Interior Willibrord Care Center
Interior Willibrord Care Center
Interior Willibrord Care Center
A place where residents feel at home.
Willibrord contains 3 group homes for 6 to 8 psychogeriatric patients and 39 apartments where somatic care is provided. The house has an architecturally open structure so that it is always easy to rearrange and respond to the needs of the moment. The 'plaza', a meeting room with a brasserie, is located on the ground floor. At the rear of the building is a private city garden that residents have access to.
In recent years, care in psychogeriatric nursing homes has increasingly focused on the residents' experiences. The design for the architecture and interior of this care center is closely related to this. For example, there are 3 group homes where 7 residents per group home live and live. Each group home has a shared kitchen and living room. In addition, the residents of the group homes have their own sitting and bedroom. There is an enclosed garden near the houses. All individual apartments have large floor-to-ceiling windows that allow daylight to flow far into the room and give residents a view of the city surroundings. The main entrance leads to the central plaza with a brasserie where residents and their visitors as well as local residents can go.
An important starting point for the design of the interior is the client's wish to create a homely, welcome atmosphere without interfering with professional care and a safe environment. A place where residents feel at home. And with attention to functional aspects for employees.
Throughout the center, homeliness is achieved by creating a living environment that refers as much as possible to your familiar home with ordinary ceilings, real wooden frames and doors, and even solid oak floors. A modern-classic look was chosen in the interior design. For example, the apartments are decorated with recognizable style elements such as paneling and old-fashioned pleated lights - without sacrificing the most important amount of (artificial) light. The apartments are sufficiently spacious so that residents can also bring valuables from home. The upholstery of curtains, towels and bed linen is matched to the colors in the homes and even the design for the beds has been included in the finish. The bathrooms are finished with a type of tile, a trowel floor and sanitary facilities that would not look out of place in a contemporary home magazine. The shared living rooms are decorated with authentic restored pieces combined with new custom-made furniture. At central locations, such as the plaza, the use of accent colors creates various landmarks that improve orientation.
In order to assess various design solutions with designers and staff, interior designer Wondergem has, at the request of the client, built a 1:1 mock-up in their carpentry factory. This enabled functional issues such as the positions of cabinets, mirrors and sanitary facilities to be determined. Time and effort has been spared to include necessary “accessories” such as soap dispensers, paper holders and waste bins as well as technical rooms for staff in the overall design. The ease of use when opening sliding doors or accessibility of cabinets and home automation were tested in the factory, and, of course, the color schemes of finishes and various materials could also be selected during the design process.
Through these design efforts and associated innovations in healthcare, an attempt has been made to make an important positive contribution to the well-being of future residents.
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