(03-03-2010) PROJECT UPDATE - Sint-Anna Berchem (B)
03.03.2010 / Presentation Open Oproep.
HUB presented its competition proposal for the masterplan and architectural design of a community for elderly people in Berchem (B) to the OCMW zorgbedrijf and the Vlaams Bouwmeester. Our proposal consists of a carefully arranged composition of relatively small buildings that opens up the parklike qualities and common facilities on the site to a larger public, but nevertheless provides a string of well-protected and intimate outdoor rooms meant for private use. Apart from the aforementioned relation between public and private, the design seeks to balance different scales – the living-unit connected to an outdoor room next to the large organizational scale of an institution that provides care – and different typologies – the existent monastery with historical chapel next to more restrained and individual housing types.