The safe house, the residence monochromatic community for residents with mental disabilities designed by Mohn + Bouman is in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands, the interaction of the building and of its inhabitants with the environment is governed by a white concrete platform, densely planted a screen of birches. Surrounding the building and its backgarden. In summer, trees provide shade in winter, they lose their leaves, allowing more light to enter the building. The building itself is dressed in black concrete elements.
On the corner of the building, the platform is raised white to introduce a large, wide open angle, the interaction with the surrounding space public. Here's a great social meeting and eating are dominant with related facilities. The main entrance is right here, right on the fold of the concrete platform. To guide the people inside, the fold is extented a rotating wall that leads to a connection to the organic form of an atrium on the first floor giving access to independent housing and a roof over the entry.
On the corner of the building, the platform is raised white to introduce a large, wide open angle, the interaction with the surrounding space public. Here's a great social meeting and eating are dominant with related facilities. The main entrance is right here, right on the fold of the concrete platform. To guide the people inside, the fold is extented a rotating wall that leads to a connection to the organic form of an atrium on the first floor giving access to independent housing and a roof over the entry.
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