Transformation of a former youth prison into social housing. Part of a larger area development for 200 dwellings
Eikenstein is an area development on the site of a former youth prison in Zeist. The historic core of this prison has heritage value and will kept and transformed into social appartments with room for inhabitants with a need for (mental) health care. Additional collective spaces form a new heart for the residential neighbourhood and extend into a collective garden. This ‘social infrastructure’ is designed to connect the different inhabitants of the neighbourhood and improve the outlook for the inhabitants with a mental health diagnosis. Around 200 appartments and (semi-) detached houses wil be realised. Urban Frameworks
Collaboration & credits
Client: Plegt-Vos, EarthY
Role: concept development and integration of social program (2021-2023)
Team: SVP (urbanism + architecture), Deltavormgroep (landscape), 1meter 98 (heritage), Zecc (apartment buildings)
Status: Construction phase
Website: https://eikensteinzeist.nl/
