Zorghotel Qaly Beersel in Belgium by 51N4E

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Care facilities and residences for the elderly

On the rolling landscape of a former farmer’s field, today enclosed by suburban development, a new care and recreation centre for the elderly takes form. The plan is articulated in such a way as to leave breathing space between the new building and the surrounding urban tissue, while realising the necessary programme for a community with a growing need for such facilities.

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• Architects: 51N4E
• Project: Zorghotel Qaly Beersel
• Location: Beersel, Belgium
• Photography: Filip Dujardin
• Clients: QALY Development
• Design Team: Freek Persyn, Johan Anrys, Jan Opdekamp, Jan Haerens, Andri Haflidason
• Structural Engineering: ALL-INgeneering
• Technical Engineering: Istema
• Acoustical Engineering: De Fonseca
• Landscape: Land9, Aldrik Heirman
• Consultants: Probis Consulting
• Gross Built Area: 10.880 m²
• Completion Year: 2016

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Its form articulates and frames a new park, the façade analogous to a kind of populated garden wall.  At the point where the building meets the public domain, it opens up formally and functionally, making a link between the world of the residents and the broader community; a place to meet, something which the area doesn’t have today.

At a smaller scale, the resident’s windows are designed to be as inhabitable as possible; taking on the role of a piece of furniture, as well as a window out onto the world.

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Image Courtesy © Filip Dujardin

Image Courtesy © Filip Dujardin

Image Courtesy © Filip Dujardin

Image Courtesy © Filip Dujardin

Image Courtesy © Filip Dujardin

Image Courtesy © Filip Dujardin

Image Courtesy © Filip Dujardin

Image Courtesy © Filip Dujardin

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Tags: Beersel, Belgium

Categories: Care Center, Park, Recreational facility, Residential

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