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REMODEL FOR SUCCESS -CREATE VIBRANT COMMUNITY SPACES
Get the most bang for your buck
Today’s Challenges Reduced Occupancy Tight Budget Aging Facilities Aging Facility Population Discerning Consumers
Findings Based on 2009 Post Occupancy Evaluations with the Seattle AIA Design for Aging Committee
PARK SHORE, SEATTLE EVALUATION TEAM
HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLE EVALUATION TEAM
The most critical factor for seniors selecting where they want to live is …A Sense of Community
Longevity is also related to social connections
Result #1
What do People Want as they Age?
People want to continue to enjoy their lifestyle…So with decreased energy &
mobility… Bring their lifestyle to them.Create “Vibrant Community Spaces”
Design has a critical role to play
Result #2 - How do you Create “Vibrant Social Space”?
WASHINGTON OAKES, EVERETT, WA.
Central Central hub
where people come & go.
Abundance of natural light from multiple sides.
Variety of light fixtures.
What Makes a Vibrant Social Space?
WASHINGTON OAKES, EVERETT, WA.
Comfortable seating –a variety of seating options.
People watching opportunity.
A people draw – coffee, food, activities, other people.
What Makes a Vibrant Social Space?
Central Hub Elements
Central Hub Elements
Result #3 - What were the most popular“Vibrant Social Spaces”?
PARK PLACE, SEATTLEMITHUN
Bistro Cafe
VIBRANT COMMUNITY ENTRY Vibrant Community EntryModerate sized community of 150 residents, 3 floors:
Central point of entry & circulation.
Vibrancy of community is readily visible from entry.
Reception is discretely to the side.
• Popular Fire Side Lounge on axis with entry but at a spacious distance
Our study suggests that the most effective places to remodel are :
Front Entry
Central Commons & Hub of Community
VIBRANT ENTRY
THE SUMMITMITHUN
SOPHISTICATED
PROTECTING
BRIGHT
VIBRANT ENTRY
SAGE ARCHITECTURAL ALLIANCEWHILE AT MITHUN
VIBRANT ENTRY
SAGE ARCHITECTURAL ALLIANCE WHILE AT MITHUN
INNOVATIONS that foster relationships with the general multi-age community
Ankrom Moisan
Living Care, YakimaAnkrom Moisan
Central location Bistro-Café with good food. Great space with light from high clerestories windows
Living Care, YakimaAnkrom Moisan
Intergenerational Space• Residents• Family members• Employees from neighboring businesses who have discovered the lunch venue
Living Care, YakimaAnkrom Moisan
Third Place Books, Seattle
Third Place Books, Seattle
Integration
with Market
Housing &
Mixed Use
MERRILL GARDENS, SEATTLERUNBERG ARCHITECTURE
Ankrom Moisan
Village Center Concept
Ankrom Moisan
Living Care, YakimaAnkrom Moisan
Central location Bistro-Café with good food. Great space with light from high clerestories windows
Living Care, YakimaAnkrom Moisan
Result #4 - Vibrant Social SpacesIn high acuity & dementia care?
HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLENBBJ
Alternative to the Nurse Station
How to Keep Seniors in their Independent Units?
Fanno Creak, ORElite Care
Recommendations to update and add value to Skilled Nursing :
1. A welcoming vibrant entry 2. A “greenhouse- style” kitchen-dining- activity space serving 12 to 24 residents that provide social connection with cooks, caregivers, and residents. 3. Remove the nurse station 4. Conceal all institutional elements that can not be eliminated.
Creating Vibrant Community SpaceIn skilled nursing?
THE MOUNT ST. VINCENT, SEATTLEDYKE TURNER ARCHITECT
Supported Living
HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLENBBJ
HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLENBBJ
BELLETTINIWATTENBARGER ARCHITECTS
Demonstration Kitchen
PERKINS EASTMAN
SECHRIST DESIGNWATTENBARGER
ANGEL WINGS
And now Melinda Sechrist will give her perspective of how to get the most value in a remodel.
We visited communities that had almost every type of imaginable amenity space distributed throughout the community – but these spaces were largely empty- that’s not vibrancy. We found the vibrant spaces almost exclusively at the central hub where the right design steps were taken