Architecture of & for the LGBTIQ Young-Old by e. mecredy

ARCHITECTURE OF & FOR THE L . G . B. T. I . Q. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex & Questioning

YOUNG- OLD

PART ONE: WIDER TRANSFORMATIONS IN ‘AGEING’ > THIRD AGE - FOURTH AGE / YOUNG OLD - OLD OLD > RETIREMENT/ CARE TYPOLOGIES > AGEING-IN-PLACE > AGEING LGBTIQ DISCOURSE

PART TWO: UNBUILT & BUILT > A SURVEY OF SPECULATIVE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE LGBTIQ YOUNG-OLD > A SURVEY OF ARCHITECTURE FOR THE LGBTIQ YOUNG-OLD & OLD-OLD Absolute Abstract Modern Eye Open House PHAG Spruce Street Video on 12th Moda Botanica Doggie Style Happily Ever After Provenance Inc Show of Hands Hello Home Giovanni’s Room Duross & Langel

215-733-0190 absoluteabstractart.com 215-922-3300 modern-eye.com 215-922-1415 openhouseliving.com 215-627-0461 thephagshop.com 215-54-MOVIE 215-906-0275 modabotanica.com 215-545-4100 doggiestyle2.com 215-627-5790 happily.com 215-733-9338 215-592-4010 215-545-7060 shophelloworld.com 215-923-2960 giovannisroom.com 215-592-7627 durossandlangel.com

Bindi Restaurant Brew Ha Ha Capogiro Gelato Artisans El Vez Knock Lolita Mercato Raw Sushi & Sake Lounge More Than Just Ice Cream Mixto Valanni Naked Chocolate Café Terra Joe Pesce

215-922-6061 bindibyob.com 215-893-5680 brewhaha.com 215-351-0900 capogirogelato.com 215-928-9800 elvezrestaurant.com 215-925-1166 knockphilly.com 215-546-7100 lolitabyob.com 215-985-2962 mercatobyob.com 215-238-1903 rawlounge.net 215-574-0586 215-592-0363 tierramixtophilly.com 215-790-9494 valanni.com 215-735-7310 nakedchocolatecafe.com 215-545-0900 tavernoncamac.com 215-829-4400 joepescerestaurant.com

Sisters Restaurant/Nightclub The Bike Stop Woody’s 12th Air Command Tavern on Camac Q Lounge Westbury Voyeur Nightclub Uncle’s Upstairs Venture JR’s Lounge

215-735-0735 sistersnightclub.com 215-627-1662 thebikestop.com 215-545-1893 woodysbar.com 215-545-8088 12thair.com 215-545-0900 tavernoncamac.com 215-732-1800 qphilly.com 215-546-5170 westburybarandrestaurant.com 215-735-5772 voyeurnightclub.com 215-546-6660 215-545-8731 viphilly.com

Groom 12th Street Gym Fusion: Heart.Muscle.Mind Lion’s Mane Charlie Salon Cut Salon K Andre Richard Salon

215-545-2626 215-985-4092 215-733-0633 215-925-0366 215-923-3123 215-545-3930 215-545-1880 215-735-1590

Alexander Inn The Independent Hotel

215-923-3535 alexanderinn.com 215-772-1440 theindependenthotel.com

PART THREE: UNPACKING AGENDAS

Research completed for CHT Architects, Melbourne 2015 by Esther Mecredy

William Way Community Center 215-732-2220 Mazzoni Center 215-563-0652

groomphilly.com 12streetgym.com fusioncrosstraining.com

cuthairsalon.com andrerichardsalon.com

waygay.org mazzonicenter.org

> REPACKAGING THE SUN CITY AS A GAY UTOPIA > A “GAY-FRIENDLY” STAMP ON EXISTING RETIREMENT TYPOLOGIES > LGBT ORGANIZATIONS AS PROPERTY DEVELOPER/LANDLORD > THE VALUE OF THE ‘GAYBOURHOOD’

> THIRD AGE - FOURTH AGE

The ‘Third-age’ was defined by social historian Peter Laslett in A Fresh Map of Life: The Emergence of the Third Age. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989)& discussed in relation to architecture by Deane Simpson in “Third Age Urbanism: Retirement Utopias of the Young Old”, (ETH, 2010), 12.

> YOUNG OLD - OLD OLD Term coined by gerontologist Bernice Neugarten in 1974

Increasing longevity and a low birth rate has led to a skewing of the age structure of the population. As this large cohort reach retirement, special consideration has been given to the shift between working adult and senior citizen. “THE

TRADITIONAL NOTION OF ‘OLDAGE’ HAS BIFURCATED BETWEEN THE AILING AND DEPENDENT ‘OLD-OLD’ (THE FOURTH AGE) AND A NEW AND RAPIDLY EXPANDING POPULATION OF HEALTHY AND INDEPENDENT ‘YOUNG-OLD’ (THE THIRD AGE).” This ‘Third-age’ has become synonymous with the framing of the Baby Boomer cohort. The identity of the Baby Boomer is as much a cultural construction as it is an age cohort; with a large differentiation in affluence, longevity, education and ethnicity.

For the Boomers, retirement and old age are what their parents had and differentiating themselves from this by inventing alternative identities and lifestyles is highly important. In the satisfying of this new identity there is a rejection of age associated activities and retirement typologies. Baby Boomers are searching for living options beyond the retirement-village model and pursuits beyond being diverted to the bowling or golf club.

> The Baby Boomers are often described as a “disconnected generation”2, a collective of individualists, and it is increasingly suggested that their perception of ageing sits in opposition to this autonomy. Thus as they age they will seek to differentiate themselves from an old-age cohort, developing alternative identities, activities and living conditions.

THE CAPITALIST

THE GAMER

2. Julia Huber and Paul Skidmore, “The New Old: Why Baby Boomers Won’t be Pensioned Off”, Demos (2003): 67, http://www.demos.co.uk/ files/thenewold.pdf.

THE STUDENT THE JETSETTER

THE NANNY

THE FASHIONISTA

THEREFORE THEY SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS ANOTHER ‘URBAN TRIBE’ OR ‘YOUNG-OLD’ IDENTITY TO BE DESIGNED FOR. ALTHOUGH THEY BRING THEIR OWN SPECIFICITIES, THEIR INDIVIDUALISM MAKES THEM A HIGHLY DIFFERENTIATED COHORT. (embodying all or none of the above)

THE LGBTIQ-ER THE ACTIVIST

THE BEAUTY THE ARTIST

THE URBANITE

THE PERFORMER

THE ATHLETE

THE NEW-OLD

AGEING LGBTIQ-ERS ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM THE DESIRE TO REDEFINE AGEING, THE SEARCH FOR NEW IDENTITY IN THE ‘THIRD AGE’ & THE PURSUIT OF PERSONAL FREEDOM THROUGH LEISURE & CONSUMPTION.

> Although caricatures of the Baby Boomers’ interests / activities, THESE IDENTITIES ARE BEING REALISED & CONSTRUCTED

THE JETSETTER

Round the world cruise (13 weeks)

£ 4,387

Renting in London (13 weeks )

£5,037

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ cruises/cruise-news/11357243/Meetthe-86-year-old-widow-whos-spent-10years-living-on-a-cruise-ship.html

Retirement village: A$300,000 + living costs/ yr A$50,000

THE STUDENT

THE ARTIST

Cruise Retirement: A$200,000 +living costs/yr A$50,000

Headline: Artwork and retirement home for Ramses Shaffy “Ramses Shaffy gets its own work of art in Amsterdam. 36 artists today presented their design for a piece in the future Vijzelgracht metro station. There are also plans for a Ramses Shaffy House, a residential care center for elderly artists, with an exhibition space and a theater.” http://www.lasellvillage.com http://issuu.com/lasellcollege/docs/summer2013welcomepacket/27

http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/beeld-en-bejaardenhuis-voor-ramses-shaffy~a3319405/ http://www.ramsesshaffyhuis.nl/index.php/in-de-media/

> THE PURSUIT OF PERSONAL FREEDOM THROUGH CONSUMPTION & LEISURE

Marketed to all their lives, the Baby Boomers have been encouraged to define themselves by personal materialist choices. “ Their experience of consumerism is a kind of reconciliation between the desire to make ever more personalized choices and the need to remain within homogenised systems for managing them.” For the Baby Boomers consumerism is a vehicle for self-differentiation and a mode in which they exert their Young-old identity. Julia Huber and Paul Skidmore, The New Old: Why Baby Boomers Won’t be Pensioned Off, (London: Demos, 2003), http://www.demos. co.uk/files/thenewold.pdf. p.37

Shane Murray observes that, “…the values of consumption and lifestyle have begun to take precedence over the role of the home as anchor of personal identity.”3 IN

CONTRAST TO PREVIOUS GENERATIONS WHO VIEWED THE HOME AS A SYMBOL OF STABILITY, THIS ‘YOUNG OLD’ SEE PROPERTY AS THE ECONOMIC FACILITATOR FOR A GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN RETIREMENT. OFTEN THE SINGLE LARGEST ASSET, THE HOME IS A PRODUCT TO LIQUIDATE IN THE ACQUISITION OF LIFESTYLE.

THE NEW-OLD

The ‘young-olds’ wish to challenge previous generational approaches to ageing; rejecting age-associated activity and retirement typologies represents a new market for architecture. But it also highlights the need for architecture to propose new ways of negotiating space, catering for individualism without designing architectures of exclusion or segregating by age, gender or sexual orientation.

Shane Murray, “The Ageing of Aquarius,” Architecture Australia, 96 n.3 (2007): 95

USING ‘LIFESTYLE’ TO SELL RETIREMENT USING ‘YOUTH’ TO SELL RETIREMENT (LIFE) INSURANCE

IMAGES (left to right): Selwyn village advertisement (Auckland, 2011), Andrew D. Blechman “Leisureville”, La Estella retirement insurance & Dennis Hopper in “Dreams don’t retire” advertisement for Ameriprise Financial.

THERE IS A NEED FOR THINKING BEYOND PARADIGMS OF ‘CARE’, ‘ACCESSIBILITY’ & ‘UNIVERSAL DESIGN’.

Despite the strong case for rethinking the notion of “oldage”, the emphasis within urban or architectural discourse on ageing remains focused on traditional paradigms of “care” and “accessibility” and a doctrine of progress in relation to the Internet. Technological determinism dominates urban strategy and welfare. An over emphasis (and funding) on retrofitting the city with ‘smart’ technologies represents a sidelining of more systemic challenges regarding an ageing society.

GADGETS OVER ARCHITECTURE

A UNIVERSAL DESIGN LOGIC PREVAILS, INDIVIDUALISM CAN BE SATISFIED BY AN APP, A ROBOT OR INTERNET CONNECTION.

Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, “Demedicalize Architecture,” Places Journal,(2012), https://placesjournal.org/article/demedicalizearchitecture/ IMAGES (left to right): Lada Hsrak, “ageing society” Summerschool Thinking City, Amsterdam 2015, http://motherboard.vice.com/read/robots-are-caring-for-elderly-people-ineurope & http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2014/feb/13/denmark-robotic-helpers-transform-care-older-people

THE OLD-OLD

The ‘medicalization’ of architecture, or the medical rhetoric to describe urban problems, leads to a tailoring of requirements to particular groups, conflicting, contradictory solutions and an even greater segregation of various demographic groups.

, ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTION, FOLLOWS A SIMILAR LOGIC IN DESIGNING THE INDIVIDUAL’S ZONE OF “CARE”.

AS A RESULT OF A PREOCCUPATION WITH THE OLD-OLD

THE RADIAL LOGIC OF MANY RETIREMENT VILLAGES ORGANIZES PROGRAMME INTO A SERIES OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF INDEPENDENCE RADIATING OUTWARDS FROM A CENTRAL CARE FACILITY.

The arrangement of typologies within reflects the stages of aging; from detached independent living at the perimeter of the site to final hospitalization in the centre of the complex. This centralization is also mirrored in its economic logic, with a trust or individual owning and managing the complex.

ARCHITECTURE BY LEVELS OF CARE

Christopher Alexander. A pattern language: towns, buildings, construction(New York: Oxford University Press 1977), Annmarie Adams and Sally Chivers “Home Pages: Domesticity and Duplicity in Images of Architecture for Ageing”, Seachange Journal (McGill University, 2013): 80

> Within traditional retirement typologies, architecture is merely a container for the myriad of facilities, services or technologies needed & neatly packaged by price bracket.

THE OLD-OLD

Robson, D (1998) Help the Aged

The retirement village has commercialized community, manufacturing it through nostalgic imagery and dissolving it to merely an advertisement. Much of the inclusive nature, impression of commonality and belonging within retirement typologies is facilitated by a limited socio-economic structure and focus on shared leisure facilities. Retirement developments are highly successful in their packaging of nostalgia and lifestyle.

The theming of the architecture, the use of a repetitive housing type and the miniaturizing of a vernacular are all mechanisms in the engineering of community. The retirement community, the gated community and co-housing are all examples of the manufacturing of community through imagery and language. This prompts further questions as to...

WITHIN LONG TERM CARE “… AN EMPHASIS ON HOME-LIKE DÉCOR CAMOUFL AGES THE FUNCTIONING OF HIGHLY COMPLEX AND HIGHLY REGULATED INSTITUTIONS.”

IMAGE: http://www.upa.org.au/Locations/SydneySouth/Ken-

IMAGE (left to right): http://www.upa.org.au/Locations/SydneySouth/KennettHome.aspx & De Reitvink, Amsterdam

> RELEVANCE FOR LGBTIQ INDIVIDUALS

> THE CLOAKING OF A HOSPITAL TYPOLOGY IN DOMESTICITY & COMMUNITY

> who this image is directed at? Is this really representative of the active and highly-differentiated population about to retire? > does this imagery alienate those that do not fit into the ‘white picket fence’ demographic?

> CURRENT/POTENTIAL MODES OF ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE FOR AN AGEING POPULATION REDESIGN OR REFURBISHMENT OF CURRENT CARE HOMES TO BANISH THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE ‘INSTITUTION’

DESIGN FOR AGEING-INPLACE.

DESIGN FOR SHARED HOUSING/ COHOUSING

One level dwellings, lifts, serviced apartments etc.

multi-generational care homes, shared facilities in co-housing (kitchen/ laundry / medical-care etc.)

DESIGN ENCLAVE / GATED COMMUNITY FOR A SPECIFIC GROUP BASED ON ACTIVITY OR DISABILITY A town for dementia sufferers

DEVELOP NEW DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR AN ‘ARCHITECTURE OF AGEING’ or ‘Healthy Cities’ (all rather broad and not very enlightening)

CHOICE SAFETY PRIVACY DAYLIGHT DIVERSITY Architecture of Ageing principles Luc Willekens Lecture, Summerschool Thinking City 2015

SUBDIVIDE/ CROSSLEASE & BUILD A ‘GRANNY ANNEXE’

DOWNSIZE/ PARTITION EXISTING DWELLING To reduce maintenance, provide a passive income or allow for live-in care

Lassell Village a town on a University campus for the mature student

RE-DESIGN THE HOSPITAL The emergence of the Strip hospital typology in the Villages, Florida, is an example of the decentralization and dispersal of specialities into individual ‘clinics’ and allows for the ‘image’ of the institutional hospital to be diminished.

> What is driving it?

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY The wealth generated by economic development and the social security provided by modern welfare states have enabled the spike. One reason that more people live alone than ever before is that they can afford to…

CULTURAL CHANGE Émile Durkheim, a founding figure in sociology in the late 19th century, discussed a shift towards ‘the cult of the individual’. According to Durkheim, this cult grew out of the transition from traditional rural communities to modern industrial cities. Now the cult of the individual has intensified far beyond what Durkheim envisioned.

& THE RETREAT OF THE STATE Current discourse discussed the ageing of society in terms of its economic cost - the imminent ‘drain’ on social servies & healthcare. Following successive fiscal crises, we are being sold a new reality, the individual must plan to care for themselves in ageing, as the welfare state cannot sustain its current level of support. Governments in Northern Europe are placing new emphasis on ‘ageing-in-place’’, shifting away from institutionalized care models.

AN ERA OF LIVING ALONE OR LONELINESS?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/14/ageof-loneliness-killing-us http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/mar/30/therise-of-solo-living

> RELEVANCE FOR LGBTIQ INDIVIDUALS

Although ‘ageing-inplace’ is often welcomed by ageing populations there is great fear & suspicion that care will REDUCE rather than SHIFT. (Much of the infrastucture, policy and economic mechanisms remain centrally organised & funnelled through Health Ministries & Hospitals - which directly contradicts this effort to decentralise care.) According to a 2012 report by the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - social isolation and loneliness in older men and women are associated with increased mortality.

“No one told me when I was small that I could live like this. No one told me that by the age of 56 I would know all of the gay bars in New York city, most of the Irish ones and a good number of other bars, such as they are, in between. And that I would be content on a Friday and Saturday night at around 10 o'clock merely to feel that those bars were all still there, still full of people calling for more, while all I wanted was to be alone in bed with a book.”

greater risk of poverty & loneliness (often broken with family, no offspring,

“urban tribes” desire to stay in gay friendly neighbourhoods / around support network desire to be in control of care & who administers care

AGEING IN PLACE

Ageing in place has been put forward as an attractive alternative (for both the citizen & the state) to institutional care or the traditional retirement village. But does this desire for independence...mask the risk of lonelieness or social isolation?

URBAN > SUBURBAN > RURAL (traditionally) FOR THOSE WHO LACK CAPITAL OR A PRIMARY ASSET (PROPERTY) IN WHICH TO CASH-IN IN RETIREMENT REMAIN ‘AGEING-IN-PLACE’ OUT OF “We don’t have much choice at the moment for elderly people – it’s either live in a normal house or live in a care home, and there’s not very much in between” NECESSITY,... ARE SLOWLY SQUEEZED OUT OF THE CITY - DUE TO MANY WITH MEANS ARE RETROFITTING/ DIVIDING THEIR UNAFFORDABLE RENTS OR COULD PROPERTIES, SEEKING TO BUILD ANEW/ADJACENT OR POTENTIALLY END UP HOMELESS. CONSIDERING SHIFTING TO SERVICED APARTMENTS IN AN EFFORT TO AGE-IN-PLACE (NOT IN A CARE HOME) BUT URBAN PUBLIC SPACE IS CURRENTLY ILL-EQUIPPED & THERE IS A LACK OF AFFORDABLE OPTIONS OR ‘DOWNSIZING’ TYPOLOGIES FOR THE AGEING.

Elizabeth Burton, professor of sustainable building design and wellbeing at Warwick University - http://www.

“MOST OF US HAVE GROWN UP BELIEVING IN THE RURAL IDYLL – THAT PEOPLE MOVE FROM CITY CENTRES TO SUBURBS, FROM SUBURBS TO SMALL TOWNS, AND SMALL TOWNS TO VILLAGES. BUT THERE IS A RECOGNITION NOW THAT AS PEOPLE AGE AND THEIR MOBILITY REDUCES, THEIR WORLD SHRINKS – IT IS THEREFORE MUCH BETTER TO LIVE CLOSER TO AMENITIES IN A HIGHER DENSITY OF PEOPLE.” THE YOUNG AND CLEVER LEAVE AND THE LESS MOBILE STAY. Young people are an export commodity in small towns, shipped out for education and jobs, most never to return. As the population thins out, bus routes, crèches, schools, banks, convenience stores and libraries close for lack of demand. This demographic imbalance is often coupled with lack of funding and shirinking local government services. The elderly who remain face an existence that is distinctively harder than life in cities and suburbs. Public transportation is almost unheard of. Medical care is accessible in some places & absent in others

“S.R.Os – single room occupancy facilities which started in the 1930s as “plain hotels for plain people” are now essentially hostels for capitalism’s casualties.” http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/03/going-solo-ericklinenberg-review

IMAGES (left to right): http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/us/10rural.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0, http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/urban-environments-ageing-population-design & http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/03/ going-solo-eric-klinenberg-review

AGEING IN PLACE

theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/urban-environments-ageing-population-design

> OTHER AGEING MORPHOLOGIES CREATIVELY SHRINKING TOWN

THE MEGA-SUBURB OF 55+

SCHLADEN-WERLA, GERMANY

THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA

Mayor Andreas Memmert describes Schladen-Werla as a demographic “devil’s spiral”. The town is projected to lose about a third of its population by 2030.

The homogenous population allows for a highly specific catering to the population. > Alternative mobility systems (a network of golf carrt paths, tunnels, bridges) > No funding towards youth orientated programmes (schools, kindergartens, playgrounds) > Alternative hospital typology (the strip hospital)

http://www.economist.com/news/ europe/21646213-responding-creatively-shrinking-populations-ageing-supple

> HOW ARE AGEING OR RETIRING LGBTIQ ‘YOUNG-OLD’ INDIVIDUALS & COUPLES BEING CATERED FOR? ... to be blunt, they’re not. A quick google gives you a highly homogenous veiw of ageing... as well as an alarming number of adults piggy-backing & looking off into their future (the horizon)

STRAIGHT, WHITE 50+ COUPLES ARE CURRENTLY BEING MARKETED TO (EXHAUSTIVELY) LGBT COUPLES AND INDIVIDUALS ARE HIGHLY UNDER-REPRESENTED - ALMOST INVISISBLE WHEN IT COMES TO INSURANCE, RETIREMENT PLANNING, RETIREMENT HOUSING, TRAVEL ETC FOR THE OVER 50 MARKET

> HOW ARE AGEING OR RETIRING LGBTIQ ‘YOUNG-OLD’ INDIVIDUALS & COUPLES BEING CATERED FOR ARCHITECTURALLY? Housing options for ageing LGBTIQ’ers range from those focusing on ‘care’ & the ‘old-old’ to glossy gay utopias (yet to be built). Very few cater for both the young-old and their tansition to ‘old-old’ (those that do are in high demand)

HOW DOES ARCHITECTURE ENGAGE WITH THE INTERESTS OF A SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC WITHOUT SEGREGATING BY AGE OR DESIGNING AN ARCHITECTURE OF EXCLUSION?

/DESIGN FOR AN AFFINITY? BY INTEREST BY PROFESSION BY CULTURE / HERITAGE BY SEXUAL ORIENTATION

“affinity” or “niche” communities,” long studied by Andrew J. Carle at the College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

WHAT ARE THE NEEDS, DESIRES AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE ‘NEW’ MARKET POSED BY THE LGBTIQ ‘YOUNGOLD’? I don’t believe sexual orientation effects the planning of these LGBT developments. The desire to conregate or organise stems from a desire for safety, security or the common ground of being around others of a same-sex orientation. The organisational structure, ownership model and programme of these developments are important in the design of an appropriate architectural product.

SAFETY...

& AFFORDABILITY

> FEAR OF COMING OUT (again) Often cited as the main reason for initiating an architecture specifically for ageing LGBTIQ individuals and couples. In Berlin there is approximately 40-50,000 gay men over 50 years although when Scjdbjfd Berlin fear of gossibp or being mistreated at an age in which they are perhaps at their most vulnerable.

> CARE / CARER Being asked if they have/ had a wife Not wishing to be bathed by a female HIV and, for the transgender community, taking hormones that may conflict with other medicine.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/business/ retirementspecial/rainbow-hued-housing-for-gays-ingolden-years.html?_r=1

AFFORDABILITY > LESS LIKELY TO HAVE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN TO SUPPORT THEM > MORE LIKELY TO LIVE ALONE > FACE MORE DIFFICULTIES ACCESSING THEIR PARTNERS’ BENEFITS BECAUSE THEY NEVER GOT MARRIED OR SOUGHT DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP STATUS. - National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute study

“This is the first generation of people who were willing to be out... and many LGBT seniors are far poorer than people ever realize.” - Lorri L. Jean, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center.

IN THE US Affordable or low-income projects that cater for gay people cannot exclude straight people outright, or they would not qualify for federal subsidies. This can make for an interesting mix. In Triangle Square, 78% of residents are elderly and gay, but 11% are monolingual Russians. At Spirit on Lake, which unlike the other blocks has no minimum age requirement, the result is still more improbable - about three-quarters gay, and the rest Somali immigrants, many of them young.

> EXPECTATIONS

> NO-BUILT IN CARE FACITILIES

Documentary “A Place to Live” was made about Triangle Square. Prospective residents were interviewed and spoke of being excited and highly relieved that there would be a place to age without discrimination.

Residents complain of no help (even short-term) and minimal maintenance. Despite the concentration of ageing people no services have been set up (even commercially) In this case ‘independent living’ for ageing LGBTIQers = standard apartment building with subsidized rent.

> AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENERATIONAL SHIFTS WITHIN THE LGBTIQ COMMUNITY

MANY OF THOSE IN CARE NOW CAME OUT VERY LATE IN LIFE AS IT WAS ILLEGAL.

They remain not openly gay with a strong fear of being harmed /discommunicated / gossiped about Higher chance of HIV or loss of family / friends by HIV Less likely to have partner or children

FOR EXAMPLE IN GERMANY... Germany’s criminal code contained Paragraph 175, which made homosexuality a punishable crime, until 1994 & lmost 90 percent of gay men over 45 have been a victim of homophobic violence, studies carried out in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia have shown.

LARGER PROPORTIONS OF GEN Y / X HAVE GROWN UP OPENLY GAY,

higher chance of having partner/ children in later life due to different birth practices, adoption practices & marriage equality in many countries.

...NATURALLY THIS HAS ARCHITECTURAL IMPLICATIONS (less one-bedroom apartment is a given)

WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS OR ISSUES IN DESIGNING FOR THE LGBTIQ ‘YOUNG-OLD’? > INTERSECTIONALITY L. G. B. T. I. Q The first issue in designing an LGBTIQ architecture is the grouping of these sexual orientations together. Although many are happy to campaign under a similar banner, A broad survey of housing showed gay men and lesbian women often initiating developments seperately. Transgender individuals as a minority within a minority group - included but very under catered for

LEBENSORT VIELFALT, BERLIN (MAINLY MEN)

DER BEGINENHOF, BERLIN (WOMEN ONLY)

UNBUILT

> A SURVEY OF SPECULATIVE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE LGBTIQ YOUNG-OLD; from proposals to developments in-construction

3 SUN-CITY UTOPIAS CANAL DU MIDI, FRANCE COSTA DEL SOL, SPAIN PALM SPRINGS, USA

2 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS MADRID, SPAIN

SAN FRANSISCO, USA

1 AFFINITY COMMUNITY

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

1 BUILD & SELL

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

1SUBURBAN DREAM

BALLAN, AUSTRALIA

UNBUILT

INDEPENDENT LIVING HIGH-END GATED COMMUNITY

“THE GAY LANGUEDOC - LE VILLAGECANAL DU MIDI is ideally located and suited for the Gay-Lgbt community. Situated between two major Gay-Lgbt cities – Montpellier & Barcelona and very near to the gay & nudes beaches of Cap d’Agde & Sete; you will find the Languedoc region very vibrant, attractive & lively.”

CANAL DU MIDI, Sallèles-d’Aude, France Traverses Architecture & Urbanism DEVELOPER: The Villages Group COST OF DEVELOPMENT: €25 MILLION STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: gained consent, to be completed 2015 AREA: 17 Acre Gated community NO. OF UNITS: 107 eco-friendly 2 bedroom homes with 24-hour hotel-style concierge services AGE-BRACKET: 50+

http://www.thevillagesgroup.com/rainbow/downloads/salleles_brochure. pdf http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/expat-property/10400605/Gay-andgrey-Britons-urged-to-embrace-French-retirement-village.html

+ A Hotel with Restaurant, Bar, Gym, Jacuzzis, Saunas and Leisure Centre. Swimming pool (outdoor/indoor) & Tennis courts.

UNBUILT

A SERIES OF GENERIC STOCK PHOTOS LINE THE BROCHURE (IN LIEU OF PLANS )

THE SALES PITCH: “EUROPE’S PREMIER GAY & LESBIAN (LGBT) PRIVATE OASIS FOR THOSE WHO WANT AN “ACTIVE & HEALTHY LIFESTYLE” IN THE WARM, FRIENDLY, HEALTHY CLIMATE OF SOUTHERN FRANCE.” “NO MEDICAL FACILITIES ON SITE – THE VILLAGES ARE FOR LIVING!”

ACTIVE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY Each “Village” will have “on-site” Entertainment and Sports personnel. Also there will be part-time “specialists” in Art; Music; Dance etc for the required “classes”. > Outside events will be handled by the staff. > Tennis is open to all ownershareholders and coaching available. > Indoor/Outdoor Pool. > Free “Sports” Bikes hire. > Equestrian Centre. Some Villages will have on-site – others will have “special” membership to local Centers > Golf: “special” membership to nearby Golf will be available to ownershareholders. > four ski resorts within 50 miles

YOUR OWN MAISON PLUS SHARES IN THE ENTIRE VILLAGE. “ALL OF THE AMENITIES & ACTIVITIES DESIGNED FOR YOU BY YOU + YOU CONTROL THE COSTS! “ INNER MAISONS: 236,000 euro END/SEMI MAISONS 248,000 euro + 70 euro/ week for management & maintenance fees (activities, entertainment, weekly clean, concierge & property tax

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BOOM!, Costa del Sol, Spain Multiple architects: HWKN (Hollwich Kushner), Surfacedesign, Rudin Donner, L2 Tsionov-Vitkon, Nigel Coates, Escher GuneWardena, Limon Lab, Dosmasuno Arquitectos, Architensions & Messana O’Rorke DEVELOPER: BOOM Communities LLC & Seram Estates COST OF DEVELOPMENT: STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: speculative NO. OF UNITS: 115 homes, various designs (72 homes, 24 lofts, and 38 apartments) but all the same scale: a 10m x 10 m. floor plan. AGE-BRACKET: 40+ + features high-design health, sport and entertainment facilities,

THE SALES PITCH: “WHETHER YOUR INTERESTS ARE BUSINESSBASED, CREATIVE OR SIMPLY LEISURE-ORIENTED, BOOM COSTA DEL SOL IS A COMMUNITY DESIGNED TO NURTURE THESE DESIRES. ALL IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS DESIGN CONSCIOUS, INTERACTIVE AND BEAUTIFUL.”Enter BOOM’s main plaza

and you are greeted by the Community Buildings - an elegant series of stacked cubes. Stores line the ground floor, and above them the hotel and the health and sports centers. On the top floor - BOOM’s highest point - are the Sky Lounge and the community’s meeting hall. Beyond the plaza, looking out over the lake in the distance, BOOM Costa del Sol unfolds” IMAGES: Hollwich Kuschner Architects - http://hwkn.com/BOOM-COSTA-DEL-SOL

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BOOM! Palm Springs, California, USA

10 Architects: HWKN, Surfacedesign, Diller Scififdio & Renfro, Tsionov-Vitkon, Arakawa & Gin, Sadar & Vuga, Joel Sander, Juergen Mayer, Lo-tek & Rudin Donner DEVELOPER: BOOM Communities LLC AREA: 100-acre plot COST OF DEVELOPMENT: US$250 million STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: speculative (aimed to start construction 2012...) UNITS: Phase one - 300 Residences range from studios to 4-bedroom units Phase two - another 300 Residences NO. OF INHABITANTS: 800 AGE-BRACKET: 40+ * Began as a community to serve Palm Springs’s burgeoning gay community aged 65 - now open to anyone ‘gay friendly’ & over 40.

THE SALES PITCH: “AGING GRACEFULLY CAN INCLUDE COMMUNITY, CULTURE, AND BREATHTAKING ARCHITECTURE.” Redesign a contemporary retirement community from the ground up, ignoring stereotypical architectural motions, — a ramp here, a wide doorway there that reinforce the feeling of being a second-class citizen.

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AN ARCHITECTURAL THEMEPARK INVOLVING HIGH-PROFILE ARCHITECTS & RADICALLY DIFFERENT STYLES.

Residences with courtyards, architect Juergen Mayer

Residences, architect Diller, Scifidio & Renfro

Residences, architect Tsionov-Vitkon

Condominiums, architect HWKN

Lofts with pools, architect Lo-tek

“Each firm was given total freedom to inject their personal style into the space. The only requirements for the architects were that their structures had to epitomize high design in order to fight the stereotypical look of retirement communities.”

Residences, architect Rudin Donner

“A DESTINATION” - ATTRACTING TOURISTS WITH DINING, RETAIL, AND BOUTIQUE HOTELS.

Boutique hotel, architect Sadar+Vuga

Event centre, architect Lo-tek

Clubhouse & community centre, architect Juergen Mayer

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INTER-GENERATIONAL PLAY A COLORFUL, HIGHLY TEXTURED PLAYGROUND DESIGNED FOR BOTH KIDS TO SCRAMBLE OVER AND FOR THEIR GRANDPARENTS TO STRETCH AND CONDITION THEIR BODIES.

A PEDESTRIAN-ONLY COMMUNITY

multiple paths to a park’s vista, ranging from stairs to ramps, giving residents the empowering ability to make the choice.

Fun house, architect Arakawa + Gin

Public spaces, landscape architect Surface-design

A CLIMBING WALL TO ENCOURAGE ‘ACTIVE AGEING’ CONDOMINIUMS THAT LIE UNDER AN ELEVATED RUNNING TRACK.

The center of the track would serve as a community meeting spot. Climbing wall & Condominiums, architect HWKN

TOWN HOUSES FOR ACCOMMODATING DIFFERENT FAMILY STRUCTURES; “THE BIRDCAGE” - couples with kids

“GOLDEN GIRLS” - single adults living as roommates Townhouses with community pool, architect Joel Sanders

“RIVERPOOL,” TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INTERACTION. The houses

have private linear lap pools that merge with a larger communal pool and a spa,.

IMAGES: http://www.latimes.com/home/la-hmboom-retirement-living-photos-photogallery.html

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RIVAS-VACIA, Madrid, Spain Touza Architects

LGBT SPECIFIC NOT EXCLUSIVE “WHAT WE WANT IS A SPACE OF TOLERANCE, WHERE ANYBODY CAN COME,”

- Federico Armenteros (26 December Foundation)

DEVELOPER: 26 December Foundation COST OF DEVELOPMENT: US$250 million STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: gained consent & site for construction AREA: 7,954 m2 UNITS: 115 apartments and studios* NO. OF INHABITANTS: 230 NO. OF STAFF: 30 AGE-BRACKET: multi-generational

IMAGES: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/ jan/02/spains-first-gay-retirement-home, http://www. edgargonzalez.com/2012/01/04/residencialxxvidiciembre/ www.salzhenia.com/download.php?pdf, & http://www. fundacion26d.org/

* some apartments will be set aside for people who are HIV positive as - “Most homes simply won’t let them in” - Federico Armenteros (26 December Foundation)

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SPACES AND SERVICES PROGRAMME SPECIFICALLY FOR THE RESIDENTS Nursing Service Nursing, medical consultation and psychotherapeutic care (140.25 m2) multipurpose space residents can sublet for activities or events (206.15 m2) Library and computer room ( 78 m2 & attic 11 m2) Laundry an exclusive service to residents and internal businesses ( 35m2)

> PROGRAMME OPEN FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC (economically autonomous to the housing)

Restaurant 125 spaces ( 334.30 m2)

Cafe opens onto courtyard with direct access to the street ( 69.35 m2)

Hair & Beauty salon (33m2)

Gym Area glazed space with toilets, changing rooms & sun terrace. (213 m2 gym 145m2 solarium)

SPA & physiotherapy cabins pool, sauna, steam bath, bucket shower, shower waterfall, Kneipp shower. therapy / rehabilitation for residents (240.15 m2)

Classrooms & cinema 4 classrooms and a lounge for workshops, films, lectures & conferences. (141.70 m2)

General store (50 m2)

> 62 STUDIOS WITH TERRACE ( 41,70M2)

> 48 ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS WITH TERRACE (44,20 M2)

> 5 TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS WITH TERRACE ( 58.25 M2)

TERRACE

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RESIDENTIAL TYPOLOGIES

> All apartments have storage and garage in the basement > Six levels, stepping down the slope, comprising two basement levels, a mezzanine and two levels of apartments. > Building setback 15 meters from the street to create a public space open to recreational and cultural activities and lined with services ( cafe, store, salon etc.) > Many facilitates/ programmes to encourage communication, exercise, health and an alternative way of living.

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55 LAGUNA, San Fransisco, USA Van Meter Williams Pollack architects DEVELOPER: Openhouse and Mercy Housing California COST OF DEVELOPMENT: $150 million AREA: 5.8 acre (former University of California campus) STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: Phase 1: 55 Laguna (440 units) - A 15-month renovation in progress and opens to residents mid-2016. Phase 2: 95 Laguna - Construction of a new building (next door) late 2016 and open to residents in 2018.

RENDER DEPICTING YOUNG PEOPLE...

NO. OF UNITS: 119 apartments (owned & managed by Openhouse) AGE-BRACKET: 62+

IMAGES (left to right): SF Gate article - http://www.sfgate. com/bayarea/article/Long-stalled-S-F-housing-project-forLGBT-5102992.php#photo-5660147, Render from Openhouse - http://openhouse-sf.org/what-we-do/housing/

*only those with a household income at or below 50% of Area Median Income (AMI) will qualify

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OPENHOUSE AND MERCY HOUSING CALIFORNIA are renovating Richardson Hall and building an adjacent new building for a total of 110 units of senior affordable housing (also included are a community center and Openhouse service offices for residents and LGBT seniors from across the city). Wood Partners is developing 330 new multi-family rental units, Waller Park and a community garden on the rest of the site. Most of the 110 units will be one bedrooms ranging in rent from $589 to $1,000, with the aim to secure rent subsidies so that residents will pay only 30% of their income for rent.

IMAGES: Planning consent - http://commissions.sfplanning.org/hpcpackets/2012.0033ACE.pdf

RICHARDSON HALL REHABILITATION: Complete exterior restoration from the fenestration to the figures above the existing Hermann Street entrance. It will contain retail space (a cafe/ restaurant on the ground floor), new Openhouse offices and 40 units of apartments for low-income seniors. (estimated to cost $16 million, $8 contributed by the City of San Fransisco)

OPEN HOUSE New 7 storey building with 70 units of apartments for low-income seniors and a 7,500 square foot senior center, with activity areas and a dining room, where Openhouse plans to provide services to residents and any LGBT senior living in the city. (estimated to cost $24 million)

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RAMSES SHAFFY HUIS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands MONK Architects DEVELOPER: The Ramses Shaffy Foundation, Sarphatihuis & Project Proud. COST OF DEVELOPMENT: unknown STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: in-construction NO. OF UNITS: 60 apartments of 70m2 (a mix of social housing and market rents) & 3 units for those with dementia (housing 24 people) AGE-BRACKET: 55+

IMAGES (left to right) sketch by architect http://www. monkarchitecten.nl/nieuws/ramses-shaffy-huis/, sketch of Oostenburgereiland re-development by Realnomics - http:// www.realnomics.nl/projecten-vastgoed/transformatieoostenburgereiland-amsterdam/, newspaper clipping announcing project - http://www.ramsesshaffyhuis.nl

* although not specifically for LGBTIQ individuals - it is an interesting precedent for mixing housing, aged care and the pursuits or activities of a very specific target group.

The Ramses Shaffy Huis will house ‘older’ artists, performers and artistic people with a strong grounding in the world of art and culture - so that they can continue their cultural lives as they age and require greater care. Also, the Ramses Shaffy house will be an interactive meeting place where young and old come together to share their common passion and to exchange views on art, culture, music and theater through active workshops.

INDEPENDENT LIVING & ARTIST STUDIOS

IN-CONSTRUCTION INITIAL SKETCHES BY MONK

The welfare of the people is paramount to the living concept of Ramses Shafft House. The definition of ‘welfare’ here is both traditional care in old age and the ability to continue one’s artistic pursuit.

GROUND LEVEL COMMON SPACE & EXHIBITION SPACE

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THIS PROJECT INCLUDES WORKSHOPS, MUSIC STUDIOS, WORKSPACES, MEETING ROOMS, A LIBRARY, A RESTAURANT, A SMALL CONCERT HALL AND AN EXHIBITION SPACE WHICH COMBINE TO CREATE A CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC ATMOSPHERE AND INSPIRING ENVIRONMENT.

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BOOM! Berlin, Germany

Bauhaus Foundation with Prof. Omar Akbar, Elisabeth Kremer, Matthias Boettger, Matthias Hollwich, Marie Neumuellers, Rainer Weisbach AREA: 1,000,000 sq ft STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: speculative “The project examines how traditional values in the approach to aging have become firmly established in urban culture, city-planning, architectural concepts and spatial arrangements. Alternatives for self-determined aging at the level of architecture and neighborhood can be highlighted by analyzing best practices, trend research, and daily routines. Seven different design concepts outline the beginning of a debate.”

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THE ROSE HALL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands De Werff Architects DEVELOPER: Out Forever with the City of Amsterdam COST OF DEVELOPMENT: unknown (although the plot is estimated at 1.5million euro) STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: construction to start late 2016 with first houses to be delivered in early 2017 NO. OF UNITS: 10 independent dwellings (from 50100m2) NO. OF INHABITANTS : approx. 10 - 20 IMAGES (left to right): newspaper article from Het Parool - http://www.parool. nl/parool/nl/4055/AMSTERDAM-WEST/ article/detail/4065982/2015/06/09/ Eerste-roze-zelfbouwgroep-krijgt-kavelaan-de-Bilderdijkkade.dhtml, Out forever - http://outforever.nl/roze-wonen-aan-debilderdijkgracht-de-hallen/

AGE-BRACKET: 55 years and older - specifcally lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people

UNBUILT > CATERING FOR THE YOUNG-OLD > NOT A CARE-HOME, > NO BUILT IN FACILITIES / SERVICES FOR ‘AGED-CARE’ , > NO COMMON/SHARED SPACE OR OUTDOOR AREA The Rose Hall is one of 5 sites on the Bilderdijkkade selected by the City of Amsterdam to construct new residential property. The dwellings will be designed & fully furnished to the taste of the occupants. They will vary in size with either a west-facing balcony and / or views of the canal. Dwellings and optional parking space will be sold, the price being dependent on the individual requirements. (inhabitants will also pay a lease for 50 years or the annual canon price)

IMAGES (left to right): Out forever - http://outforever.nl/roze-wonen-aan-debilderdijkgracht-de-hallen/ & diagram of dwellings by De Werff Architectuur - http://www. dewerff.nl

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“A PLACE TO TRULY BE YOU” “At a dinner party 28 years ago we talked about what we were going to do when we get old. We talked about being surrounded by friends and not being alone and isolated and forgotten about,” - Peter Dickson, Developer http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/apr/24/retirement-homes-for-the-lgbtcommunity-go-from-dream-to-reality

LINTON ESTATE, Ballan, Australia Architects DEVELOPER: Out Forever with the City of Amsterdam COST OF DEVELOPMENT: unknown STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: NO. OF UNITS: NO. OF INHABITANTS : AGE-BRACKET: 55 years and older - marketing to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people

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> ARE THE NAMES AN ATTEMPT TO INDIVIDUALISE HIGHLY HOMOGENOUS COOKIE-CUTTERS ? Linton Estate home designs are called “The Linton Girl’s Home Designs” after Peter Dickson’s (founder of Linton Estate) mother and his four Aunties.

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> SLIGHTLY SMALLER VERSIONS OF THE SUBURBAN FAMILY HOME.

THE DOROTHY (128.20m2)

THE VAL (153.38m2)

Comprising 2 - 3 bedrooms. All with garages

> HOMES START FROM $399,000. There are three price levels for each home - ”Aspire, Lifestyle & Luxury”

THE LORRAINE (166.36m2)

THE JOAN (218.35m2)

THE SYLVIA (161.29m2)

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> COMMUNITY “WELLNESS” CENTRE LEISURE-RELATED PROGRAMME > library > exclusive residents’ lounge > games area > Indoor pool / spa > gym facility > wet or dry sauna rooms. > movie theatre > medical centre CARE-RELATED PROGRAMME > 24/7 emergency system > a live in onsite manager CONSUMPTION-RELATED PROGRAMME > an on-site ATM > private TV channels > community bus for excursions WHY BALLAN? New Super Medical Centre fully operational, with community care centre, hydro pool and medical specialists. Future expansion of hospital facilities, including day operating theatres and 51 high care beds to the aged care facilities.

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PRAHANLGBT AGED-CARE, Melbourne, Australia CHT Architects DEVELOPER: Lifeview Residential Care COST OF DEVELOPMENT: AUD $50 million STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: Site allocated, construction to commence 2017 AREA: 2662m2 Aged care, retirement home and specialist dementia care services high-end apartments & retail

http://www.lifeview.com.au/NewsEvents/UpcomingNewsEvents.aspx

AGE-BRACKET:

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/04/10/lgbti-aged-carecentre-sanctuary-prejudice

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> A SURVEY OF ARCHITECTURE FOR THE LGBTIQ YOUNG-OLD & OLD-OLD; > Most located in Northern Europe and America > Large diversity in target group (ranging from luxury resort-like developments to affordable apartment blocks) > Large diversity in architectural quality & consideration (projects which involve future residents in the design to projects which are simply a standard apartment building inhabited by elderly LGBT individuals) > Developments often initiated by LGBTIQ groups within the city (collaborating with/ funded by private development companies or municipalities > non-LGBTIQ specific projects which involve a speciifc interest groups have also been included

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INDEPENDENT LIVING AGE-RESTRICTED

“residents focused on keeping active lifestyles, making it emphatically not a nursing home.”

REGNBAGEN, Stockholm, Sweden

“Some of our members are younger people who are in their thirties who are planning for the future by getting in the queue now,” - Lars Mononen

STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: refurbishment 2013

DEVELOPER: Initiated by LGBT group agreement with Micasa Fastigheter, Stockholm City Council

NO. OF ROOMS/ APARTMENTS: 27 apartments of various sizes on levels 6, 7 and 8 NO. OF RESIDENTS: 40 103 members of Regnbågen’’s cooperative renters association ( tenants, others queueing or supporting the project) AGE-BRACKET: 55+ (range from 65 - 80yrs - 70% of the residents are men)

IMAGES (left to right): http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/27/lgbt-retirement-home-sweden, http:// www.regnbagen.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/253455_Regnbågen-flyer-eng_low.pdf http://www.regnbagen.net, http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-08-01-letter-from-stockholm-insideeuropes-first-gay-old-age-home/#.VYL1fVpkQlo & http://dot429.com/articles/3602-europe-s-first-lgbt-retirementhome-opens-in-stockholm-sweden http://www.thelocal.se/20131122/first-gay

+ a hairdresser, foot therapist and adjacent a primary health clinic. A spacious restaurant with an open air seating is due to open soon Assisted living or nursing care is not provided.

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INDEPENDENT LIVING CARE SERVICES ONSITE MULTI-GENERATIONAL

...a concierge, a library, a garden, and a restaurant, which doubles up as a theatre/ cabaret bar for regular entertainment including a recent “gay not grey” fashion show

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/28/lesbian-gay-housing-project-berlin http://www.lebensortvielfalt.de/index.php https://oldbuggerzinberlin.wordpress.com http://www.wildeoscar.de https://www.facebook.com/wildeOscarBerlin/timeline https://www.schwulenberatungberlin.de/projekte/lebensort-vielfalt/

LEBENSORT VIELFALT (Diverse Living Space), Berlin, Germany Architect DEVELOPER: Schwulenberatung Berlin COST OF DEVELOPMENT: €6 Million STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: redevelopment 2011/12 NO. OF APARTMENTS: 24 independent living apartments 4 small apartments (30m2) which have reduced rent at social housing level 16 apartments (40-50m2) 4 apartments (80m2) 1 assisted living flat-share NO. OF INHABITANTS: 34 5 women (4 hetrosexual , 1 lesbian) 8 gay men in assisted living flat-share 21 gay men (2 couples) AGE-BRACKET: multi-generational (youngest 31yrs, oldest 86yrs)

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in 2006 care organisations offered no services specifically for LGBT individuals / couples & traditional care homes often often said - “in our building there live no gay men” A fear of being mistreated by care workers or gossiped /discriminated against by fellow residents meant many gay elders were unwilling to ‘come out’ again

This development wanted to create a diverse living space that FLIPS THE

PERCEPTION

A place where the assumption is that you are gay or lesbian - to be the majority & therefore have no need to explain yourself.

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A DIVERSE LIVING SPACE

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both demographically & architecturally

*multi-generational (from young & fit to wheelchairbound *60% of the space is reserved for 55+ *20% younger gay men *20% women *individuals & couples *hetrosexual & homosexual

PEOPLE SELECTED, THEN SPACES DESIGNED

The no. of apartments, composition of apartments, & internal layout of apartments all considered/dsicussed with the individual or couple.

MAISONETTE APARTMENTS OVER TWO LEVELS ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS (30 / 50 / 80 m2) ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS (30 / 50 / 80 m2) ASSISTED LIVING FLAT-SHARE FOR 8 RESIDENTS COUNSELLING SPACES / SCHWULENBERATUNG OFFICES SOCIAL SPACE / CAFE / LIBRARY / RESTAURANT / THEATRE

RESIDENTS NOT RENTERS

“how do you want to live?” Despite the fact that residents have no ownership, the building was designed specifically for them and there is no time limit. The assumption is that they will AGE-IN-PLACE care can be provided in your apartment - if they require 24/7 care they can move into the shared-flat.

THE ARCHITECTS ROLE?

Mediation of the differing agendas of the two clients the LGBT organization: rent so its viable the residents: rent so its affordable Navigating the individual requirements of each resident and keeping a balance of private & social spaces. Managing expectations (pricing up the wants & needs fo the residents for the residents)

> ASSISTED LIVING FLAT-SHARE

> MAISONETTE

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OPEN, OPEN , CLOSED THE WINDOWS ALONG THE GANGWAY ACT AS A REGISTER OF THE RESIDENTS INDIVIDUALITY (lined with various treasures) & OPENNESS (How willing they are to engage with their neighbours)

THESE WINDOWS OFF THE HALLWAY ARE A WAY TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE BUILDING, while allowing them to retreat if they wish. If the curtain is open you can see a neighbours light on, they look into the kitchen area (acts as a buffer zone, stand in doorway/ chat without being formally invited inside EACH LEVEL ALSO SHARES A BALCONY

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> BALANCING INDIVIDUALS NEEDS & SHARED SPACE EACH LEVEL SHARES A BALCONY... & EACH APARTMENT HAS A BALCONY THERE ARE DIFFERENT CLUSTERS OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN (a game group, theatre groups, coffee group, garden group... & SOME WHO CHOOSE NOT TO ENGAGE

> CO-HABITATION This generation of residents are used to living alone. Many have no family of their own / have broke with their family many years ago. SHARED SPACE IS A FOREIGN CONCEPT...very difficult to adjust to. Thus the social spaces on the ground floor (cafe, restaurant etc)are quite under-utilized by residents. Cafe: residents not used to eating together/ have different schedules/ cliques

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INDEPENDENT LIVING

WOMEN ONLY

DER BEGINENHOF, Berlin, Germany Barbara Brakenhoff DEVELOPER: FRAUEN-WOHNEN Berlin & Kondor Wessels COST OF DEVELOPMENT: 9 million euro STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: redeveloped 2007 NO. OF APARTMENTS: 53 (52-76 m2) AGE-BRACKET: multi-generational + a common room with kitchen, two guest rooms including a shower and a communal garden. (2300 Euro purchase price per square meter)

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SOCIABILITY & INDIVIDUALITY

Spatial layout allows an unenforced communal living individual living spaces (1 - 2 bedrooms) connected together in groups of 4 accessed via a joint balcony area which is large enough to be used & peronalised by the group. Balconies also extend the width of the building and can be connected as desired.

APARTMENT TYPOLOGIES

four layouts arranged in groups of four over 8 levels - ground floor and top floor differ (12 variations on apartment layout in total ranging from 56m2 - 102m2) 53 wheelchair accessible apartments

> GROUND FLOOR: apartments with front garden facing street and connected to courtyard

> SIXTH & SEVENTH FLOOR: Maisonettes with large terraces

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INSTITUTIONAL CARE AFFORDABLE

With help from PRG, an affordable housing advocacy group, Satin and collaborators cobbled together funds from nonprofits and local governments. They found a main-floor occupant in Quatrefoil, a small GLBToriented library

IMAGES: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/02/gay-seniorsspirit-on-lake-_n_4530495.html, http://spiritonlake.org & http://www. eaglebuildingllc.com/spirit-on-lake-apartments?ReturnUrl=LwBwAHIAb wBqAGUAYwB0AHMALQBlAHgAcABlAHIAaQBlAG4AYwBlAA%3D%3D http://www.djr-inc.com/spirit-on-lake.html

SPIRIT ON LAKE, Minneapolis, USA DJR Architects DEVELOPER: Everwood Development & PRG COST OF DEVELOPMENT: US$10.6 million STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: completed August 2013 AREA: 64,200 SF NO. OF APARTMENTS: 46 ( 29 one-bedroom units and 17 two-bedrooms over 4 storeys) Ranging from 730 - 1,100 SF 5 of the units are reserved for people who have been homeless + 1-level of underground parking and 2600SF of retail space, community room, fitness, center, outdoor patio and greenspace * To qualify as an affordable housing complex under federal law, Spirit on Lake cannot require tenants to be either gay or elderly (currently 3/4 are gay seniors)

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> SPIRIT ON LAKE INCOME RESTRICTIONS

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> AFFORDABILITY FOR THE AGEING Concern about affordable senior housing in Minnesota grows as the population ages. A 2012 Minnesota Housing Finance Agency report, “Profile of Older Households in Minnesota,” showed that 23 percent of Minnesota households in 2010 had a member 65 or older, and 41 percent had a member between 45 and 64. The same report showed that two out of five households over age 65 had annual incomes of less than $28,000.

http://finance-commerce.com/2013/11/first-glbtsenior-rentals-open-in-minnesota/#ixzz3hZ7si0so

SPIRIT ON LAKE

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> 17 TWO BEDROOM UNIT PLANS OF SPIRIT ON LAKE RENT: US$870 for a twobedroom apartment

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DE ROZE LOPER ( The Pink Carpet) A certificate that these care homes are actively working on an atmosphere of respect, openness and tolerance. The Pink Carpet is an initiative of the Pink 50+ Consortium (ANBO, COC Netherlands, Movisie and Vilans) and KIWA, certification body in quality assurance.

Other ‘Pink’ places: > Groenof > The Kilnker > The Venser > The Schouw > Willem Drees Home

DE RIETVINCK, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Marc Prosman Architects DEVELOPER: Osiragroep STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: Ground floor re-furbished in 2001, extra level added and full re-furbishment completed in 2009 NO. OF UNITS : 40 elderly in group housing for the elderly with the syndromes psychiatry and chronic somatic, 26 assisted living facilities, 2 places for short stay & a day care for elderly gays in the neighborhood. NO. OF RESIDENTS: 68

https://www.amstelring.nl/derietvinck http://www.architectuur.org/nieuwsitem/1312/Officiele_opening_ woonzorgcentrum_De_Rietvinck.html http://prosman.nl/p/28.html?m=1&node_id=8

De Rietvink hosts most of the Pink activities (poetry, bookclubs, films, gay pride festival preparations etc.

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FIRST FLOOR

Despite the De Rietvinck being a traditional care home - a large amount of effort has gone into breaking up the ground floor into a series of smaller spaces / living rooms and dining rooms with a variety of furnishings, wall and floor textiles and lighting. HOTEL UNITS To ensure the re-furbishment was a fast and relatively inexpensive endeavour - Marc Prosman Architects inserted pre-fabricated hotel bathroom units into each of the apartments.

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Extra level was added to an exiting 1980s structure Eaves created along street to mimic the surrounding architecture. The structure of the existing building has been adapted to a more open structure. Large windows, lots of natural light, uncluttered hallways.

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HIGH-END INDEPENDENT LIVING INTEGRATED HOUSING

1/2 PRIVATE APARTMENTS (The Brouwersgracht) 1/2 SERVICED APARTMENTS FOR AGEING LGBTERS (L.A. Rieshuis)

L.A. RIESHUIS, Amsterdam, Netherlands Mecanoo Architects DEVELOPER: Woningbouwvereniging De Principaal AREA: 555 m2 STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: completed 1998 NO. OF UNITS: 7 serviced apartments with public space & courtyard on ground floor two apartment typlogies with an open floor plan, are incorporated in the scheme. NO. OF RESIDENTS: 7

http://issuu.com/birkhauser.ch/docs/living_for_the_elderly http://zeedijk44winkel.wix.com/stichting-l-a#!l-a--ries-huis/ albumphotos0=0 http://www.invoeringwmo.nl/bibliotheek/homovriendelijkezorgcentra-amsterdam

* Integrated housing: connected to 7 apartments and a studio on the Brouwersgracht (848 m2)

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THE L.A. RIESHUIS is a commune for elderly homosexuals, with 7 apartments & lift access. The project consists of four layers, each consisting of two different onebedroom apartments. The floor plans are clear and compact and every floor has a shared balcony.

SLEEPING

http://zeedijk44winkel.wix.com/stichting-l-a#!la--ries-huis/albumphotos0=0 http://www.invoeringwmo.nl/bibliotheek/ homovriendelijke-zorgcentra-amsterdam

SLEEPING

LIVING

BUILT APARTMENTS LOOK OUT OVER A COURTYARD / GARDEN FROM COMMUNAL BALCONIES (2 apartments per balcony. The facade consists of a brick wall with staggered windows creating a different incidence of light in every apartment and facilitate communication among residents. THE GLASS FACADE ON THE GROUND FLOOR creates a distinct visual connection between the communal space and the street. THE COMMUNAL SPACE known as the ‘garden house’ on the ground floor was designed by artist Marcel Kronenburg is enclosed in corrugated plastcic sheeting and floored with artificial turf. This allows residents direct access to the nursing home next door (Die Rietvinck)- so residents who choose to live independently can access care as and when required.

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THE BROUWERGRACHT The canal side facade is heavily glazed, screened by exterior shutters which open to create French balconies. The corner of the site is articulated as a brick tower with large punched openings. Beyond the tower, the alley facade is a plinth of masonry with vertical western red cedar boarding; the cedar cladding in turn wraps the rear facade. Windows on the alley and the rear elevation are smaller and more discreet, providing daylight and views but also giving the inhabitants a measure of privacy. The building appears new in its context but responds carefully to the architectural and urban nuances of its sensitive historic context.

> APARTMENT TYPES (BROUWERSGRACHT)

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INSTITUTIONAL CARE AGE-RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE

REGNBUEPLEJEHJEM (RAINBOW ELDERLY HOME) DEVELOPER: State funded (Health and Care Committee of Copenhagen) COST OF DEVELOPMENT: 370,000 kroner STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: funds allocated NO. OF ROOMS/ APARTMENTS: 111 AGE-BRACKET: 65 + (retirement age) Part of the existing Plejecentret Slottet elderly centre in Nørrebro http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE2445566/koebenhavn-faar-et-regnbueplejehjem/ http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/copenhagen-get-first-publicly-funded-lgbti-elderlyhome081114 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/07/denmark-copenhagen-introduces-first-lgbt-home-forthe-elderly/ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-11-12/gay-rights-in-denmark-take-next-stepwith-rainbow-nursing-homes http://www.care2.com/causes/the-lgbt-rights-wrap-a-campaign-to-save-a-gay-bull-and-more. html#ixzz3hYNf8dMq

* not exclusively LGBTI, nor will LGBTs get first admission privileges, but staff have been specially trained to look at the particular issues that LGBT elders face in care homes so that they can guard against a variety of health problems, as well as prevent discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.

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INDEPENDENT LIVING AFFORDABLE

TRIANGLE SQUARE APARTMENTS Los Angeles, USA Van Tilberg, Banvard & Soderbergh DEVELOPER: Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH) & McCormack Baron Salazar Inc. FINANCED BY: City of Los Angeles, Redevelopment Agency, Housing Department and the Housing Authority, the California Housing Finance Agency, the California Department of Housing & Community Development, and SunAmerica. COST OF DEVELOPMENT: $21.5 million

CURRENT WAITING LIST IS 3-5 YEARS

STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: completed 2007 NO. OF UNITS: 104 ( 96 one-bedroom & 8 twobedroom units) AGE RANGE: 62+

http://gleh.org http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26554710 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4mgcb_a-place-to-live-a-documentaryabout_news

* targeting low income seniors ( 34% of the units will be designated for seniors with HIV/AIDS, homeless or at risk of homelessness) currently 78% of residents are elderly and gay

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517 - 665 SF US$296 - 456 / month

> Laundry facilities > A community room (70 monthly social, educational and enrichment programs and services, including a reduced cost lunch program for residents and their guests.) Looks like a highly dated motel >

ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT

665 - 763 SF US$617 - 937 / month

TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT

763 - 828 SF US$931 - $1,123 / month

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MULTI-GENERATIONAL AFFORDABLE

LARGE OUTDOOR COURTYARD, A 1,400-SF COMMUNITY ROOM, & A “TOT LOT” FOR KIDS

THE ARGYLE, Los Angeles, USA Killefer Flammang Architects DEVELOPER: Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH) & AMCAL Multi-Housing Inc COST OF DEVELOPMENT: US$17.5 million STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: completed 2015 AREA: 42,100 SF NO. OF UNITS: 40 one, two and three bedroom apartments - 6 layouts in total (a % allocated for gay seniors)* AGE-BRACKET: multi-generational complex

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/halfdone_apartments_already_ sprucing_up_westernhollywood.php#more http://www.amcalargyle.com/ http://www.kfalosangeles.com/projects/affordable-housing/argyleapartments/

* Under federal fair housing rules, low-income housing facilities catering to gay seniors cannot exclude straight people and still qualify for federal subsidies. + hospital nearby

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1 BEDROOM (609 SF)

1 BEDROOM (619 SF)

2 BEDROOM (953 SF)

3 BEDROOM (1107 SF)

1 BEDROOM (638 SF)

2 BEDROOM (986 SF)

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INDEPENDENT LIVING AFFORDABLE

JOHN C ANDERSON APARTMENTS Wallace Right & Todd Architects DEVELOPER: Pennrose & the Dr. Magnus Hershfeld (DMH) Fund COST OF DEVELOPMENT: $19.5 million STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: completed 2014 NO. OF UNITS: 56 one bedroom apartments independent living AGE-BRACKET: 62+

IMAGES: https://pennrose.com/apartments/pennsylvania/john-c-anderson-apartments/, http:// www.wrtdesign.com/projects/detail/john-c-anderson-apartments/377, http://www.businesswire. com/news/home/20140224006838/en/LGBT-Affordable-Housing-Seniors-Opens-Heart-Philadelphia http://www.seniorhousingnet.com/seniorliving-detail/john-c-anderson_249-south-13th-street_ philadelphia_pa_19107-564212, http://www.wrtdesign.com/projects/detail/john-c-andersonapartments/377, http://www.huduser.org/portal/pdredge/pdr_edge_inpractice_021014.html & http://articles.philly.com/2014-01-18/entertainment/46304580_1_anderson-apartmentsgayborhood-citizen-housing-project

+ 1,800 SF of commercial space/ community space on ground floor, onsite laundry facilities, and a large courtyard *no formal assisted-living, but a supportive services component can be provided. William Way LGBT Community Center nearby

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AFFECTIONATELY CALLED “THE GAYDY SHADY ACRES” BY RESIDENTS, IS BEING HAILED AS A MODEL FOR SIMILAR FEDERALLY BACKED HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/06/sexual-orientation-discriminationphiladelphia-housing

“housing for low-income residents over age 62 in the thriving Washington Square West community, dubbed the “Gayborhood” by local residents” nearby William Way LGBT Community Center coordinates activities onsite. Mazzoni Center leases space in the building to provide residents with counseling and medical care. In addition, ActionAIDS offers AIDS screening for residents. Programs include computer literacy classes, sex education, and legal assistance — a necessity for lifelong partners who lack the legal benefits of marriage.

“LGBT FRIENDLY”, SO IT DOES NOT EXCLUDE ANYONE. (THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF STRAIGHT RESIDENTS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE LGBT SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO VISIT WITHOUT JUDGMENT.)

http://www.phillymag.com/g-philly/2014/06/16/ square-one-coffee-opens-gayborhood/#gallery-2-10

BUILT ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENTS WITH ‘DRAG-QUEEN CLOSETS’ Segal said his favourite feature in the apartment complex are the vast, walk-in “drag-queen closets”, which he said symbolise the community being out in the open.

AFFORDABILITY RENT is US $633 - $779 To qualify, seniors must earn between $8,000 and $33,000 a year.

> COMMON SPACES floor is decorated with framed black-and-white photographs of the 1969 Stonewall riots and other protests with activists bearing signs that read, “Homosexuality is not a sin,” and “Gay Power!” RESIDENTS <

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INDEPENDENT LIVING

HIGH-END

IT’S COSTLY “... $740,000 entrance fee, along with a $5,150 monthly fee, which covers insurance, taxes, utilities, weekly housekeeping and about 25 meals a month.”

FOUNTAIN GROVE, Santa Rosa, USA Alan B. Cohen Architects DEVELOPER: Oakmont Senior Living COST OF DEVELOPMENT: US $52 million STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: completed in AREA: 10-acre campus with golf course NO. OF UNITS/HOMES: 64 spacious apartments, six detached bungalows & the Terraces, a 27-unit memory care facility NO. OF RESIDENTS : 600

http://fountaingrovelodge.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/27/ your-money/finding-communities-thatconnect-and-nurture-the-like-minded. html?ref=business&_r=1 http://abcaia.com/project.php?id=42

NO. OF STAFF: 60 L.G.B.T. ‘focused’ (hetrosexuals allowed) + a theater with 22-plush leather chairs, a wine cellar, a pool and a second-floor dining room where residents can look south at Taylor Mountain.

> SIX DETACHED BUNGALOWS >THE CRAFTSMAN-STYLE LODGE FEATURES 64 APARTMENTS With 8 different typologies, ranging from a 1 bedroom (833 SF) to 2 bedroom (2000 SF) Include: stainless steel kitchens, 10-foot-high ceilings and bathrooms spacious enough to accommodate wheelchairs. * The entrance fees range from $199,500 to $925,500, with monthly fees starting at $3,395.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS > scheduled blood pressure checks, annual flu shots, weight monitoring, health assessments health advice, dietary guidance, our Diabetic Wellness Program, condition specific screenings, and our Concierge Medical Program (as needed)

> ON-SITE ACTIVITIES include water aerobics, pilates, tai chi, yoga, strength training, meditation, individual sessions with a personal trainer, and health lectures on a variety of topics

CONTINUED CARE COMPONENT The Terraces, a 27-unit memory care facility, will serve guests suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia.

LUXURY COUNTRY CLUB/ HOTEL SERVICES + Maid services weekly, house cleaning, concierge, maintenance of residence, public areas, grounds, safety / security systems, staffing 24 hrs, utilities included, fitness program, chauffeured transportation, continental breakfast and 21 flexible meals, educational, social & recreational programs, 24-hour emergency call system, valet, tray service in the event of illness.

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MULTI-GENERATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL CARE

KIPLING ACRES, Toronto, Canada Montgomery Sisam Architects http://www.montgomerysisam.com/blog/posts/montgomery-sisam-staff-tour-new-kiplingacres-long-term-care-home http://www.montgomerysisam.com/projects/kipling-acres-long-term-care-home http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/ http://www.bondfield.com/portfolio/long-term-care/redevelopment-kipling-acres-phase2. php

developer: City of Toronto and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. cost of development: $45M stage of development: redevelopment (Phase 1 opened March 2014) area: 182,900 SF on 10 acre site no. of rooms/ apartments: Phase one 192 beds, Phase two 145 bed

OTHER AGED-CARE CATERING TO LGBT COMMUNITIES IN TORONTO

no. of inhabitants : 337 age-bracket: multi-generational seniors independent living, assisted living, Convalescent Care program, behavioural supports, short-stay respite beds, care for young adults, Adult Day Program and a 36 space Children’s Daycare Center.

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INDEPENDENT LIVING

ASSISTED LIVING BANKRUPT

> The developer was relying on a rising real estate market and a healthy rental market...

RAINBOW VISION, Santa Fe, USA DEVELOPER: Rainbow Vision Properties

> from 2006 - 2011 monthly club fees went up 66 % (RainbowVision residents were required to be members of a club that provided services like shuttle rides, dining and workout centers.)

AREA: 13 acres STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: construction to start late 2016 with first houses to be delivered in early 2017

> 2012 bankruptcy > 2014

NO. OF UNITS: 86 independent and assisted-living units A two-storey, 45,000-square-foot central building (the club) & 60 privately-owned condominiums

(unsure whether it will remain LGBT-focused) AGE-BRACKET: multi-generational 52% female to 48% male 60% LGBT to 40% non-LGBT http://rainbowvisionprop.blogspot.nl/2009/08/ahead-ofcurve.html http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/blog-2880-condoowners-up-in-arms-over-rainbowvision-santa-fe.html

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CHELSEA VILLAGE INDEPENDENT LIVING OPTIONS OR CLUB CONDO LIVING FULL MEMBERSHIP: access to the El Centro Clubhouse, take out from Garbo’s restaurant, housekeeping, all utilities except phone and internet, transportation, and several other features. LIMITED MEMBERSHIP: basic Comcast cable, water and trash, and the option to take advantage of the other services a la carte.

> TRANSITIONAL LIVING three meals prepared daily for you

> CASTRO ASSISTED LIVING OPTIONS Private residence on the second level of El Centro Clubhouse with staffing 24 /7 The DaVinci Dining Room: chef prepared meals three times a day

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ASSISTED LIVING

STONEWALL GARDENS Palm Springs, USA O2 Architecture NO. OF UNITS: 24 bungalow-style apartments with personal patios. (3 apartment types) NO. OF RESDIENTS : 26 AGE-BRACKET: 55+ + 24/7 staffing, emergency call system, meals

provided, utilities Included, Weekly housekeeping & linen service & apartment and grounds maintenanc

http://www.stonewallgardens.com/ http://www.environmentsforaging.com/article/ photo-tour-stonewall-gardens

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CARE-FOCUSED > Medication Management: A pre-move-in evaluation and consultation for the development of an individualized plan for residents’ health care and quality of life needs > status changes are noted and care services adjusted accordingly > Roll-in showers in extra large bathrooms

THE WELCOME SIGN LOOKS LIKE A TOMBSTONE >

UNPACKING AGENDAS

> HOW ARCHITECTURE IS CURRENTLY CATERING TO AN AGEING LGBT POPULATION? WHAT ARE THE NEEDS, DESIRES AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE ‘NEW’ MARKET POSED BY THE LGBT ‘YOUNG-OLD’?

REPACKAGING THE SUNCITY AS A GAY UTOPIA

ARE THERE NEW ARCHITECTURAL MODES OR MODELS EMERGING FOR THE 50+ LGBT COMMUNITY? (COMMERCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, RESIDENTIAL OR OTHER)

A“GAY-FRIENDLY” STAMP ON EXISTING RETIREMENT TYPOLOGIES

REFURBISHING & REPROGRAMMING WITH LGBT GROUP Absolute Abstract Modern Eye Open House PHAG Spruce Street Video on 12th Moda Botanica Doggie Style Happily Ever After Provenance Inc Show of Hands Hello Home Giovanni’s Room Duross & Langel

Bindi Restaurant Brew Ha Ha Capogiro Gelato Artisans El Vez Knock Lolita Mercato Raw Sushi & Sake Lounge More Than Just Ice Cream Mixto Valanni Naked Chocolate Café Terra Joe Pesce

THE VALUE OF ‘THE GAYBOURHOOD’ 215-922-6061 bindibyob.com 215-893-5680 brewhaha.com 215-351-0900 capogirogelato.com 215-928-9800 elvezrestaurant.com 215-925-1166 knockphilly.com 215-546-7100 lolitabyob.com 215-985-2962 mercatobyob.com 215-238-1903 rawlounge.net 215-574-0586 215-592-0363 tierramixtophilly.com 215-790-9494 valanni.com 215-735-7310 nakedchocolatecafe.com 215-545-0900 tavernoncamac.com 215-829-4400 joepescerestaurant.com

Sisters Restaurant/Nightclub The Bike Stop Woody’s 12th Air Command Tavern on Camac Q Lounge Westbury Voyeur Nightclub Uncle’s Upstairs Venture JR’s Lounge

Groom 12th Street Gym Fusion: Heart.Muscle.Mind Lion’s Mane Charlie Salon Cut Salon K Andre Richard Salon

215-545-2626 215-985-4092 215-733-0633 215-925-0366 215-923-3123 215-545-3930 215-545-1880 215-735-1590

Alexander Inn The Independent Hotel

215-923-3535 alexanderinn.com 215-772-1440 theindependenthotel.com

William Way Community Center 215-732-2220 Mazzoni Center 215-563-0652

groomphilly.com 12streetgym.com fusioncrosstraining.com

cuthairsalon.com andrerichardsalon.com

waygay.org mazzonicenter.org

> THE YOUNG OLD, THE SUN CITY & THE MONETARY FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. As Deane Simpson examines in Young Old; Urban Utopias of an Ageing Society - Our penchant for youth has spawned entire industries devoted to marketing it’s bounties. “...place plays an important role in capitalizing on this dream, be it tourism or with real estate.” “THE

MAJORITY OF MODERN DAY “FOUNTAINS OF YOUTH” ARE LOCATED IN THE SUN...

UT TER UNDER THE GUIS -C IE OK CO E TH G IN LL SE SELF-DIFFERENTIATION

IMAGES (left to rIght): Lucas Cranach the Elder, Fountain of Youth, 1546. Source: Gemaldegallerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, The Villages, Florida http://www.farnerbarley. com/portfoliofl.asp. & The Cookie Cutter E. Mecredy “Bowling for Boomers” (Auckland, 2013)

E OF

... THESE “SUN CITIES” EXCLUSIVELY CATERING TO THE OLD HAVE SPRUNG UP ALL OVER THE WORLD & ALTHOUGH MARKETED AS UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTS TO A SELECT CLIENTELE OF LIKE CONSUMERS, THESE DESTINATIONS ARE ACTUALLY CONCEIVED AND CONSTRUCTED AS STANDARDIZED PRODUCTS.” Marc Angelil & Carey Siress “Territorial Photosynthesis” in Young Old; Urban Utopias of an Ageing Society Lars Muller Publishers, 2014

> REPACKAGING THE SUNCITY AS A GAY UTOPIA > MOST LOCATED ON THE SUNBELT Spain, the south of France, Palm Springs...

> SELLING RETIREMENT AS A CONSTANT VACATION & THE PURSUIT OF PERSONAL FREEDOM THROUGH LEISURE & CONSUMPTION An emphasis on purchasing leisure & freedom with built in commercial programmes (cafes, bars, gyms, shops... & ATMS)

> NOT EXPLICITLY STATING DEVELOPMENT IS FOR LGBT POPULATIONS, BUT DEPICTING A GAYFRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT (often through shiny renders with same-sex couples smiling or holding hands )

> MARKETED AT THE YOUNG-OLD DEPICTING ACTIVITIES FOR A MOBILE AND ACTIVE RETIREE > UTOPIAN VISIONS /DENIAL OF AGEING (NOT A HOSPITAL BED OR NURSE IN SIGHT.)

> A ‘ GAY-FRIENDLY STAMP ON EXISTING RETIREMENT VILLAGES POLICY DRIVEN DIRECTIVES, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION < INSTITUTIONAL CARE PROVIDERS UNDERGO A TOLERANCY SCAN SEARCH FOR ‘PINK’ PROPERTY >

NETWORK OF PINK EVENTS/ ISSUES

ANBO, together with COC Movisie and Vilans part of the consortium Roze50plus. This consortium is committed to include gay-friendly nursing and care homes and home care. Under many are also members of the national working group in his personal capacity ambassador Roze50plus.

HOUSING + + + + > A RETHINKING OF COMMON SPACE, PUBLIC SPHERE OF CARE-HOMES Re-envisioning the sad dank space of most traditioanl retirement homes as a space within the city (not cut off from)

> UBIQUITOUS SPACES LIKE ‘COMMON ROOMS’ ARE BEING SUBSTITUTED FOR CAFES, BARS, THEATRES, LIBRARIES - SPACES WITH DYNAMIC PHYSICAL AND TEMPORAL PROGRAMMING. A common theme across precedents studied is the inclusion of typologies previously considered external to retirement communities (commercial programmes like cafes, restaurants, shops, salons, movie theatres or public infrastructure like libraries or schools) > is this a wish to avoid association with the living room spaces of institutional care? > is there an economic dimension behind this? a deliberate cashing in on a captive audience?

> LGBT ORGANIZATIONS AS PROPERTY DEVELOPER / LANDLORD “ MORE THAN HANGING A RAINBOW ON THE DOOR” THE LGBT ORGANIZATION ACTS AS BOTH ‘LANDLORD’ & A SUPPORT NETWORK

> PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURE TO REMAIN SUSTAINABLE > to provide services, understand services wanted & needed and develop/ alter to accomodate change (in residents, residents age / level of care) > important to be a present / in the building, provide mental safety / security for those who live there, mediate issues between residents & be the first point of contact /saftey net

LGBT-ERS LIVING ALONE - BUT THEY ARE NOT BEING LEFT ALONE.

There is an organisation in the buildign with their interests in mind

& THE ARCHITECTS ROLE?

LGBT group assumes & co-ordinates various CARE ROLES Nurse Landlord / building manager social worker counsellor Volunteer Theatre enthusiast

> UNDERSTANDING THE CHANGING SPHERE OF LGBTIQ-ers WITHIN THE CITY

1970/80

“THE GAY GHETTO” gay activity often occupied ‘marginal’ areas within cities, reffered to as ‘gay ghettos’ by sociologists during the 1970s & 1980s urban spaces seen as immoral spaces of illegal activity- an era when homosexuality was equated with prostitution Martin P. Levin “Gay Ghetto” Journal of Homosexuality Volume 4, Issue 4, 1979 DOI:10.1300/J082v04n04_04. p363-377

2006

“WHY JUST FOR GAY MEN? YOU WILL CREATE A GHETTO” Said about the Diverse Living Space in Berlin

GENTRIFICATION

“...out fighting for the cause and weren’t able to get jobs with 401k [pension] plans,” ...“They lost many of their friends and support networks to Aids. Their families disowned them for being gay.” And today “...THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE GAY NEIGHBOURHOODS THEIR LIVES INSPIRED.” - Mark Segel - John C. Anderson Apartments, Philidelphia

“THE GAYBOURHOOD” San Francisco (The City by the Bay) with the most expensive one-bedroom apartment in America has changed rapidly, MANY

MOURN THE LOSS OF AN EARLIER SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS FORMERLY AFFORDABLE COUNTERCULTURE AND QUEER SUBCULTURE,

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/06/ sexual-orientation-discrimination-philadelphiahousing

-Documentary “Beautiful by night” James Hosking

“BERLIN HAS 3 GAY AREAS (this isnt one) ...THEY ARE JUST TOO POPULAR, TOO EXPENSIVE”

- Marcel de Groot, Schwulenberatung Berlin

> WITH AGEING ONES SPHERE SHRINKS

what places, spaces & people are in the vicinity around these lgbt-ageing architectures?

HOW DOES GENTRIFICATION AFFECT LGBTIQ INDIVIDUALS & COUPLES ABILITY TO AGE IN PLACE? OR STAY NEAR THE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE ACCEPTING (NOT JUST TOLERATING) OF THEM

> DISTRIBUTION OF GAY BARS WITHIN CITIES WITH AGEINGLGBTIQ ARCHITECTURE Understanding concentrations, dispersals and the temporality of activities of LGBTIQ individuals & couples goes far beyond simply locating the redlight district. But it is interesting to see where architectures for ageing LGBT groups have manifested within the city in relation to these “gaybourhoods”, “gay streets”, “cultural quarters”

Absolute Abstract Modern Eye Open House PHAG Spruce Street Video on 12th Moda Botanica Doggie Style Happily Ever After Provenance Inc Show of Hands Hello Home Giovanni’s Room Duross & Langel

Bindi Restaurant Brew Ha Ha Capogiro Gelato Artisans El Vez Knock Lolita Mercato Raw Sushi & Sake Lounge More Than Just Ice Cream Mixto Valanni Naked Chocolate Café Terra Joe Pesce

Sisters Restaurant/Nightclub The Bike Stop Woody’s 12th Air Command Tavern on Camac Q Lounge Westbury Voyeur Nightclub Uncle’s Upstairs Venture JR’s Lounge

Groom 12th Street Gym Fusion: Heart.Muscle.Mind Lion’s Mane Charlie Salon Cut Salon K Andre Richard Salon

215-545-2626 215-985-4092 215-733-0633 215-925-0366 215-923-3123 215-545-3930 215-545-1880 215-735-1590

Alexander Inn The Independent Hotel

215-923-3535 alexanderinn.com 215-772-1440 theindependenthotel.com

William Way Community Center 215-732-2220 Mazzoni Center 215-563-0652

groomphilly.com 12streetgym.com fusioncrosstraining.com

cuthairsalon.com andrerichardsalon.com

waygay.org mazzonicenter.org