Kinderpsychiatrisch Centrum

For the Child Psychiatry Centre in Genk, Osar looked for the small-scale within a large nursing home organisation that acts as a transit centre for children, adolescents and their families. The project provides a balance between overview and restriction.

The various residential communities (catering for twenty-six children), therapy rooms and sports facilities are distributed over six wings below ground level that meet in a central amorphous space. The flat green roof is at the level of the surrounding site. The areas accessible to the public are on top of the green roof. The communities function as separate entities – compact rooms are positioned around an inward-looking living room for the children and their parents.

Author: Caroline Voet. This text has been published in the Architecture Review Flanders N°11. Embedded Architecture.