FIGURE 6.23: (Kadawittfelarchitektu, n.d.).
PRECEDENT 4: THALGAU HOME FOR THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN’S NURSERY
Location: State of Salzburg, Austria Architect: Kadawittfelarchitektur GbR Year Completed: 2002
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The Thalgau Home for the Elderly and Children’s Nursery combines a home for the elderly and a children’s nursery to enable intergenerational contact between society’s youngest and oldest members. According to
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Feddersen and Lüdtke (2009, pp. 216-217) the home was designed to be reminiscent of small homes along a small town street . The heart of the building is the central courtyard between two of the masses, which is adjacent to the communal dining hall. Walkways completely wrap around the home’s perimeter to encourage active inner walking routes for young and elderly people and provide stimulating routes with bridges linking the various masses. The resident’s rooms have small seating niches in the front, leading
