Textual content description offered by the architects.
The Idea of the constructing, based mostly on a logical format, is of a two storey bed room block resting on the bottom ground shared services. The brand new “Y” formed block types a sheltered safe courtyard on the centre of the plan and organises the exterior house into two gardens to the north and west that mix with the adjoining mature gardens to maximise the entry to mild and greenery for each residents and neighbours.
An present 1970’s single storey constructing over parking is demolished, the bottom ground slab is retained to kind a brand new elevated safe backyard deck accessible to the entire residents. The brand new lodging hooked up to the rear of the present constructing types an inner courtyard, refocusing the present chapel because the centre of the neighborhood from its former place surrounded by companies.
The chapel courtyard is enclosed by a cloister forming a sheltered promenade linking the previous constructing and new construction. A big meeting room open to the courtyard acts as a spotlight for day by day exercise and an area for seasonal occasions. The roof offers a terrace above that serves all residents and provides a secondary promenade.
The person components of this system are articulated utilizing contrasting colors. That is supposed to intensify a way of place and facilitate wayfinding and the legibility of the format for these with cognitive impairment. This perspective to color is carried all through the inside and turns into obvious in particular areas on the outside.
This use of color is knowledgeable by present finest follow throughout the care neighborhood and for dementia design. The colors for the bed room block are drawn from colors throughout the assorted tones of the brickwork of St. Johns. The color adjustments subtly between facades so that North and East faces are lighter and South and West a deeper shade.
The lightest elevation will face Merrion Village to the North to maximise the daylight obtainable. As daylight falls on darker shades they may seem lighter and match extra intently to adjoining lighter shades. Supporting components at Floor Ground Degree are handled as a part of the panorama and tackle that materiality, fairfaced block for supporting components, stone the place folks come into contact with the constructing and concrete for panorama components separate from the constructing kind.
The panorama is designed to stimulate the vary of senses of the residents by scent, color, texture, sound and style – herbs, greens and fruit are grown and consumed by residents. Every backyard has a person character by using arduous landscaping .
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