Brandevoort is a neighbourhood of

Helmond Helmond (; called ''Héllemond'' in the local dialect) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of N ...

in the

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, located in the south-west of the municipality, just north of

Mierlo Mierlo is a town in the southern Netherlands, in the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo, North Brabant. Until 2004, it was a separate municipality with an area of . Mierlo is home to a few interesting buildings, for example the old Council house and ...

. It is a

Vinex-location Vinex (''"Vierde Nota Ruimtelijke Ordening Extra"''; ''Fourth Memorandum on Extra Spacial Planning'') is a policy briefing note of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (''Ministry of VROM'') that was released in 19 ...

and was built according to the principles of

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and

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. As of 1 January 2014, the neighbourhood is home to approximately 9,000 people living in a total of 3,000 houses and apartments. The farmland had previously been part of Mierlo, but was annexed by Helmond in 1995. The overall plan of the projected Vinex neighbourhood was designed and guarded by the architects Paul van Beek (Paul van Beek landschappen BNT Amsterdam),

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and Christoph Kohl (K·K Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, Berlin, now Christoph Kohl Stadtplaner Architekten GmbH), and Maarten Ouwens (Wissing Stedenbouw bv Barendrecht), in collaboration with Grontmij (with Jan Nijhof and Mariëlle Kok). Construction started around 1997 and is scheduled to finish in 2017. The neighbourhood will then have a population of approximately 18,000 and a total of 6.000 houses and apartments. Brandevoort is built around a central “fortress” called ''De Veste'' (“The Stronghold”), built in the style of the old cities like Amsterdam and other cities that started as a fortress (see maps of Brandevoort). Around this central core, there are the three small quarters of Schutsboom, Brand and Stepekolk, collectively called ''De Buitens'' ("The Outers"). These are built to have an atmosphere referred as "

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se gezelligheid" ("Brabantian cosiness/homeliness"). Although fitting together in the master plan, like in organically grown cities, these small villages have their own urban identity. In the centre of Brandevoort there is a small scale commercial area with several shops and a sizeable supermarket. There are a health care center, a community center, children day care and two primary schools. Brandevoort also has its own uniquely designed railway station, Helmond Brandevoort, which was built in the same style as the neighbourhood.

References

External links

* (in Dutch)
Nieuwbouw Brandevoort
(in Dutch)
Brandevoort – Masterplan
(in German) {{coord, 51, 28, N, 5, 37, E, display=title, region:NL_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in North Brabant Helmond Planned municipal developments New Urbanism communities New Classical architecture