h.-hart hospital roeselare-menen, roeselare campus

Due to lack of space and an unwanted spread of hospital services, the H.-Hartziekenhuis organised an architectural design competition for a new hospital. As the successful applicant, VK is working closely with the hospital management on a master plan for the new campus, which will comprise 722 beds. The master plan is based on pathological clustering, whereby 9 clusters were defined and grouped into 6 poles: Woman & Child and limited...

burn unit military hospitaal

The Military Hospital wishes to upgrade its burns unit by way of a complete renovation and thus raise it to the level of a European reference point. A construction team comprising Wycor and VK supplied the Belgian Ministry of Defence with the most relevant solutions. Thus, the departments in the new centre are completely segregated via circulation routes, and hygienic locks and anterooms.

A first section makes up the reception...

general hospital sint-maarten

The Sint Maarten Hospital wishes to combine 3 campuses in a new construction project, for which it organised an architectural design competition. Winner VK based their preliminary design sketch on the detailed flow diagram and a design plan of the hospital. In close cooperation with the client, functional floor plans, flow models and relational diagrams were refined into a design with a clear care vision: both outpatient and inpatient ca...

general hospital sint-jan aa

A few years ago, the AZ Sint-Jan started on a total renovation of their hospital, divided into several projects. VK will be taking on a number of these renovation projects. The renovation of the patients’ sleeping quarters is in full swing.VK already completed a number of wards and has also designed test rooms, which are models for the remaining wards. The maternity ward was given larger rooms, with modern and homelike furniture an...

hospital of our lady, aalst campus

Since 1986, VK has been working together with the hospital management to develop the campus. After a number of renovation and expansion projects, a master plan was drawn up, from which two sub-projects have since been completed.

The first project focused primarily on expanding and renovating departments. The biomedical engineering unit was given 2 new floors, which stand out because of their architectural quality and comfort. ...

brussels university hospital

Brussels University Hospital has a number of problems that hinder the organisation. Lack of space, fragmented services, and circulation and parking problems are no strangers to a hospital that has been running for 30 years already. Through a design competition, VK was appointed by the management to create a spatial plan, which outlines the care and development strategy for the next 10 years.

The spatial plan, a living document...

erasmus hospital

In 2006 and 2007, the ULB (Free University of Brussels) created a master plan for the Erasmus Hospital. Firstly, a renovation would upgrade large parts of the hospital. Secondly, a connection needed to be provided to a hospital that still needed be built on the same campus, the Jules Bordet Institute. Prior to this, an architectural design competition was organised. Winner VK - Ma2 - Hoet + Minne evaluated the master plan and sought a wa...

center of excellence in revalidation

In 2006, in a temporary partnership with the agency Dethier & Associés, VK won the architectural design competition for the renovation of a rehabilitation centre in Esneux, Belgium. STUDIO VK’s active involvement in the health sector, supported by several visits to projects of VK, was an obvious plus point for the jury. VK’s focus on the comfort of the patient, visitors and staff, combined with their commitment to ...

social welfare unit lokeren

Increasing ageing of the population leads to new insights about nursing and elderly care. Thus, hospitals and nursing homes are becoming increasingly integrated into their surroundings, in an attempt to contribute to a high quality spatial context. The OCMW of Lokeren wants to anchor its care campus in the city centre. Through a design competition, VK and Probis were appointed to coordinate the programme and environment of the campus and...

h.-hart hospital roeselare-menen, menen campus

In 2001, the H.-Hartziekenhuis Roeselare-Menen Hospital and the AZ Menen General Hospital merged into the H. -Hart Hospital Roeselare-Menen. Immediately the management decided to concentrate the scattered locations of the AZ Menen General Hospital in one campus. The existing hospital on the selected campus consists of contiguous buildings with different architectural styles and floor levels. Moreover, the current infrastructure is out of...