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Expertise Center and Service Building Ipse de Bruggen
Expertise Center and Service Building Ipse de Bruggen
Nootdorp, Netherlands
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Other Projects by Gortemaker Algra Feenstra architects
Expertise Center and Service Building Ipse de Bruggen
Nootdorp, Netherlands
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2025
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
$10K - 50K
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On the green campus of Craeyenburch in Nootdorp, a new health hub, for care organization Ipse de Bruggen has recently been completed. With over 100 years of experience in caring for children, young people, and adults with intellectual or multiple disabilities, Ipse de Bruggen strives to provide the highest quality of care. A continuous route guides visitors through the building, gently connecting all specialist care functions, workspaces, and shared facilities into one cohesive, accessible, and welcoming environment, forming the new heart of the campus.
The project serves as a model for an integrated design approach: sustainable, aesthetic, and inclusive. It demonstrates how ambitious sustainability goals can be achieved in a building tailored to the diverse physical and neurodiverse needs of its users. And how a health facility can become a future-proof place of connection, with user participation as the foundation of its development.
Our knowledge of human-centred architecture and evidence-based design guided our process. Inclusivity was approached not as the removal of physical barriers, but as understanding how different people perceive and interact with space. To ensure the design truly met user needs, we engaged directly with end users: we shadowed care providers during daily tasks, held workshops with staff, and visited other facilities to learn from their experiences. We gained insights on spatial clarity, temperature, airflow, sound, and even scent, as well as practical navigation through the building. As a result, we were able to create spaces that genuinely work for all users, making the building more readable, comfortable, and welcoming.
The building forms part of a new landscape axis connecting all buildings on the campus. Its entrance invites people into an open and light atrium space. Public functions are located on the ground floor for easy and independent access, while offices for staff are on the first floor, directly linked to the treatment centre below. The interior design empowers clients’ autonomy. A clearly defined circulation route, or “ribbon,” guides visitors from the restaurant to treatment spaces, with wall finishes and fixed furniture connecting rooms and colour accents highlighting key areas.
Rounded corners, large windows, and wooden facades, give the architecture a warm, human character. A lot of attention was given to views towards the outside, and natural daylight in all spaces. Aesthetic design is combined with functionality and sustainability and fexible timber-frame construction meet the sustainability ambitions of the project and ensure future adaptability.
The project serves as a model for an integrated design approach: sustainable, aesthetic, and inclusive. It demonstrates how ambitious sustainability goals can be achieved in a building tailored to the diverse physical and neurodiverse needs of its users. And how a health facility can become a future-proof place of connection, with user participation as the foundation of its development.
Our knowledge of human-centred architecture and evidence-based design guided our process. Inclusivity was approached not as the removal of physical barriers, but as understanding how different people perceive and interact with space. To ensure the design truly met user needs, we engaged directly with end users: we shadowed care providers during daily tasks, held workshops with staff, and visited other facilities to learn from their experiences. We gained insights on spatial clarity, temperature, airflow, sound, and even scent, as well as practical navigation through the building. As a result, we were able to create spaces that genuinely work for all users, making the building more readable, comfortable, and welcoming.
The building forms part of a new landscape axis connecting all buildings on the campus. Its entrance invites people into an open and light atrium space. Public functions are located on the ground floor for easy and independent access, while offices for staff are on the first floor, directly linked to the treatment centre below. The interior design empowers clients’ autonomy. A clearly defined circulation route, or “ribbon,” guides visitors from the restaurant to treatment spaces, with wall finishes and fixed furniture connecting rooms and colour accents highlighting key areas.
Rounded corners, large windows, and wooden facades, give the architecture a warm, human character. A lot of attention was given to views towards the outside, and natural daylight in all spaces. Aesthetic design is combined with functionality and sustainability and fexible timber-frame construction meet the sustainability ambitions of the project and ensure future adaptability.
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