title: Designing for patients--redeveloping De Bijtjes Hospital.
abstract: 'De Bijtjes' is a hospital for treatment and care of patients with locomotive and neurological disorders, comprising an advanced rehabilitation centre. The existing buildings and the surrounding landscape were integrated in the design, which is a unique combination of a high-specialized hospital and a home-like environment. The surrounding gardens play an important therapeutic and recreative role in the healing and rehabilitation process. The different nursing units, each with their own architectural design, form separate villas around a central court, focusing on creating a small-scale atmosphere. The two nursing villas have a clove-leaf shape with each lobe forming a living unit for ten patients. The motored wheelchair was the scale-forming element for the design of the different utilities.
authors.affiliation: FDA Architects and Engineers, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Foqué
mesh_terms: D001108:Architecture; D001530:Belgium; D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation; D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008961:Models, Structural; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014910:Wheelchairs