Designing for Twilight Years: Sustainable Senior Living

My design proposal seeks to create harmonious, integrated spaces for elderly communities that promote intergenerational interaction through elements of social sustainability and material sustainability.

School of Architecture | Sustainable Environmental Systems, SES
Student: Nia Starr
Faculty: Tetsu Ohara
This image features a design proposal for senior living with a public interior campus, renewable energy resources, and a greywater system. Instead of senior communities being situated in isolated parts of towns or cities, they should be situated near neighborhoods to promote intergenerational interactions. The senior living campus should be open to the public and offer green spaces, opportunities to connect with others, and multigenerational activities to combat the loneliness epidemic.
This image features a design proposal for senior living with a public campus, renewable energy resources, and a greywater system. Instead of senior communities being isolated, they should be situated near denser neighborhoods to promote intergenerational interactions.
This image shows a community planning idea where multiple generations can be invited into the spaces of a senior living facility. The laundromat and lounge provides a neighborhood-wide service, while increasing the possible interactions between elderly and younger generations.
Laundromat and Lounge Building on Senior Living Campus
You'll notice that each of these space types has a particular purpose that promotes health, engaging the mind and spirit, or sustainable living. Each space has opportunity to invite people of all different generations to engage with each other and the space itself. Senior living homes shouldn't be isolated from the wider community, but promote invitation and integration so that a thriving community with shared resources can be created.
These isometric diagrams show possible types of spaces that can be incorporated into senior living communities and their function types: healthy, engaging, and/or sustainable.
Full project documentation.
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