Precedent studies regarding assisted living

Precedent Studies

THE

PENANG HOME FOR THE INFIRM AND AGED Local

THE PENANG HOME FOR THE INFIRM AND AGED

A tax exempt, charitable and voluntary organization

Established in 1963

Address: Core Objective

No 409, Jalan Masjid Negeri, 11600 Penang, Malaysia.

The provision of shelter, care, nursing and rehabilitation for the poor who are infirm and aged, chronically ill and permanently disabled.

Eligibility for Admission

Applicant must preferably be 60 years and above, regardless of their sex, race, religion or creed.

Applicants must be poor with no means or property to support them and whose relative/dependents are unable to look after them

Site Planning

Lam Wah Ee Hospital Cathedral of the Holy Spirit

Commercial Area (Shoplots)

The Penang Home for the Infirm and Aged

History

of The Porject

History of The Porject Officially set up in 1963

Main objective of providing shelter, care, nursing and rehabilitation for the poor who are infirm and aged, chronically ill and permanently disabled.

The idea to set up The Penang Home which was then known as The Penang Homes Association for the Infirm was mooted by Dr. C.H.Yeang when he was the president of the Penang Rotarians.

To start the noble cause and kick off the project, the promoters managed to obtain The Lam Wah Ee Hospital`s consent to lease out the latter`s 1 acre land together with the then existing long house and two chalets in July 1964.

In its first major expansion exercise, The Home decided to construct a double storey building block comprising of an office and a meeting room, two rows of dormitories and a kitchen to replace the existing long house and two chalets.

As the resident population continued to grow, The Home decided to construct an additional row comprising of two blocks of single storey dormitories

Another round of building expansion took place in 1986 due to space constraint. This led to the construction of the present existing left wing section of The Home and consists of a row comprising two blocks of single storey dormitories.

Several challenges awaited Dato Chan as the newly elected president. This included the shortage of space, the long waiting list of applicants and the limited beds available as the resident population has reached to almost maximum capacity of 260 and the escalating cost of running The Home. When year 2002 came by, The Penang Home felt that it cannot hold back on further development but need to expand again if it wanted to continue to help the many aged poor and infirm who are still without shelter and care.

To resolve this dilemma, The Home then felt that if it has a choice it was better to acquire a suitable property rather than to redevelop its existing facility in Green Lane and went on to secure the said property at a reasonable price of RM4 million.

Penang Home officially took possession of their second facility at No. 8, Jln Residensi in June 2004. Some necessary renovation needed to be done before the deployment of residents from Green Lane could take place.

History of The PorjectHistory of The Porject

The Home then relocated all its bed ridden and immobile residents to their second facility at no 8, Jln Residensi which was officially declared open on 30/7/2005. The ribbon cutting ceremony was jointly performed by YAB Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon (the then Chief Minister of Pulau Pinang), Dato` Seri Tan Hoay Eam (Past President), Dato` Chan Ban Eng (President), Dato` Ong Gim Huat, Dato` Loh Eng Kim, Dato` Chuah Saik Ang and Dato` Lim Wan Peng. However, despite all efforts and actions taken and after three years of occupation, it was felt that for the sake of the welfare, convenience, interest and safety of its residents, it has to relocate them back to its first facility at Green Lane in 2008. This relocation exercise also took into consideration the need for The Home to centralize and consolidate its operations for cost effectiveness in the wake of the then world economic recession. Meanwhile, The Home managed to lease out the heritage building at no 8, Jln Residensi to a suitable tenant. To accommodate the move, The Home decided to add a new wing comprising of a four storey building block adjoining to its existing Green Lane premises. The new wing was completed in August 2011. Total

Construction cost came to RM4.5 million and was fully borne out of past accumulated public donations.

The Penang Home was given due recognition on 12/10/2004 by the Social and Welfare Department for its role in having given contribution and services towards the improvement in the well being of the senior citizens in the State of Pulau Pinang.

In 2005, the Home was awarded first placing among the 6,000 odd societies in Penang as the best society during the "Anugerah Pertubuhan Cemerlang Pulau Pinang" by the Registrar of Societies

Penang Home also secured a finalist placing in the Prime Minister Award for Quality under the socio economic sector for year 2006. For the year 2010 The Penang Home has been given the Exemplary Award in the Service of senior citizens by the Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat on 16th December 2010.

The Penang Home being a charitable and voluntary organization has always been dependent on public support and donation for its day to day running and operating expenses.

THE PENANG HOME FOR THE INFIRM AND AGED

Shelter and Care

Clean beds, ambiance, airy dormitories, cold and hot water bath etc Clothing Clean clothing and laundry services

Food Medical and Nursing Care

Three meals and two tea breaks per day (not including special lunch and dinner treats provided by the Home and outside parties).

In house clinic, nurses/nursing aides attending, resident volunteer doctors, daily trips to hospital

and Rehabilitation

Activity include reading, board games, sewing, gardening, calisthenics, musical exercises, reflexology, workout on exercisers, watching TV/video, singing session, outing trips and invitation to parties and functions

DAY CENTER AND HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF BLANCAFORT overseas

E L D E R L Y O F B L A N C A F O R T

HISTORY OF THE PORJECT

Day center and Home for the elderly of Blancafort is an architectural project designed by Guillem Carrera in Tarragona, Spain in 2013. The building was built according to the standard of passive solar architecture. Each of the spaces of the building has the possibility of cross ventilation. All spaces have one opening to the outer facade and another to the inner courtyard. The possible perception of concrete as a cold material is balanced with warm wood finishes, weathering steel and stone, and projected vegetated areas. As for the interior finishes, these aim to provide users with the warmth necessary to enjoy a building designed to be comfortable during the last stage of their life."

A necessary social building for the elderly in the village of Blancafort and its neighboring municipalities. The initial observation of the site and its surroundings led to the consideration that the future building should not just solve a program and the needs of an isolated building. It had to help to consolidate the nearest urban fabric and at the same time to create access to the village with its own personality and public character.

Stone Weathering Steel Panel Concrete Walls Redwood Timber

CONTEXTUAL RESPONSE

Sun path

The sun move from east to west which provides natural lighting to the building

Wind Ventilation

- The wind ventilation comes from east, which provides natural ventilation through the open courtyard

Noise

The man made noise coming from the road and the apartment at the back of the building

Landscape

The three surrounding streets and public green area, turning the preexisting retaining wall into the base of the building and creating a core of common access

E L D E R L Y O F B L A N C A F O R T

Design Concept

It is a building that users will identify as the silhouette that gives character to the entrance to the village; with the intention that it perceives its implantation has done respectfully with the rest of the buildings that are part of the urban core and with the history and personality of the village.

Provide access to the building from Carrer Raval de Montblanc, opening part of the existing retaining wall. Convert the existing retaining wall into the base of the building. Implement the building on this base, open it to the three streets that surround the site and also open it to the tightest part of the site, where a square, a public green area and a health park will be created.

Create a common access and communication core that will be used for the two equipments in the building: the day center and the home of elderly.

Provide a courtyard for each of the two public equipments.

F r o m t h e a r c h i t e c t : T h e i n i t i a l o b s e r v a t i o n o f t h e p l o t a n d i t s e n v i r o n m e n t l e d t o c o n s i d e r t h a t t h e f u t u r e b u i l d i n g d i d n o t h a v e t o s o l v e o n l y a p r o g r a m a n d a r e q u i r e m e n t o f a n i s o l a t e d b u i l d i n g , b u t i t a l s o h a d t o h e l p c o n s o l i d a t e t h e n e a r e s t u r b a n f a b r i c , c r e a t i n g a n e n t r a n c e t o t h e v i l l a g e w i t h i t s o w n p e r s o n a l i t y a n d p u b l i c c h a r a c t e r .

A void is formed in the middle to provide an open space that allows natural lighting and ventilation to pass through

A covered walkway is added to create a core of common access and an internal courtyard to separate two public facilities

A void is formed in the middle to provide an open space that allows natural lighting and ventilation to pass through

A covered walkway is added to create a core of common access and an internal courtyard to separate two public facilities

DAY CENTER AND HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF BLANCAFORT overseas

West Elevation East Elevation

North Elevation

South Elevation

SPATIAL LAYOUT

01 THE LARGER COURTYARD I S SURROUNDED BY SOCI AL SPACES USED BY THE OUTPATI ENT CENTER, WHI LE A SMALLER COURTYARD I S OVERLOOKED BY THE DAY CARE PORTI ON OF THE BUI LDI NG THE BUI LDI NG' S SHARED ENTRANCES ARE DESI GNED TO ENHANCE OPPORTUNI TI ES FOR SOCI ALI SI NG

02 THE OUTPATI ENT CENTER DI RECTS I TS MAI N ROOM I NTO A LARGER I NNER COURTYARD WI TH THE WI SH THAT PEOPLE WHO NEED DAI LY HELP HAVE MORE PRI VATE I NDOOR SPACES THAT ARE NOT SO OPEN TO THE OUTSI DE AND ARE MORE DESI GNED FOR A MEASURED DAI LY ACTI VI TY.

03 THE DAY CENTER FOR THE ELDERLY DI RECTS I TS MAI N SPACE TO THE SURROUNDI NG LANDSCAPE, WHI LE THE OUTPATI ENT CENTER DI RECTS I TS MAI N SPACE TO A LARGER I NTERNAL COURTYARD, DESI GNED FOR THERAPEUTI C AND RELAX AMBI ENCE.

N T E R A N D H O M E F O R T H E

L D E R L Y O F B L A N C A F O R T

UNIQUE FEATURES

UNIQUE FEATURES: SUSTAINABILITY AND MATERIALITY

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Passive Solar Architecture

Since the spaces have a lot of openings which has the possibility of cross ventilation, the temperature of each space may be affected depending on the weather conditions.

Definition of Thermal Inertia

The tendency of an object to resist changes in temperature.

Example: The building envelope has high thermal inertia. During the day, the building is warmed up by the heat from the Sun and at night, the cool breezes ventilates the indoor spaces. However, the users are comfortable staying indoors as the interior spaces are at warmer temperatures as the material of the building skin releases its heat at a slower rate.

The building envelope (skin of the building) is created with a thermal thickness composed of a minimum of 5 layers and 40 45cm thick, establishing a thermal inertia.

The material helps to slow down the indoor temperature change that may be affected by the climatic conditions

Hence, it minimizes the energy consumption to regulate the room temperature especially during summer and winter and improves user comfort.