Pennington Park - Senior Living Community
Health and welfare can be achieved by both professional facility and built environment. A more proactive senior living lifestyle would encourage residents to interactive with neighborhood, with landscape, and actively developing new lifestyle and hobbies. The actively connected space and activities would provide a dynamic spectrum of both architecture and landscape space, both daily enjoyment and professional care.
Redefine Senior Living
Space Operation
Displaced senior people Isolated Housing or housed in a huge cube Passively receiving service Medical centered society.
Classic Assisted Living
A classic senior living complex is cut to have more exposure to its environment space.
New Senior Campus
The interface of building-environment can integrate space inside, outside, across, and semi-outdoor.
Regrouped Units
The apartment units are group into mini cluster, thus different level of accessibility and activeness could be achieved through ----
Weaved space
More than just interior space, a senior community should weave building with landscape to offer and encourage ----
Active living
The dynamic spectrum of space provide active connection from living to collective space and landscape, to activities and nature.
Units are combined in accordance with function and connection.
Outdoor Space
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Mobility
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Collective Space
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Independent Living high mobility highest activity
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Assisted Living limited mobility
Memory Care high mobility
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Collective Space
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Semi-outdoor
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Design Development
01 Massing
04 Topography
Fit existing boundary. Heterogenization. Connection
Pull Push Centripet Cntrifuge
02 Massing
05 Landscape
Group units Connect within groups Void Transparent Expand
Divide Group Connect Interact
03 Planning
06 Connection
Devide Connect
Connect Weave Priortize Juxtaposition
LEGO
Axon
Figure 1: massing investigation
Figure 2: detail
Figure 3: proposed axon
LEGO was used to help figure out building mass and relationship with landscape and surrounding context. The combination of LEGO bricks inspired in smaller scale how outside- inside space can be integrated and interacted.
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Main Entrance Truck Load-off Admin and Convenience Store Drop-off Parking The Enjoyment Interior Common Space Caregiver Station Pool & Therapy The Studio Memory Care Drop-off and Clinic Cart Parking
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22 Flexible Use Unit
25 Assisted Living
24 Independent Garden House
15 Memory Care
15 Rehabilitation
268 Parking
Elements
Semi Outdoor
Landscape and Accessibility
Public
Pavement
Slope
Private
Lawn
Sitting
Collective Indoor
Tree Massing Tree Visual
Core and Void
Weaving
Buffer
Section
Independent Unit
The Park
Ground Floor Plaza
Independent Unit
The Forest
Central Lawn and Plaza
The Enjoyment
ADA Path
Lawn
The Enjoyment
Lawn
The Tunnel
Sitting Stairs
Independent Unit
Assisted Living
Independent Unit
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Interior Collective Space
Grass Slope
The Tunnel
Sitting Stairs
Independent Unit
Amphitheater
Independent Unit
Central Lawn and Plaza
Ground Floor Plaza
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Emergency
Independent Living Unit
Rooftop Garden 1 2
Medical Unit A
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Independent Living
Memory Care & Medical Service
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Independent Unit 1-11 9
Independent Living
Assisted Living
Medical Unit B Memory Care Unit B C Assisted Unit C D
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In a time of emergency like pandemic, independent living apartment s are regrouped into 13 units, each featuring accessible stair lift or elevator, and collective space for social activities. Part of the central space of the apartment is also available for medical use (A). The Enjoyment, The Studio are then turned into multi-function service place.
Collective patio in the independent living building.
Plan detail
The Studio (Entrance)
Canopy
Healing Yard Central Lawn Central Plaza Sit N’ Chat Admin and Store The Tunnel Collective Space
The Enjoyment Assisted Living Independent Living The Tunnel
Central Lawn and Plaza
Healing Garden
Perspective - A - Healing Garden
Sit N’ Chat
Admin and Convenience Store
Healing Yard
Independent Living
The Studio
Ground Floor Plaza
Perspective - B - Central Lawn and Plaza
Admin and Convenience Store
Central Lawn and Plaza
Assisted Living
The Forest
Independent Living
The Enjoyment
Perspective - C - the Forest
Collective Space
The Courtyard
Independent Living
The Enjoyment
The Forest
Assisted Living
The Tunnel
Drop Off