Crooswijk Cares: The integration of housing, care and well-being in a Rotterdam neighborhood

haverland village

Design of the New Guest House

The design of the new guest house aims to create a healthy environment for elderly people inside the city environment. It has not only intimate living environment, but also has a strong connection with the city.

The Village in the City

The Village in the City - the graduation project of Wessel Steenhuis - focuses on the conflicts that arise when a living environment for extremly ill (in this case dementia patients) is located in the middle of a big and crouded city (Amsterdam).

Hoboken asthma centre for children / Hoboken astmacentrum voor kinderen

De Gracht: A safe place in the inner city of Amsterdam

Community Care

As hospitals became cleaner, they became colder, noisier, and less comforting. This led to the barrenness and stressfulness of today’s hospitals. This take on the MidCity community hospital is about the patient and about quality rather than pure efficiency. The project ranges from city scale interventions to architectural design.

Cancer Centre in Amsterdam North

The Green Lane: Visibilty and opportunities to participate in the society

Rehab Center for SCI

Elderly Care Home: A Home For Dementia Patients

The Culture of Care: A medical rehabilitation centre in Amsterdam

The master thesis ‘The Culture of Care: A medical rehabilitation centre in Amsterdam’ explores the possibilities of the public interior of this particular institution. Searching for a renewed interpretation of medical buildings and their relationship with the city within the current debate on healthcare.

Healing City: Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam

Design task While 20 years ago rehabilitation centers were protected environments that secluded patients from society, recently the focus has shifted towards integration of patients in public life. The assignment for the design of the rehabilitation center fits in with this development, as the location for the project is in between the Overtoom,...

A public villa for rehabilitation

This graduation project concerns a replacement design for the existing rehabilitation center Rijndam Westersingel, which is located on the eastern edge of the Museumpark in Rotterdam. Rather than the typically bland brief, the specific context of the Museumpark and principles of villa architecture were studied to blend the building and the...