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Arthur’s Hill Dementia Center
In my 3rd year in Newcastle University I had to design a center for people suffering from dementia. In the next few pages I will be presenting the approaches I took for my design and the final outcome.
Site Analysis
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The site is located in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, in area called Arthur’s Hill. The neighborhood is residential, famous for its wide diversity of ethnicities and cultures. Right next to it is Westgate Road one of the main roads in Newcastle connecting it to the city center.
Even though the area is densely build up, there are no highrise constructions to cause obstruction to the sunlight or to create a strong wind flow around the site.
Dementia village is located south from the Dementia Centre and it is for people in the very fist stages of the dementia syndrome.
The building is divided into tree areas: private only for the patients and the nurses(yellow), private only for the staff (green) and public for family members and visitors (blue).
