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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. De Passerel in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands by Johan De Wachter ArchitectsSeptember 16th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Johan De Wachter Architects JDWA project De Passerel in Apeldoorn has been completed. For care institution De Passerel we designed twenty new group homes for people with a mental disability. In September the residents will move in their new apartments and homes.  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects
 Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects Southern Canal Area The Southern Canal Area in Apeldoorn will be redeveloped into a vibrant district on the canal where a number of monumental buildings remain iconic for the area. Amidst some working-class houses we designed twelve apartments and eight homes for people with a mental disability, in a scaled up house near the canal.  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects House with two barns De Passerel House includes twelve group homes for people with a mental disability. The smaller barns around the vegetable garden are home to eight compact dwellings for the same target group.  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects The group homes line the street just like any other ordinary house. The brick facade and tile roof confirm this image. The garden side of the house is identical to the front yet mirrored and lifted, creating space for the transparent shared living room. Thus the hood, that points to the inner garden, obtains character and expression. The smaller barns have a one-sided orientation: direction garden. The garden facade is maximum transparent, with closed parts in wood. Each resident has a private piece of pavement, but the playground and vegetable garden are their actual garden. The steel profiled shed roofs and back facades face the adjacent plots. Here the barns present themselves as outbuildings on the backyard of these properties.  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects The project marks the informal route that crosses the whole neighbourhood; the homes may become an exception. In the garden there is place for vegetable gardens used by the new residents. There is also space for informal interaction with the local residents and a playground for the smallest children of the area.  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects Johan De Wachter Architects is a design practice for architecture and complex urban development in the existing city. Designing with and for people in the neighborhoods is a very important aspect of our work. Generic concepts and standard typologies are never applied directly but change according to the project’s context. This approach results in an intense working process that demands a lot of communication and interaction between the client, future users and the design team. Real needs are often beyond written briefs and only become apparent through discussions.  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects  Image Courtesy © Johan De Wachter Architects
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