DESIGN
The Birds And The Bees Gulf Rise is the first of a new generation of Metlifecare retirement villages with award-winning architecture, beautiful blossom-lined streets, and spacious, lightfilled villas and apartments.
ward-winning consultants in landscape architecture and more, Boffa Miskell’s Emma Todd and Pete Whiting joined the Gulf Rise project in 2017. Todd handled the master planning and concept design for the overall village before moving onto the detailed design for Precinct One. Boffa Miskell used good urban design principles to rethink the institutional style of retirement villages, creating a village that is more than the sum of its parts, integrates with the local community,
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and enhances the residents’ experience. Whiting described these villages as more communal than institutional in their design and operation. “Apartment and townhouse living rather than rest home,” he expressed. “This is senior ‘living’ - not a parking space.” The outdoor spaces reflect the more active lifestyles and interests of the residents, with incorporated flexible spaces which allow for a range of activities. Boffa Miskell created a chain of connected
