Community Living Center

The Community Living Center is a new construction addition to an existing VA living center for veterans. The current facility lacks outside views and daylight, making one of the project goals to create maximum daylight and access to outside living for the residents

Twenty four new beds are created in the Community Living Center. The existing facility has 50 residents, two residents per room. The VA is moving towards single occupant rooms for its residents. Residents of the new (and old) facility are veterans with need for 24-hour assisted living.

Some of the project challenges were creating an inviting veterans center in the middle of a residential neighborhood while maintaining a blast proof facade; creating a home-like environment within a sterile environment; working with the VA’s standards to adapt their standards towards more gentle programming and materials.

The project was taken through final bid documents (95%CD), at which point funding for this project was lost due to reorganization within the Veterans Affairs and a shift in funding priorities.

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Principal in Charge: Hank Louis

Role: Designer

Budget: Confidential

Size: 7,340 SF

Location: Salt Lake City (UT)

Delivery Method: Competitive bid

Firm of Record: Gigaplex Architects

Images: Gigaplex Architects

Status: Completed 2011

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The client had a number of elements self selected to integrate into the house, include vintage Japanese saloon doors for the entry and closets, a ofuro soaking tub, and as one of the owners was a chef, specialty fixtures for the kitchen. Stacking doors on the homes south and east facing walls open to create a seamless transition from inside to outside, driven by the clients wish to maximize access to the deck and landscaping.

The project also included a pool house and garage to be built at later stages.

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Principal/Instructor in Charge: Hank Louis

Role: Student

Budget: 25,000

Size: 1,000 SF Location: Blanding (UT)

Delivery Method: Design-build

Firm of Record: DesignBuildBLUFF

Images: Laura Hardy