Best Alzheimers home designs for Global Awards shortlisted
LOS ANGELES: The shortlist for the best Alzheimers housing design has been declared.
Over 250 designs have been considered by the awards secretariat. One of the finalists in this category is shown above.
Appleby Blue meets the street with a fully-glazed two-storey volume, creating a light-filled entrance and porch and a visual connection through to a double-height garden room.
Once inside, the ground floor contains a variety of communal functions including a community kitchen, cookery school, hairdressers and lounge.
The apartments themselves surround a central courtyard garden, designed by Grant Associates and conceived as an “abstract woodland glade” with a cascading water feature, trees and flower beds.
Each level overlooks this space from a communal, street-like paved walkway off which each apartment is entered. This features places to sit and socialise and is lined with oak-framed sliding screens.
“The acoustics of the space coupled with the sound of the water feature combine to create a relaxing, sanctuary-like space for residents and visitors, whilst remaining just a few feet away from the local transport links that connect them into the city,” said the studio.
Towards the rear of the site the block steps down to two storeys, topped by a garden with raised beds for growing herbs, fruits, vegetables and flowers.
Witherford Watson Mann recently featured on the shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2023 for its “studious and bold” renovation of The Courtauld Gallery in London.
The Global Award winner will be announced in November in London. (Globals)