien van Veen, Marleen Vink, Robby Smith
Collaboration: URBIS (urban designer)
Client: Vitaal Zorgvast, AM wonen
Location: Eperweg, Heerde
Program: Residential care center for 96 residents + 50 owner-occupied homes
Photography: Luuk Kramer
On the site of the current elderly healthcare site Wendhorst, a new home is being realized for Viattence clients in an innovative care concept. In addition, the new neighbourhood will be completed with the development of owner-occupied housing. With this new-build plan, the large regional “nursing home institute” Wendhorst will disappear and an open neighbourhood will be created in which the residents of the Viattence houses are part of daily life in the immediate vicinity. This is in line with Viattence’s vision, namely, to provide care and support in the various village centres and therefore as close as possible to people’s homes.
The location will be transformed into a new neighbourhood with owner-occupied homes, a centrally located animal meadow and 12 ‘residential houses’ for a total of 96 residents with a heavy care demand. The care homes are located at the front of the site, adjacent to the pond and Haneweg. Each house offers space for 8 residents. The ‘residential houses’, four linked units, are built in the shape of a courtyard and are connected to each other by a beautiful garden, which residents of Viattence can use freely. In the new building on Eperweg, residents will sleep upstairs and live downstairs, just like living at home.
Status: Designed 2016, Completed 2019
Team: Evelien van Veen, Marleen Vink, Robby Smith
Collaboration: URBIS (urban designer)
Client: Vitaal Zorgvast, AM wonen
Location: Eperweg, Heerde
Program: Residential care center for 96 residents + 50 owner-occupied homes
Photography: Luuk Kramer