Het Gielsbos is an existing care facility for people with severe mental disabilities, located on large, green, public domain within the municipality of Gierle. This project includes the design of a masterplan to replace the outdated pavilions that houses the residents and to design seven new homes.

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Architects: Dierendonckblancke Architects

Location: Vosselaarseweg, 2275 Lille, Belgium

Area: 3905.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Filip Dujardin

Collaborators: Simon Vermote, Sarah Bijtebier, Lore Verheyleweghen, Delphine Van Aerde, Pierre De Brun, Sara Callebaut ,Catherine Pyck, Lisa Lu

Landscape Design : Denis Dujardin
Structure: Studieburo Mouton

Technics: Studiebureau Boydens

Acoustics: Daidalos-Peutz

Art Integration: Jos Devriendt

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From the architect. Het Gielsbos is an existing care facility for people with severe mental disabilities, located on large, green, public domain within the municipality of Gierle. This project includes the design of a masterplan to replace the outdated pavilions that houses the residents and to design seven new homes.

Dwellings Site Plan

Previously, the site was cut in half by a central axis, from which a network of smaller roads branched out without any clear hierarchy. All pavilions were s...