Residence

As recommended by the Care Inspectorate, the number of residents accommodated are between 6-10, depending on single or double occupancy of apartments.

This small domestic scale enables better quality care and relationships with staff, and reduces risk of outbreaks and stress due to over-stimulation.

Every space is designed to be accessible for wheelchair users.

Travelling from the car park and public transport drop off point, inhabitants enter the private Residence from the Southernmost wing. The threshold provides a transition between interior and exterior, before meeting residents and staff in the hallway. Then leading towards a large communal living, dining and kitchen area.

The courtyard extension provides space for a variety of activities, sliding glass doors may open or close to adjust exposure to the elements. Connecting private and public areas, people are invited to share a range of indoor and outdoor perspectives.

Staff areas are positioned to allow visibility, and minimise sound disruption.

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A domestic-scale first floor communal living, dining and kitchen area provides additional space for relaxing, socialising or more private occasions. On the East corner, the small balcony gives views across the Community Garden.

All apartments are private and lockable.

Resident flats 1 and 2 are duplex, internally accessed by private lifts. Other apartments are entered through communal lifts and stairways, or via the extension.

Flats 5 and 8 are for the use of guests, providing opportunities for residents and loved ones to spend time together.

Apartments open out onto the extension, providing immediate and accessible opportunities to enjoy time with others, indoors and outdoors, while enveloped within the courtyard.

The single-storey form maintains the distinctive roof-lines of the Complex, and open views across the quadrangle. Designed to cast minimal shadows, allowing inhabitants to enjoy warm sunlight and stimulating fresh air.

Furnishings are arranged to support a range of group and individual activities, suiting those participating in group workshops and inhabitants who enjoy quiet reading while overlooking the courtyard.

Connections to communal kitchens on both levels encourages people to share meals in a variety of interior and exterior locations.