CASE STUDY OVERVIEW ALZHEIMERS VILLAGE NORD ARCHITECTS PARAMETERS

ORIENTATION

GEOMETRY

CIRCULATION

Recognisable surroundings help patients orient themselves and adjust to newer spaces. Local building style used. No obstructive or alienating elements present; this exhibits continuity in circulation.

Strategically located in the masterplan on the primary circulation path.

WAYFINDING

Recognisable surroundings help patients orient themselves and adjust to newer spaces.

Corridors opening into the atrium with a near-ambulatory circulation which helps students orient themselves indoors.

Seamless integration of indoors and outdoors.

NATURE

The built environment is integrated with natural landscape which elevates mood.

Garden connects indoors and outdoors through large openings extending into campus pathways.

Expressed through extensive views of the gardens and use of oak in the interior evoking a sense of calmness.

Outdoor spaces as extension of classrooms & openings frame the landscape; response to visual and olfactory senses.

COLOURS

Use of glass and translucent walls for ensures maximum natural light and frames outdoor views throughout the day.

Use of primary colours uplifts mood of students and acts as micro-wayfinding elements.

Circular windows providing outdoor views to landscape. Ample daylight through multiple large windows and atrium space.

Expressed as materials responding to the visual and haptic systems. Volumes created are suitable for children, not imposing. Ample daylight through multiple openings of various sizes.