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“De Hogeweyk” Dementia Village Weesp, Netherlands
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Architect
Molenaar&Bol&VanDillen architecten / Dementia Village Architects and Advisors
Client / Operator
Vivium Zorggroep
Completion
2009
Useable floor area
7,608 m2; 320 m2 per house
Units / Capacity
152 residents in 23 houses
The “De Hogeweyk” project in Weesp, some 20 km south of Amsterdam, is the first “dementia village” of its kind: its integrative care concept places focus on an intuitive sense of lived normality and active everyday life in the context of an architectural ensemble of 23 houses grouped around an internal courtyard with a rich and varied design. Greened squares, paths and gardens with ponds and fountains create a sheltered environment for up to 152 people with dementia in which they can move around freely at all times of the year, as if within a small neighbourhood. The varied design of the one and two-storey buildings and outdoor areas helps provide simple orientation for the residents.
DIVERSE NEIGHBOURHOODS
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