Bakkie040

Bakkie040 is an initiative from Springplank that provides a working experience as baristas for ex-homeless. Together with Trudo, providing housing for the worker, Bakkie040 serves as a training coffee bar and help them constructing their life back with a home and a job.
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Bakkie040 is an initiative by Springplank that offers work experience as baristas to formerly homeless people. Together with Trudo, which provides housing for the workers, Bakkie040 serves as a training coffee bar that helps people rebuild their lives with a home and a job.This social initiative fitted the spirit of Plug-in-City very well, so it was decided to make it an extension of Plug-in-City, built with the same circular mindset on Ketelhuisplein, in the heart of Strijp-S.

Bygg Architecture & Design was responsible for both the design and production of the building and the interior, including the furniture. The exterior is made of three reused shipping containers and glass panels, also repurposed from the nearby Het Veem building. The design allows these elements to be easily detached and moved elsewhere.

The interior and furniture pieces are carefully detailed in pine plywood, harvested from the exhibition 100 Jaar Groot Eindhoven.Artist Tijs Rooijakkers sculpted the double turning hands in front.This social initiative was very well fitting the spirit of Plug-in-City so it was decided to make it an extension of Plug-in-city, built in the same circular mindset on Ketelhuisplein, in the heart of Strijp-S.

Bygg architecture & design was responsible for both the design and the production of the building itself and the interior including the furniture. The exterior is made of 3 reused shipping containers and glass panels also repurposed from a nearby building Het Veem. The design allows them to be easily detached and be easily moved elsewhere. The interior and the pieces of furniture are carefully detailed from pine plywood, which were harvested from an exhibition 100 Jaar Groot Eindhoven.

Artist Tijs Rooijakkers sculpted the double turning hands in front.