PROJECTS – CURE
Healing Rehab Clinic
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We have been asked to provide a second opinion on the design and layout of a new addiction treatment facility. Does the building contribute to the well-being of the patients and promote their recovery?
The existing design, where the entrance plaza would double as a patio and garden for patients, would, in my opinion, undermine the purpose of the clinic, which is patient recovery. The decision to enter addiction treatment is usually a huge barrier for patients. If it is taken, it should be rewarded with a safe, welcoming, friendly environment where a person can stay until he or she is strong enough to leave the clinic. Providing an enclosed yard where one can relax, unload, and smoke is part of this.
A front yard is not enough, because that is where all the temptations of society are that someone needs to be temporarily protected from. You should only have to cross the threshold of the front door when you are ready, and not to smoke a cigarette. On my advice, this was changed by moving the entrance and creating an enclosed garden where patients can be safe and without temptation.
Real Estate Police
Reflect with the Chief Government Architect for the Police on the future of the police real estate portfolio. What is the role of the police station for the police on the street, for citizens and residents?
Client Police Year 2023 Location The Hague
Client Police Year 2023 Location The Hague
Livability New Urban Neighborhood
Inspiration session for the transformation of the Unilever industrial site into the De Kaai residential area in Rotterdam. What makes people feel at home in the neighborhood? How do you foster social cohesion? What is the psychology behind a livable city?
Client Vorm Year 2023 Location Rotterdam
Client Vorm Year 2023 Location Rotterdam
Family-Friendly Neighborhood
Commissioned by Maas Wijkontwikkeling to develop the vision and principles for the development of a livable, safe and family-friendly new neighborhood in Barendrecht.
Client Maas Wijkontwikkeling Year 2023 Location Barendrecht
Client Maas Wijkontwikkeling Year 2023 Location Barendrecht
Psychogeriatric Housing
Interpreting from environmental psychology what "living as normally as possible" means for residents in psychogeriatrics and gerontopsychiatry at Attent in Dieren (tender).
Client Van den Berg Architecten Year 2023 Location Dieren
Client Van den Berg Architecten Year 2023 Location Dieren
Office Innovation Palace of Justice
How do you create an inclusive, welcoming environment where unnecessary stress is avoided? As part of the consortium with Team-V and OTH, co-creating the Palace of Justice of the future.
Client Consortium with Team-V / OTH Year 2023 Location The Hague
Client Consortium with Team-V / OTH Year 2023 Location The Hague
Humanizing Forensic Clinic
Test the extent to which the design for Project Forensic (site, architecture and interior) contributes to the well-being of the various users: the various client groups, family, visitors, staff, local residents and the community.
Client GGZ Noord Holland Noord Year 2022-2023 Location Heiloo
Client GGZ Noord Holland Noord Year 2022-2023 Location Heiloo
Humanizing Acute Psychiatry
Examine the extent to which the design of an HIC clinic (site, architecture and interior) contributes to the well-being of the various users: the various client groups, family, visitors, staff, local residents and the community.
Client GGZ Noord Holland Noord Year 2022-2023 Location Heiloo
Client GGZ Noord Holland Noord Year 2022-2023 Location Heiloo
Humanizing detention facility
Humanizing a jail in The Hague for the police. How to prevent unnecessary stress and ensure that the design of the living and working environment in the jail contributes to the well-being of the various users: arrestees, families, visitors, staff and society.
Client Police Year 2021-2022 Location The Hague
Client Police Year 2021-2022 Location The Hague
Optimization of Psychogeriatric Environments
What should the living environment for people with dementia be like so that they, as well as their families and staff, can reach their full potential? My contribution was to inspire and test the extent to which the approach to the workshops and the creation of the program were in line with the vision and contributed to the well-being of the various users.
Client Viva! Year 2021-2022 Location Various
Client Viva! Year 2021-2022 Location Various
Humanizing Jails
To establish a theoretical framework for improving the perception of the working and living environment of jails. With this theoretical framework, the police want to be able to make a scientifically based contribution to improving the well-being of all those involved within jails. This includes the improvement of various spaces such as cells, corridors, kitchens, visiting rooms, family rooms and air spaces with the aim of reducing unnecessary stress and contributing to well-being.
Client Politie Bouwmeester Year 2021-2022 Location The Hague
Client Politie Bouwmeester Year 2021-2022 Location The Hague
Perception of Residential Neighborhoods
An inspirational session for DID Real Estate Development on the psychology behind living in different buildings and neighborhoods. What makes a neighborhood or complex successful? How do you promote social cohesion and quality of life in a neighborhood? What makes a neighborhood attractive to whom?
Client DID Vastgoedontwikkeling Year 2021 Location Utrecht
Client DID Vastgoedontwikkeling Year 2021 Location Utrecht
Family-Friendly Neighborhood
Feedback on plans and design for the development of new family-friendly housing and environment in South Amsterdam.
Client Projectontwikkelaar Year 2021 Location Amsterdam
Client Projectontwikkelaar Year 2021 Location Amsterdam
Improving Prison Environments
Application of environmental psychology knowledge to improve the working and living climate in 8 correctional facilities in the Netherlands. The aim of this consultancy was to use the elements of smell, color, light, interior design and other environmental psychological aspects to achieve a better living and working climate for various spaces such as outdoor areas, cells, corridors, kitchens, visiting rooms, family rooms, etc.
Client Hospitality Group Year 2020 Location Netherlands
Client Hospitality Group Year 2020 Location Netherlands
Family-Friendly Housing in Antwerp
For a tender for new housing in Antwerp, principles tested for family friendliness
Client Kolmont Year 2020 Location Antwerp
Client Kolmont Year 2020 Location Antwerp
Quickscan Inadequate Use Workspace
A quick scan was used to determine why employees in a CPB department were not optimally satisfied with their work environment and to recommend improvements.
Client CPB Year 2020 Location The Hague
Client CPB Year 2020 Location The Hague
Workstations with a view
Using an environmental psychology analysis, estimated the impact of eliminating the unobstructed view of the animal meadow in the TPF office building on the user experience.
Client TPF Year 2020 Location Brielle
Client TPF Year 2020 Location Brielle
Suicide Prevention Public Building
Using environmental psychology to make a public building in the Netherlands safer and reduce the likelihood of suicide attempts.
Client CBK Year 2020 Location Netherlands
Client CBK Year 2020 Location Netherlands
Campus Innovative Concepts
Starting points tender for new campus in Antwerp tested for innovative concepts and healing learning environment for Kolmont.
Client Kolmont Year 2019 Location Antwerp
Client Kolmont Year 2019 Location Antwerp
New Mytyl School and Rehabilitation Center
What requirements must an environment for children with physical and cognitive disabilities meet in order to maximize independence, safety and experience? This was the goal of this assignment: to create a healing working, learning and rehabilitation environment for students, patients, staff, families and visitors for the new building of the Mytylschool De Brug, the Tyltylschool Rotterdam Zuid and the outpatient pediatric rehabilitation clinics for Rijndam.
Client Municipality Rotterdam Year 2019 Location Rotterdam
Client Municipality Rotterdam Year 2019 Location Rotterdam
Hospitable State Office
Commissioned by Heijmans, Studio dVO reviewed the design for the Laan op Zuid government office on the basis of environmental psychology principles, with the aim of creating an environment where unnecessary stress is avoided by minimizing the "mismatch" between users (employees, visitors, etc.) and the environment, and increasing the sense of well-being.
Client Heijmans Year 2017-2019 Location Rotterdam
Client Heijmans Year 2017-2019 Location Rotterdam
Asylum Seeker Centers Impact
How does living in an asylum center affect the experience of residents and staff? An inspirational session explored how simple interventions can improve the sense of control, self-sufficiency, and social cohesion for families, youth, and staff at Asylum Centers.
Client Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers Year 2018 Location Den Haag
Client Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers Year 2018 Location Den Haag
Balustrade Campus
Investigate how a glass balustrade affects the experience of students and staff in a new university building. Is it safe or not, and does it contribute to the well-being of campus users?
Client TU Delft Year 2018 Location Delft
Client TU Delft Year 2018 Location Delft
Quality of Live Developmentally Disabled
Feedback from user perspective, environmental psychology and healing environment on the drawings for two locations of Elver, housing for people with cognitive and physical disabilities and their families. Provided suggestions to increase hospitality, independence, safety and well-being.
Client Elver Year 2018 Location Arnhem
Client Elver Year 2018 Location Arnhem
Special Needs Housing
To ensure an optimal experience for Ons Dorp (grounds, architecture, interior) for Siza's various client groups and to ensure the well-being and effectiveness of staff in creating a healing environment.
Client Siza Year 2018 Location Arnhem
Client Siza Year 2018 Location Arnhem
Renovation Rehabilitation Center
For the extensive renovation and new construction of Rijndam's main campus, collaborated in sharpening the vision and strategic goals, completing the Program of Requirements, and testing from schematic to final design on aspects of Healing Environment, Family Centered Care, Generative Space, Senior Friendly Design, Self-reliance, and Hospitality.
Client Rijndam Year 2016-2018 Location Rotterdam
Client Rijndam Year 2016-2018 Location Rotterdam
Housing Developmentally Disabled
For the renovation of an existing site, a quick scan was used to map the housing needs of people with severe developmental disabilities by collecting observations and input from various caregivers and stakeholders at a number of Ipse sites.
Client Ipse de Bruggen Year 2015 Location Zwammerdam
Client Ipse de Bruggen Year 2015 Location Zwammerdam
Research Residential Environment Dementia
As a scientist involved in the Art and Science of Dementia Care. A project aimed at improving the living environment of people with dementia at a Cordaan site. Through an integral and interdisciplinary approach, with the participation of caregivers and the latest scientific knowledge, new solutions for living with dementia are being developed.
Client Stimuleringsfonds / Cordaan Year 2014-2015 Location Amsterdam
Client Stimuleringsfonds / Cordaan Year 2014-2015 Location Amsterdam
Standard Concept Assisted Living
Contribution of Evidence Based Design for the construction of five new locations (Apeldoorn, Wekerom, Ermelo, Monster and Julianadorp) of 's Heerenloo and testing whether the new housing concept fits well with the wishes and needs of the specific target group(s), relatives and staff.
Client 's Heerenloo Year 2015-2017 Location Divers
Client 's Heerenloo Year 2015-2017 Location Divers
Quality of Psychogeriatric Housing
How do you design an environment that supports what people with dementia can still do and compensates for what someone can no longer do? We reviewed drawings for new small housing projects for various locations of the Zorgcirkel. This included architecture and interior design, from sight lines to furnishings.
Client Zorgcirkel Year 2012-2014 Location Noord-Holland
Client Zorgcirkel Year 2012-2014 Location Noord-Holland
Research Youngsters with Dementia
Young people with dementia have different wants and needs than older people and therefore require different environments. This research has defined the building blocks needed to create environments where young people with dementia and their families can reach their full potential and receive maximum support.
Client Marenthe Year 2014 Location Amsterdam
Client Marenthe Year 2014 Location Amsterdam
Autism Housing
Testing the design of Swetterhaege's new building for young people with disorders on the autistic spectrum. What are the triggers in the home environment? How do you limit conflicts and encourage independence? How do you make a room with few stimuli but still personal and homely? How can the environment contribute to family involvement?
Client Gemiva Year 2014 Location Zoeterwoude
Client Gemiva Year 2014 Location Zoeterwoude
Psychogeriatrics Central Amsterdam
For Amstelring optimize the design of the new building of the Makroon as a residential/care environment for elderly people with dementia by reviewing the program of requirements, drawings and interior design. Within this framework, search for the best solution to create a safe, homely and stimulating environment for elderly people with dementia and elderly people in need of somatic care.
Client Osira/Amstelring Year 2013 Location Amsterdam
Client Osira/Amstelring Year 2013 Location Amsterdam
Barriers to Workplace Use
A quick scan to identify the barriers to the desired use of the new work environment at KLM's Point of View and to provide advice on how to optimize the use of the workspace. To find out where the bottlenecks are in the new work environment, why flexing is not yet successful, if the concept is understood and if crucial places or facilities are missing.
Client KLM Year 2012-2013 Location Amsterdam
Client KLM Year 2012-2013 Location Amsterdam
Children’s Hospital Interior Vision Document
The interior largely determines the face of Erasmus MC. It influences how people look at the organization and therefore must reflect its values. A corporate identity can make a very important contribution to how a healing environment is perceived. Studio dVO's contribution was to make the new corporate identity flow from Erasmus MC's vision and strategic goals; reflect Erasmus MC's ambitions, culture and core values; be in line with the principles of the Healing Environment; and be embraced by the employees.
Client Erasmus MC Year 2012-2013 Location Rotterdam
Client Erasmus MC Year 2012-2013 Location Rotterdam
Output Specifications New RIVM
Provide a second opinion to the RIVM by reviewing the performance specifications for the new RIVM building. The focus was on supporting work processes and the experience of staff and visitors.
Client RIVM Year 2012 Location Bilthoven
Client RIVM Year 2012 Location Bilthoven
Humane Behavioral Health
Test the preliminary design using healing environment principles for a new acute psychiatric building in Castricum. How can the building contribute to the safety of clients, visitors and staff, and how can we increase autonomy and well-being?
Client PBG Year 2012 Location Castricum
Client PBG Year 2012 Location Castricum
Healing Environment Psychogeriatrics
Feedback on the design of a new hospital for the elderly in Castricum. Test aspects of the healing environment such as safety, independence, wellness, daily activities, hospitality and senior friendliness.
Client PBG Year 2012 Location Castricum
Client PBG Year 2012 Location Castricum
Healing Environment New Hospital
The ambition of the Laurentius Hospital Roermond (LZR) was to ensure that the new construction and renovation of the outpatient clinics, hotfloor and nursing departments would optimally meet the wishes and needs of the various patients, visitors and staff. Studio dVO's contribution was to check at every stage of the design process, from initiation to realization, whether what the client had in mind was actually realized. By applying knowledge in the field of Healing Environment, Evidence Based Design and Generative Space, the final result was optimized.
Client Laurentius Ziekenhuis Roermond Year 2012 Location Roermond
Client Laurentius Ziekenhuis Roermond Year 2012 Location Roermond
Patient Centred Care
Reviewing the vision document, specifications, structural plans and concept drawings for the new Amphia Ziekenhuis building for user-friendliness in the broadest sense. How will patients, visitors and staff be best served, and how will design choices affect the experience and well-being of different users?
Client Amphia Ziekenhuis Year 2012 Location Breda
Client Amphia Ziekenhuis Year 2012 Location Breda
Healing Environment Children’s Hospital
The goal of the new Juliana Children's Hospital was to become a healing environment for children, parents and staff. My contribution as a member of the 4clients consortium was to transfer this knowledge and secure it in the design by applying the principles of Evidence Based Design and Healing Environments.
Client Consortium 4clients / cepezed Year 2012 Location Den Haag
Client Consortium 4clients / cepezed Year 2012 Location Den Haag
Experience Psychogeriatric Ward
A hallway that unsettles residents with dementia and encourages them to run away often leads to more medication and an additional burden on caregivers. Researched and advised on creating meaningful destinations for residents and camouflaging exits in a nursing home for seniors with dementia.
Client Myosotis Year 2011 Location Kampen
Client Myosotis Year 2011 Location Kampen
Psychogeriatric Residential Center
Tested the design against 8 critical success factors for creating a comfortable living environment for people with dementia and applied these Healing Environment principles to the interior of the new home for elderly people with dementia.
Client Tektor Architecten Year 2011 Location Zoetermeer
Client Tektor Architecten Year 2011 Location Zoetermeer
GP Practice Optimization
Advice on the implementation of Healing Environment principles for the interior of the renovation of a general practice in Amsterdam. Key aspects were sight lines, hospitality, safety, distraction and comfort.
Client Roelof Hart Year 2011 Location Amsterdam
Client Roelof Hart Year 2011 Location Amsterdam
Hospitality Physiotherapy Practice
Consulting on the implementation of Healing Environment principles for the interior of a physiotherapy practice in Amsterdam.
Client Corpus Vitae Year 2011 Location Amsterdam
Client Corpus Vitae Year 2011 Location Amsterdam
Eating Disorders Clinic Hospitality
Advice on the implementation of Healing Environment principles for the new building of an eating disorder clinic in Oegstgeest. How do you ensure that a building reinforces the purpose of the clinic by taking into account the specific needs and vulnerabilities of this target group
Client Hevo Year 2011 Location Oegstgeest
Client Hevo Year 2011 Location Oegstgeest
Patient Centered Medical Center
Commissioned by CEAN to supplement the requirements program with user wishes and to test the design of the Medical Center Alkmaar (MCA) on healing environment principles such as safety, efficiency and user-friendliness for patients, staff and visitors.
Client CEAN Year 2011 Location Naarden
Client CEAN Year 2011 Location Naarden
Healing Children’s Oncology Center
How do you ensure that a child with cancer, his or her parents and siblings can continue to lead a normal life as much as possible? Participation in a tender with the DJGA about the future of the Nederlands Kinder Oncologisch Centre.
Client dJGA Year 2011 Location Rotterdam
Client dJGA Year 2011 Location Rotterdam
Optimizing Outpatient Clinics
In consultation with user representatives and the architect, provide feedback on the draft design for the new construction of the Oncology, Internal Medicine, Vascular and Knowledge Center Outpatient Clinics at Rijnstate Hospital. The feedback consisted of applying the principles of Healing Environment and Evidence Based Design and showing the consequences of design choices for the well-being of patients, visitors and staff.
Client Rijnstate Year 2011 Location Arnhem
Client Rijnstate Year 2011 Location Arnhem
Healing Rehab Center
Second opinion on the design and layout of a new addiction treatment clinic based on the principles of the Healing Environment. The existing design, where the entrance plaza would double as a patio and garden for patients, would, in my opinion, undermine the clinic's goal of patient recovery. The decision to enter addiction treatment is usually a major barrier for patients. Once made, it should be rewarded with a safe, welcoming, friendly environment where a person can stay until he or she is strong enough to leave the clinic.
Providing an enclosed yard where one can relax, unload, and smoke is part of this. A front yard is not enough, because that is where all the temptations of society are, from which someone needs to be temporarily protected. You cross the threshold of the front door only when you are ready and able to smoke a cigarette. On my advice, this was changed by moving the entrance and creating an enclosed garden where the patients could be safe.
Client PBG Year 2010 Location Den Haag
Providing an enclosed yard where one can relax, unload, and smoke is part of this. A front yard is not enough, because that is where all the temptations of society are, from which someone needs to be temporarily protected. You cross the threshold of the front door only when you are ready and able to smoke a cigarette. On my advice, this was changed by moving the entrance and creating an enclosed garden where the patients could be safe.
Client PBG Year 2010 Location Den Haag
Checklist Acute Psychiatry
Conducted research on the experiences of patients, visitors and staff in an acute psychiatric ward. Based on this, we developed a checklist for implementing Healing Environment principles in a future new acute psychiatric building.
Client PBG Year 2010 Location Den Haag
Client PBG Year 2010 Location Den Haag
Healing Environment Medisch Spectrum
Commissioned by IAA Architects to review the entire design of the new Medical Spectrum Twente hospital in terms of healing environment principles, experience, safety and efficiency for patients, visitors and staff.
Client IAA Architecten Year 2010 Location Enschede
Client IAA Architecten Year 2010 Location Enschede
Evidence Based Children’s Hospital
As a member of the design team at EwingCole Architects, responsible for implementing a healing environment for patients, parents, family, visitors and staff by ensuring environmental psychology in vision, PVE, design and layout.
Client EwingCole Year 2005 – 2007 Location Sioux Falls (South Dakota, USA)
Client EwingCole Year 2005 – 2007 Location Sioux Falls (South Dakota, USA)
Research Healing Hospital
A move to a new building is a unique moment in an organization's history and provides a unique opportunity to explore the impact of the new building on the well-being of patients, visitors and staff compared to the old locations. Through interviews, observations, and questionnaires at the old and new locations, the impact (both positive and negative) of the hospital environment on the well-being of patients, visitors, and staff was mapped and compared.
Client Martini Ziekenhuis Year 2007-2009 Location Groningen
Client Martini Ziekenhuis Year 2007-2009 Location Groningen
Post Occupancy Evaluation Children’s Hospital
How do you know if a building does what it is supposed to do? We conducted a brief post-occupancy evaluation for EwingCole to determine if the design of the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital met the expectations of employees, patients, parents, and visitors.
Client EwingCole Year 2006 Location New York (NY USA)
Client EwingCole Year 2006 Location New York (NY USA)
Healing Environment Dissertation Research
For my doctoral research, I conducted a before-and-after measurement of the experiences of patients, parents, staff, and visitors at the new and old MFCH. Based on this, I developed a model for Holistic Healing Environments that can be used for future research and advice on how to improve hospitals.
Client MFCH Year 2002-2005 Location New York
Client MFCH Year 2002-2005 Location New York
Schoolyard Wishes Students
Worked with students at Brunswick Boys School to develop a program of needs for their new outdoor playground with the architectural firm Skidmore Owings.
Client Brunswick Boys School Year 2003 Location Greenwich (Conneticut, USA)
Client Brunswick Boys School Year 2003 Location Greenwich (Conneticut, USA)
Office Innovation ING House
Together with Dries van Wagenberg, we developed and implemented an innovative and flexible office design concept for ING's headquarters. The E-market concept was developed to effectively manage changes within and between departments, to make more efficient use of space, to provide better facilities and to encourage cross-fertilization. From fixed desks and private or shared rooms to shared desks in flexible zones with a wide range of facilities to support work processes.
Client ING House Year 2000-2002 Location Amsterdam
Client ING House Year 2000-2002 Location Amsterdam
Smoke-free Schiphol
Project Manager 'Schiphol non-smoking', design and communication around the smoke-free Schiphol Airport. How do you encourage people to change their behavior and how do you put up signs without getting in the way of signage or advertising?
Client Schiphol Year 1999 Location Schiphol
Client Schiphol Year 1999 Location Schiphol
Daycare Centers Research Space Needed
Research on the use of space by children in daycare centers with the aim of evaluating and revising the 3m2 per child space standard, commissioned by VOG Small Capital.
Client VOG Klein Kapitaal Year 1996 Location Utrecht
Client VOG Klein Kapitaal Year 1996 Location Utrecht
