Adaptable without breaking or demolition
Commissioned by the Limburg Cicero Care Group, 99 homes for the elderly are being installed on the basis of Qbix®. They will be located in Amstenrade, where Holland Composites, the company behind Qbix®, built a pilot home three years ago. This was extensively tested, also by future residents.
“If you compare the enormous amounts of materials such as concrete and steel that are used for buildings with the tasks we face in terms of sustainability, climate and circularity, it is key to perform more with less material in this enormously environmentally damaging construction industry,” says Sven Erik Janssen, commercial director of Holland Composites.
A big plus for healthcare, according to Janssen, is that the homes are easily and quickly adaptable thanks to the flexible Qbix® system. This is also necessary given the constantly changing care requirements. For example, if the beds are widened, this does not pose a problem if residents have to be transported to a treatment location with bed and all. The doorways can be easily adapted to, without breaking or demolition. “We just change the bricks. With that, we achieve a tremendously high percentage of reuse.”
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