REMODEL FOR SUCCESS -CREATE VIBRANT COMMUNITY SPACES

Get the most bang for your buck

Today’s Challenges Reduced Occupancy Tight Budget Aging Facilities Aging Facility Population Discerning Consumers

Findings Based on 2009 Post Occupancy Evaluations with the Seattle AIA Design for Aging Committee

PARK SHORE, SEATTLE EVALUATION TEAM

HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLE EVALUATION TEAM

The most critical factor for seniors selecting where they want to live is …A Sense of Community

Longevity is also related to social connections

Result #1

What do People Want as they Age?

People want to continue to enjoy their lifestyle…So with decreased energy &

mobility… Bring their lifestyle to them.Create “Vibrant Community Spaces”

Design has a critical role to play

Result #2 - How do you Create “Vibrant Social Space”?

WASHINGTON OAKES, EVERETT, WA.

Central Central hub

where people come & go.

Abundance of natural light from multiple sides.

Variety of light fixtures.

What Makes a Vibrant Social Space?

WASHINGTON OAKES, EVERETT, WA.

Comfortable seating –a variety of seating options.

People watching opportunity.

A people draw – coffee, food, activities, other people.

What Makes a Vibrant Social Space?

Central Hub Elements

Central Hub Elements

Result #3 - What were the most popular“Vibrant Social Spaces”?

PARK PLACE, SEATTLEMITHUN

Bistro Cafe

VIBRANT COMMUNITY ENTRY Vibrant Community EntryModerate sized community of 150 residents, 3 floors:

Central point of entry & circulation.

Vibrancy of community is readily visible from entry.

Reception is discretely to the side.

• Popular Fire Side Lounge on axis with entry but at a spacious distance

Our study suggests that the most effective places to remodel are :

Front Entry

Central Commons & Hub of Community

VIBRANT ENTRY

THE SUMMITMITHUN

SOPHISTICATED

PROTECTING

BRIGHT

VIBRANT ENTRY

SAGE ARCHITECTURAL ALLIANCEWHILE AT MITHUN

VIBRANT ENTRY

SAGE ARCHITECTURAL ALLIANCE WHILE AT MITHUN

INNOVATIONS that foster relationships with the general multi-age community

Ankrom Moisan

Living Care, YakimaAnkrom Moisan

Central location Bistro-Café with good food. Great space with light from high clerestories windows

Living Care, YakimaAnkrom Moisan

Intergenerational Space• Residents• Family members• Employees from neighboring businesses who have discovered the lunch venue

Living Care, YakimaAnkrom Moisan

Third Place Books, Seattle

Third Place Books, Seattle

Integration

with Market

Housing &

Mixed Use

MERRILL GARDENS, SEATTLERUNBERG ARCHITECTURE

Ankrom Moisan

Village Center Concept

Ankrom Moisan

Living Care, YakimaAnkrom Moisan

Central location Bistro-Café with good food. Great space with light from high clerestories windows

Living Care, YakimaAnkrom Moisan

Result #4 - Vibrant Social SpacesIn high acuity & dementia care?

HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLENBBJ

Alternative to the Nurse Station

How to Keep Seniors in their Independent Units?

Fanno Creak, ORElite Care

Recommendations to update and add value to Skilled Nursing :

1. A welcoming vibrant entry 2. A “greenhouse- style” kitchen-dining- activity space serving 12 to 24 residents that provide social connection with cooks, caregivers, and residents. 3. Remove the nurse station 4. Conceal all institutional elements that can not be eliminated.

Creating Vibrant Community SpaceIn skilled nursing?

THE MOUNT ST. VINCENT, SEATTLEDYKE TURNER ARCHITECT

Supported Living

HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLENBBJ

HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLENBBJ

BELLETTINIWATTENBARGER ARCHITECTS

Demonstration Kitchen

PERKINS EASTMAN

SECHRIST DESIGNWATTENBARGER

ANGEL WINGS

And now Melinda Sechrist will give her perspective of how to get the most value in a remodel.

We visited communities that had almost every type of imaginable amenity space distributed throughout the community – but these spaces were largely empty- that’s not vibrancy. We found the vibrant spaces almost exclusively at the central hub where the right design steps were taken