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Voorstee Groeiplaats: from community garden to urban farm

Voorstee groeiplaats

From community garden to urban farm

Voorstee is the umbrella foundation for green initiatives in the Brandevoort neighborhood. As one of the initiators within Brainport Smart District, the foundation is developing a city farm in The district of the future: a multifunctional center for a social and sustainable Helmond.

New location

The community garden that the foundation laid out a few years ago in Brandevoort has already been given a new location in The district of the future. Residents of Brandevoort are already hard at work in the BSD office farm. The foundation also organizes activities here such as the Pizza Garden, where groups can bake their own pizzas.

City farm

Eventually, Voorstee wants to realize a city farm. The city farm is the inspiration and connection place for residents in the field of circular living. Brandevoort residents can come here for advice and can participate in a ‘climate adventure’ to become aware of the challenge we face as a society. In doing so, the foundation wants to give the climate transition a boost. The city farm will also be a physical meeting place, social workplace and connecting factor.

Interested in the neighborhood garden? Just to have a look, or to help out yourself? Go to the Voorstee website.

OWNER PROJECT

Voorstee

PARTNERS

BSD

PROGRAMME LINES

Socia and safe district | Heatlhy district

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Voorstee

Modular and sustainable homes in Telkesveld

telkesveld

Modular and sustainable homes in Telkesveld

The district of the future welcomed its first residents in spring 2022. Developer mHome is building a total of 52 homes in Telkesveld. These are modular, sustainable and comfortable 3-room homes, suitable for 1 or 2-person households. The prefabricated rental homes are made exclusively of sustainable and natural materials. The starting point is to develop buildings that are circular, energy-efficient and comfortable. As a result, an ‘mHome’ has a healthy indoor climate and a direct positive impact on both the mental and physical health of its occupants.

Social innovation

When it comes to the development of the Telkesveld neighborhood, everything revolves around the residents. Indeed, everyone is welcome and residents can add something to the community in their own way. Examples include maintaining a communal garden, doing chores for neighbors and contributing ideas on the layout of the communal space located in the neighborhood. Together with the residents, mHome builds a neighborhood in which local residents seek each other out to shape their living environment and bring it to life. This ensures that the Telkesveld project fits in very well with The district of the future.

Modular building method

The nonsubsidised rental homes come in two housing layout types. Both types have an area of about 52 square meters. Only the layout differs, as the homes are built stepwise with the modules placed on top of each other. The homes are modular and easy to link together, similar to building with Lego bricks. A high degree of standardization is combined with flexibility and creativity. In addition, the mHomes are easily repositionable and reusable, so a unit that first functions as a visitor center, for example, can later be used as a home or a home can be converted into an office.

For more information about the homes and registrations, visit the Telkesveld website.