senior living booklet

SENIOR LIVING PORTFOLIO
l r d architects
SENIOR LIVING PORTFOLIO
Over the next four decades, more than 48 million people are
projected to join the ranks of the 65 and older population.
More challenging, the 85 and older population is expected
to more than triple from 5.8 million in 2010 to 19 million in
2050, according to the Center for Housing Policy. Demand
for assisted-living and retirement facilities is expected to
grow significantly as incidence of progressive illnesses like
Alzheimer’s disease increases. At the same time, many
seniors have delayed moving into retirement communities or
moved in with family members because of devalued home
prices.
These challenges present an opportunity for owners and
operators of senior housing and retirement centers. Seniors
are looking for a range of options in retirement living, along
with the security of access to a continuum of care that
will make it unnecessary for them to move as they age.
Programs, such as wellness and fitness, and the various
amenities available at a site have become major drivers for
people to move into senior living communities. With more of
the aging population wanting to stay active, prioritizing their
health and looking for greater choices from food to learning
opportunities, vibrant communities continue to be in high
demand.
Our clients have included a wide array of amenities for
residents such as: resort-style dining, libraries, fully-equipped
fitness centers, full-service spas and salons, arts and crafts
rooms and in-house movie theaters. These spaces are
enjoyable places for both privacy and social interaction,
and we have designed them in settings that range from
highly-finished and traditional to contemporary.
Many of our clients have made renovations to provide
choices of room types and locations. Wherever possible,
we have included courts and plazas designed to offer a
variety of experiences, events and places for enhancement
of life, and an easy connection to the outdoors. On a more
detailed level, we pay special attention to functional room
layouts, flooring, lighting and bathrooms. Over the course of
multiple, award winning projects, we have worked to figure
out what this population needs in order to make it easier on
them to live in their apartments, particularly as they age.
We believe an integrated practice can best address these
challenges. Working collaboratively across disciplines with
engineers and contractors, we can better respond to
market changes, discover creative solutions and produce a
truly superior product for your community.
Tom McQuillen, AIA, Architect, LEED AP
Principal
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Assisted Living
La Posada
Assisted Living
Green Valley, Arizona
This retail facility includes a coffee shop, thrift shop
and art museum staffed by resident volunteers.
La Posada wanted to create a mixed use project
at the perimeter of its site as a point of connection
and exchange with the nearby Green Valley
community. This multiphase project is home to
a variety of uses including a coffee shop, art
museum, retail space and a hotel. The overall goal
is to provide both a venue for resident activities
and events, and to introduce La Posada to the
adjacent community. The site plan consists of
buildings organized around traditional courtyards
which will host events.
The first building of Phase I includes an art gallery,
coffee shop and barber shop. The art gallery and
coffee shop are staffed and run by residents,
and the barber shop provides an opportunity
for male residents to socialize in a comfortable
environment.
La Posada’s Treasure Shoppe occupies the
second building of Phase I. The Treasure Shoppe
is a fundraising enterprise run by La Posada
residents, who sell donated furniture to raise
money for charitable care foundations of
La Posada. The project is entirely staffed by
volunteers and contributes to a fund for residents
who exhaust their resources and need assistance.
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Assisted Living
La Posada
Assisted Living
Green Valley, Arizona
The public spaces of this project reflect the
traditional architecture of southern Arizona, with
deep set windows, rough sawn trusses and thick
walls.
La Posada is a continuing care retirement facility
in Green Valley that offers a complete range of
care services including independent, concierge
style living, assisted living and nursing care. In
2006, La Posada expanded their existing assisted
living center to add a third wing. The new wing
integrates well with the existing architecture while
providing units which are 25% larger.
The program included new dining and meeting
rooms which can be used for a variety of activities,
from lectures and musical performances to
private parties and birthday celebrations. The
dining room has seating for 100 persons at tables.
Food is prepared in a completely renovated
commercial kitchen.
During design, we analyzed the acoustic qualities
of the dining room to dampen ambient noise that
could make it difficult for residents who are hard of
hearing. Large openings into an adjacent gallery
space offer borrowed views to the gardens and
help make the dining room a focal point within
the building.
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Continuing Care Retirement Community
Handmaker Continuing Care
Retirement Center
Rubin Campus
Tucson, Arizona
The Rubin Campus was planned for easy
conversion between independent apartments,
assisted living and nursing. This flexibility will allow
Handmaker to alter the mix of housing provided
as market demand changes in the future.
The Rubin Campus at Handmaker offers a mix
of living environments for seniors, including 14
independent living apartments, 96 assisted living
units and 64 skilled nursing beds. The project
included 120,000 s.f. of new construction, in
addition to the renovation of two existing buildings
on the campus. Other services on site include an
adult day health program, memory care and
hospice care. Fully sprinklered and built to hospital
standards of fire protection, the project cost was
$97 per s.f.
2004 National Association of Home Builders
Platinum Award Best Small to Midsize Continuing
Care Retirement Center
2004 AIA Design for Aging Award
2004 Published in Design for Aging Review 7
2003 Arizona Masonry Guild Silver Trowel Award
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Continuing Care Retirement Community
La Posada
Skilled Nursing
Green Valley, Arizona
The goal of this project was to create a series of
neighborhoods that would support a social, rather
than medical, model of care.
In 2003, La Posada began a renovation of their
existing skilled nursing facility. The client’s goal
was to transform an institutional environment to
one that would support a social model of care,
with medical support spaces kept “backstage.”
The design created three separate wings as
distinct neighborhoods. Nurses’ charting areas
are configured as small receptionist desks, and
common spaces provide a sense of home or
hearth lessening the “institutional” feel. Charts,
medical devices and medications are out of sight
in locked rooms.
The focal point of the project is a new community
living room, flanked by a library/internet center,
activity spaces and staff offices. The common
areas have glazed openings from one to the
other. These openings create sight lines which
allow residents to see an activity they may wish
to join without having to walk great distances to
do so.
The project added a new physical and
hydrotherapy suite which serves both residents
and outpatients.
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Publically Funded Senior Living
Sentinel Plaza
Senior Housing - LITC Funded
Tucson, Arizona
This is a transit oriented development that provides
independent senior housing in an urban location
served by a new light rail line.
The project replaces an existing HUD 202 in
downtown Tucson with a new tax credit financed
senior apartment building. It will provide 143 one
bedroom apartments to be occupied by low
income seniors from the original building
The site is west of downtown Tucson, in the Rio
Nuevo Redevelopment District. It will be the first
major residential building for the new district. With
its access to public transit, local markets and
nearby walking areas, the Sentinel Plaza Building
will provide a true model for urban residential
living for low income seniors.
Under LEED for Neighborhood Development
standards in place for the district, the project is
on targer to be certified LEED Gold. The building
structure is a foam filled concrete block to
provide extremely high R values. Roof mounted
photovoltaic panels offset 75% of the common
area electrical loads. Efficient heat pump units
are mounted on the roof to reduce noise, and
additional filtration will be provided at all outside
air intakes.
2011 Common Ground Award
2011 Design/Environments for Aging Award
2013 NAHB Best of 50+ - Innovation Award
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Assisted Living Elder Home
Tohono O’odham
Assisted Living Elder Homes
Sells, Arizona
This project adapts the Green Home model to fit
the culture and way of life of the Tohono O’odham
people.
Four 12-unit studio style Elder Homes are
sited adjacent to the Archie Hendricks Skilled
Nursing Facility. Each home is based on the
Green Home model of care and is intended to
de-institutionalize long-term care by creating a
home-like environment.
The primary purpose is to serve as a place where
elders can receive assistance and support with
activities of daily living and some clinical care,
without the assistance becoming the focus of
their existence. Each elder enjoys a private room
with easy access to all areas of the home,
including the kitchen, living room and outdoor
patios. Meals will be prepared in the open kitchen
and served at a large dining table where staff,
residents and visitors will enjoy pleasant dining
and conversation.
2009 AIA Design for Aging Award
Design for Aging Review 10
2010 Design/Environments for Aging
Merit Citation (one of five nationally)
2012 NAHB Best of 50+ - Gold Award
2013 AIA Design for Aging Citation Award
Design for Aging Review 14
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Publically Funded Senior Living
Casitas on East Broadway
Senior Housing
Tucson, Arizona
Casitas on East Broadway is the first HUD 202
Senior Housing project in Arizona to achieve LEED
Gold certification.
Because of tight budget constraints, the client
asked us to pursue sustainable design without
adding cost. Each LEED point was evaluated
to provide maximum benefit to the residents
at a minimum cost. For example, the project
received substantial LEED points for its density,
use of an existing in-fill site and compliance with
existing City of Tucson low water use and native
plant ordinances. The project also included
newly developed windows made from recycled
materials, low water use plumbing fixtures and
highly efficient mechanical units. In all, LEED
increased cost by only 5%.
Casitas makes the most of its outdoor spaces. The
design groups units around small scale courtyards
to provide a sense of community not found in
larger HUD projects. Although HUD limits the area
of interior common spaces, a required egress
route from the second floor doubles as a shaded
roof terrace to offer another resident amenity.
2009 AIA Design for Aging Award
2010 Design/Environments for Aging
2011 Design / Environments for Aging
Merit Citation (one of five nationally)
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Assisted Living
Kivel
HUD Assisted Living Conversion
Phoenix, Arizona
Ergonomic design to accommodate the elderly,
sensitivity to acoustics and lighting are key
components of Phase I. Phase II accommodate
residents with dementia.
We helped Kivel prepare two HUD applications
to convert existing independent living units to
assisted living. We evaluated existing building
systems, replacing a two pipe mechanical system,
improving fire safety per current codes and
increasing accessibility for the disabled.
The first application made $2.7M available for
renovations. In addition to various finish upgrades,
the project included a new assisted living
dining room and activities room. Exposed bulb
fluorescent lighting was replaced with indirect
lighting controlled by a multi-level, dimmable
light management system. The existing exposed
concrete tee ceiling was lowered through the
use of “lily pad” acoustic clouds, which have
improved acoustics and brightened the space
considerably. The scope also included renovation
of a commercial kitchen.
A second HUD Assisted Living Conversion Grant
created a 15 bed memory care center. A new
one story addition includes a dining room, servery,
activity room, bathrooms and storage dedicated
for the dementia care unit. Outside, there is
an “Wanderer’s Garden” accessible from the
common living room.
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Renovation
MBK
Clubhouse Renovation
Tucson, Arizona
This repositioning project will offer residents a
choice of four different dining venues as well as
an expanded range of activities.
LRD is collaborating with the owners of Country
Club of La Cholla, an independent senior living
residence, to design renovations to existing dining
rooms with a focus on updating, expanding and
diversifying the types of dining venues. We have
also expanded resident common areas to include
a more extensive array of amenities for residents
including a library, fully-equipped fitness center,
full-service salon, arts and crafts rooms, and an inhouse movie theater.
Using carefully planned modifications and finish
upgrades, LRD enlarged and refurbished two
formal dining rooms to allow for a bistro dining
area and a more traditional dining room. The
bistro includes a sandwich / bake shop and coffee
bar. Elsewhere, a new bar and wine storage area
has transformed another portion of the lobby into
a wine tasting area which takes advantage of a
newly refurbished fireplace.
SELECTED CLIENTS
SENIOR LIVING
Client
Private
Evergreen Senior Housing
X
Senior Housing Group
X
Urban Innovations
X
MBK Senior Living
X
Non-Profit
Tohono O’Odham Housing Authority
X
X
Gila River Indian Community Housing Authority
X
X
Tucson Housing Foundation
X
X
Catholic Community Services
X
X
Cascades
X
Glencroft
X
X
Kivel Campus of Care
X
X
La Posada
X
X
Handmaker
X
X
Native American Connections
X
X
Colorado River Indian Tribe
X
X
Laguna Rainbow Skilled Nursing Facility
X
X
Osage Nation Senior Housing Authority
X
X
AWARDS
2013 AIA Design for Aging Review Citation Award
Tohono O’odham Elder Homes
2013 NAHB 50+ Housing Council Innovation Achievement Award – Best 50+ Affordable Rental Community
Sentinel Plaza
2013 Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards Nominee
Tohono O’odham Elder Home
2012 NAHB 50+ Housing Council Gold Achievement Award – Best Assisted Living/Special Needs – On the Boards
Tohono O’odham Elder Homes
2011 Design Environments for Aging Citation Award – Built Projects
Casitas on East Broadway
2011 Design Environments for Aging Award - Seniors-Only Housing/Apartment Complex
Sentinel Plaza
2011 Healthcare Design Awards – Built Projects
Children’s Clinics
2011 Common Ground Award for Public Private Collaboration
Sentinel Plaza
2010 Design Environments for Aging Citation Award – On the Boards
Tohono O’odham Elder Homes
2010 Design Environments for Aging Award – On the Boards
Casitas on East Broadway
2010 Design Environments for Aging Award – On the Boards
Sentinel Plaza
2009 AIA Design for Aging Review – Design Category
Tohono O’odham Elder Homes
2009 AIA Design for Aging Review – Affordable Category
Casitas on East Broadway
2004 AIA Design for Aging Review
Handmaker Rubin Campus
2004 Arizona Masonry Guild Silver Trowel Award
Handmaker Rubin Campus
2004 NAHB Platinum Award – Best Small to Midsize CCRC
Handmaker Rubin Campus