Samenvatting

A hospice for the terminally ill amid the buzzing and lively city center of Eindhoven, next to a bar district and a city square, yet also bordering on a green river zone. The set program for a hospice is extended with a diversified program, including social and recreational spaces open to the public and guestrooms for extra-curricular visitors. The hospice is housed in a new vertical extension to the casco of a former courthouse, with ample social spaces and adjustable private rooms. The severe modern style of the atrium in the courthouse is transformed by a newly designed set of staircases that access the landings up to the highest level under a glass rooftop. On the ground floor a large outdoor terrace and a teahouse, restaurant, and poolroom invite the public in, and provide meeting opportunities with the guests of the hospice