The Knarrenhof Foundation builds custom-made retirement \u2018villages\u2019 comprising owner-occupied and social housing for senior citizens. The elderly live there independently around a courtyard garden and enjoy a communal \u2018Hofhuys\u2019 and a close-knit social network.<\/p>\n","text_right":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":false,"caption":"Knarrenhof Zwolle","variation":"left"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":false,"caption":"Knarrenhof Gouda","variation":"right"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","variation":"left_right","no_padding":false,"text_left":"
Residents of a Knarrenhof are self-reliant and active. They want to stay that way for as long as possible. If necessary, they can call on each other\u2019s help for an errand or a ride to the doctor\u2019s office. They work in the garden together, and organize outings.<\/p>\n
On average these residents are less lonely and less reliant on regular or informal care. This is due to the combination of the archetypal courtyard shape, the meeting spaces and the certainty that support is close at hand.<\/p>\n
Living in a Knarrenhof fills the vacuum left by cuts in elderly care. Home and informal care, the government\u2019s solution, simply is not enough for the growing number of senior citizens who do not want to wither away in an apartment building or assisted living facility.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"facts","variation":"numbers","steps":{"steps_items":false},"numbers":{"steps_items":[{"number":"8","text":"completed\/under construction"},{"number":"41","text":"under development"},{"number":"31500","text":"interested parties"}]}},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":false,"caption":"","variation":"full-left"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","variation":"left_right","no_padding":false,"text_left":"
To build a Knarrenhof, we select locations in existing districts with a pharmacy, a supermarket and public transport within walking distance. We ask future inhabitants what their Knarrenhof should look like.<\/p>\n
This form of co-creation brings people together, even before the first stone has been laid. Residents like to contribute ideas about the architecture or the type of front door. Together, we determine the design of their living environment.<\/p>\n
All dwellings are lifelong homes and can include a bathroom and bedroom on the ground floor. The space on the first floor can be converted into a bedroom, guest room or hobby room. We discuss their housing needs with future residents and adapt the layout accordingly.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":false,"caption":"","variation":"full-right"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","variation":"left","no_padding":false,"text_left":"
Many initiatives are currently under development across the Netherlands. The information evenings show that in many cases the children of interested parties live more than a half-hour drive away and, partly because of this, cannot regularly attend when help is needed.<\/p>\n
A number of Knarrenhoven have already been completed: in Zwolle, Hardenberg, Hasselt, Zeewolde, Zutphen and Gouda. The latter two are the first multi-storey Knarrenhoven.<\/p>\n","text_right":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_image","disable_crop":false,"sticky_text":false,"image":false,"image_landscape":false,"full_image":false,"image_location":"left","text_top":"
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\nresident Knarrenhof<\/p>\n","bottom_link":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","variation":"left_right","no_padding":false,"text_left":"
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\nStichting Knarrenhof<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFokke de Vries<\/a>, Jurjen Rijpkema<\/a>, Arjan Wever<\/a>, Eerde Schippers, Trude de Vroomen<\/a>, Olof Schonewille, <\/a>Hains Bosma<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRufus de Vries<\/p>\n
\n2017 (Zwolle)
\n2022 (Gouda)<\/p>\n