The nonprofit organization Vijvens built a new residential care center in Kruisem, in the Marolle neighborhood: Waegebrughe. Two buildings were constructed on the Waegebrughe campus: one to the west and one to the east of the church.

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In total, the facility included sixty nursing home beds, twenty service apartments, thirty assisted living units or care apartments, a day care center with fifteen spots, nine short-stay rooms, two overnight care rooms, and a center for people with early-onset dementia, as well as administrative and communal areas, a commercial kitchen, and technical and other support facilities.

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The large-scale project also includes a local service center with a community restaurant, a wellness center for seniors, and a daycare center. This helps forge connections with the neighborhood and local organizations.

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Ingenium was responsible for the comprehensive engineering study, including sustainability assessments and EPB reporting.

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Study, design, bid documents, construction supervision, commissioning upon completion, and budget control for the following systems: elevators, HVAC, kitchen, plumbing, and electrical systems.

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In terms of sustainability, the following interventions toward reusable energy are planned:

• BEO field with passive cooling and a heat pump for heating
• Charging stations for electric vehicles
• For the residential units: floor-level stations with separate heat exchangers and energy metering
• Combined Heat and Power (does use gas, though…)

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Design flexibility was achieved in the following way:

• Each building is equipped with substations for the building services
• Each building is equipped with a large number of utility shafts so that expansions can be easily added
• The distribution of the building's systems is centralized through a horizontal distribution system in the basement, which then runs vertically upward to the upper floors through the ducts.

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