A transformation of a 'snoezel corridor'

Insight Series #5 The transformation of the ‘Snoezel Corridor’

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Colophon Insight Series #5 The transformation of the ‘Snoezel Corridor’ © Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, 2013 Fred. Roeskestraat 96 1076 ED Amsterdam The Netherlands T +31 (0)20-571 1600 www.gerritrietveldacademie.nl http://architecturaldesign. rietveldacademie.nl/

Students: Julia da Conceicao Estevao Morag Mayer Gintare Kerbelyte Yu Song Sandy Bruns Cristina Roselló Arthur Hortolomei Aisha Fouad Anne Van Klooster Setareh Maghsoudi Stephanie Varsakis Jana Vuksic

Tutor and Head of ArchitecturalDesign: Henri Snel

Editor: Morag Mayer Concept and design: Anja Groten Printing and binding: Edition Winterwork Edition: 150 copies

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A transformation of a 'snoezel corridor'

Published on Jun 17, 2013

Henri A. Snel

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People with disease of Alzheimer lose their cognitive functions more and more, like loss of memory but also their ability to communicate. This causes depressions and frustrations, and the ‘standard’ health environment, that is under high pressure as it is, can’t respond to this very well. So we have to search for alternatives for experience and communication. What people with the disease of Alzheimer can do is see, hear, feel and experience – with their senses of the moment. The experience of their surroundings and the effects of this on the emotional life of people is therefore of decisive significance. People with the disease of Alzheimer interact on a very instinctive and emotional level with their surroundings, and the sensory perception is their guide. This ‘raw’ book ‘Insight Series 5’ explores possibilities to create a haptic environment in the ‘semi-public space’, in the corridor space of a geriatric institution.

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