forensic psychiatric centre

Inmates often still stay in prison, where their situation is not adequately treated. The federal government has therefore decided to establish a number of forensic psychiatric centres. VK won the architectural design competition for the centre in Antwerp with a clever concept.

The centre is located between a highway (E17) and a nature reserve, the Burchtse Weel and displays various degrees of ‘openness’ and ‘...

sint-amandus psychiatric hospital

VK has already been working for Sint Amandus for many years (totalling over 300 beds) and assisted the management with the master plan.

For geriatric psychiatric patients, VK designed a new pavilion. Because of the high level of care required by the patients, the building only has a ground-floor with 26 rooms. Each with a sanitary unit which is adapted to the type of patient: 10 rooms for mobile patients, 11 rooms for wheelcha...

psychiatric nursing home saint-martin

This psychiatric nursing home for 90 patients is on the campus of the mental asylum of Saint-Martin (Dave), where VK has been active since the 1980s. The focus is on social reintegration within a structured community environment. The whole was therefore designed to resemble a small village with houses, streets, pedestrian zones, public and semi-public spaces, gardens, lawns, vistas and fences.

The home comprises the buildings ...

psychiatric nursing home sint-jan

VK developed a master plan for the Sint-Jan psychiatric centre, which has now almost reached the final stage. Spread over several years, the entire campus was thoroughly redesigned and rebuilt according to designs by VK.

The psychiatric nursing home is the capstone of that architectural and therapeutic innovation process. The concept tries to translate the therapeutic and organisational goals as clearly and directly as possibl...

home zevenhuizen

VK designed this home for developmentally disabled non-working adults as a small housing cluster. It consists of two connected houses each for 5 to 6 people, one apartment for 4 people and a small unit for studio living (2 x 2 people).

Each of these forms of housing will act independently and be given its own area in the home with a private entrance, courtyard garden, and back door. Large window surfaces give the social spaces...

home sint-jozef

This home for developmentally disabled people emphasises integration into a normal social environment. Subsequently, the height of the buildings is low (2 floors) and small scale due to the volumetry: different volumes are perpendicular to the long building volume that serves as the backbone. The square volumes are homes, each containing one living community. They can operate autonomously, with a separate entrance, kitchen, living space ...

psychiatric centre zoete nood gods

The Zoete Nood Gods campus has a pleasant garden, but it is not fully exploited. A number of building blocks hamper the linearity and continuity of the site, so that only a number of buildings may enjoy the garden. A master plan, developed by VK, rearranges the buildings around the garden park. This new siting is based on the concept of “living in the green”. All buildings are in contact with the park and operate as pavilions...

psychiatric nursing home saint-bernard

This psychiatric nursing home for 136 patients will be built on the campus of the psychiatric centre of Saint-Bernard (Manage), for whom VK has been active for many years. The site consists of 4 freestanding volumes and includes one nursing home with 60 beds and another with 76 beds.

For the most independent people, there are two “houses”, integrated into the urban fabric. For patients in need of temporary support ...

psychiatric centre o.l. vrouw van vrede

During a changeover in the mental health care system in the early 1990s, the psychiatric centre was allocated 30 acute care beds. This caused the bed configuration to require a thorough makeover as well as the provision of additional treatment rooms and an outpatient clinic. VK redesigned its master plan, and was responsible for the design of the new department.

The new admissions unit “Waag” was built on the site ...

psychiatric nursing home de liereman

De Liereman, a former holiday home, was expanded and converted into a psychiatric nursing home for 60 residents, and this within the master plan of the Sint-Amedeus (Morsel) psychiatric centre. The home primarily assists the residents in the a rehabilitation oriented process, independently of the psychiatric centre.

The wooded and quiet location inspired VK to create an “open house” concept. The relationship with t...