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Architects: Areal Architecten
- Area: 15217 m²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:Tim Van de Velde
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Manufacturers: Hunter Douglas Architectural (Europe), Forbo Flooring Systems, Armstrong Ceilings, Fermacell, Hunter Douglas, Schüco, Vande Moortel
" Nursing homes and other social services are often interpreted according to the same pattern: countless rooms linked together by long corridors . Such a scheme is a victory for the functionality of these buildings , but a defeat for the domesticity of it . In care area Mayerhof the limits of this rational scheme are questioned, while space is created in which a community can grow. Various additions of communal and open areas add to the domesticity of the place. By positioning the nursing home in a figure of eight on the site an infinite circulation that connects all the rooms on every floor with each other arises.In this functional diagram however, places where social interaction arises are inserted . At each corner of the figure open spaces create space for interaction.
