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Warm Nest
Warm Nest
Belgium
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Other Projects by Ark-Shelter
Warm Nest
Belgium
Firm
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2021
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
A restorative healing place to come together.
Designing a healing and restorative facility like a Maggie center is an honor for any architect. Many architects have designed Maggie centers before such as Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas and many more, it was inevitable to do research on what was designed before. Seeing this project as a snapshot in the long list of initiatives to support truly restorative design, one piece to contribute to the honorable path of creating healthy and healing environments. The AZ-Zeno hospital is the client and was in touch with the Maggie care organization. They were inspired by the Maggie care philosophy and make this the first Maggie care inspired facility in Belgium. “In 1995, the founder Maggie Keswick Jencks, wrote this about her experience of cancer: “A diagnosis of cancer hits you like a punch in the stomach...No road. No compass. No map. No training...At one time, I could not sit, or lie, or stand, listen or speak coherently because my shattered mind vibrated so violently through my body I felt I might disintegrate.” Over the course of seven years, Maggie experienced cancer diagnosis, treatment, remission and recurrence. During that time, she took the insight and experience she had gained and transformed it into a pioneering approach to cancer care.” (Maggie’s Architecture and Landscape brief) When Martin, Michiel and Viktor from Ark Shelter started to work together with me, Menno, it was to focus on the users. Applying UX Principles to the design process and understanding the human from a biological and neuroscience perspective. Finding a way to design a kind of “brain healthy spaces”. Who am I as a user of this space, what are my physical, physiological, psychological and social needs and peel down the structure to moments. Moments of delight, comfort, support or sadness. Through an understanding of what the (medical) journey could be, whatever the outcome would be. The challenge was to make a space that allows for all these different emotional touchpoints in this journey for the patients as well as their loved ones. The concept was around the idea of “a warm nest”, a space to come together, a welcoming space, not intrusive nor invasive. Focusing on calm gatherings, time to reflect, relax, regain strength, get together with loved ones, embark the journey to recovery in peace.
Program : Care Centre
Year : 2021
Country : Belgium
Area : 336 m2
Volume : 1108 m3
Concept : modular grid
Materials : wood, magnesium
Client : AZ Zeno campus
Cooperation : Viktor Mikovčák / Menno Kramer – Neuroscience
Photographs : BoysPlayNice
Designing a healing and restorative facility like a Maggie center is an honor for any architect. Many architects have designed Maggie centers before such as Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas and many more, it was inevitable to do research on what was designed before. Seeing this project as a snapshot in the long list of initiatives to support truly restorative design, one piece to contribute to the honorable path of creating healthy and healing environments. The AZ-Zeno hospital is the client and was in touch with the Maggie care organization. They were inspired by the Maggie care philosophy and make this the first Maggie care inspired facility in Belgium. “In 1995, the founder Maggie Keswick Jencks, wrote this about her experience of cancer: “A diagnosis of cancer hits you like a punch in the stomach...No road. No compass. No map. No training...At one time, I could not sit, or lie, or stand, listen or speak coherently because my shattered mind vibrated so violently through my body I felt I might disintegrate.” Over the course of seven years, Maggie experienced cancer diagnosis, treatment, remission and recurrence. During that time, she took the insight and experience she had gained and transformed it into a pioneering approach to cancer care.” (Maggie’s Architecture and Landscape brief) When Martin, Michiel and Viktor from Ark Shelter started to work together with me, Menno, it was to focus on the users. Applying UX Principles to the design process and understanding the human from a biological and neuroscience perspective. Finding a way to design a kind of “brain healthy spaces”. Who am I as a user of this space, what are my physical, physiological, psychological and social needs and peel down the structure to moments. Moments of delight, comfort, support or sadness. Through an understanding of what the (medical) journey could be, whatever the outcome would be. The challenge was to make a space that allows for all these different emotional touchpoints in this journey for the patients as well as their loved ones. The concept was around the idea of “a warm nest”, a space to come together, a welcoming space, not intrusive nor invasive. Focusing on calm gatherings, time to reflect, relax, regain strength, get together with loved ones, embark the journey to recovery in peace.
Program : Care Centre
Year : 2021
Country : Belgium
Area : 336 m2
Volume : 1108 m3
Concept : modular grid
Materials : wood, magnesium
Client : AZ Zeno campus
Cooperation : Viktor Mikovčák / Menno Kramer – Neuroscience
Photographs : BoysPlayNice
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