From Chapel to Healing Centre | Bureau Fraai

Bureau Fraai designs a psychological practice with a ‘labyrinth’ pattern floor in a monumental chapel in the city centre of Amsterdam. There have been several projects of adaptive reuse. But this one beats them all! Bureau Fraai converts the monumental chapel ‘de Nieuwe Sint Jacob’ that was once part of a mental institution in Amsterdam, into a multicultural psychological practice. The practice distinguishes itself from others by offering treatments in multiple languages, with a special focus on Latin languages. The ‘labyrinth’ patterned floor and mainly circular materials, carefully embracing the existing monumental interior by respecting and preserving the beautiful characteristics […]