Tag: Aged care design
Affordable and social housing that support ageing in place
Group GSA has delivered a cluster of integrated housing developments that combine affordable build-to-sell apartments alongside social housing.
Revised masterplan for University of Wollongong’s health precinct
The University of Wollongong has lodged a revised development application for its planned Health and Wellbeing Precinct.
Age-friendly city design: The case of Sydney
Georgia Vitale compares some different approaches – some mono-generational, others more holistic – to support ageing in place.
Ramps for the brain, Disneyland and Antarctica
Guy Luscombe convenes a roundtable with experts who have all been pushing the envelope to improve the built environment for people living with dementia.
Country, family, kin and community: Architectural considerations for Indigenous aged care
Indigenous people are highly under-represented in the Australian aged care system – a result of a lack of cultural understanding, appropriate spaces and safety.
Making the most of life: The longevity bonus is a design issue
A design charette at the University of Queensland developed practical and implementable concepts for embracing longevity in our communities.
Ageing well in the bluefields
A collaborative research project in South Australia has come up with housing designs to enable residents of established or “bluefield” suburbs to age in place, instead of being pushed out by gentrification.
Age-friendly city design: Identifying common opportunities across the world
Safiah Moore and Greyson Clark consider some experimental projects from across the globe that have found new ways to help ensure that everyone, including older people, can live full and productive lives.
Where do you want to live when you grow older?
Guy Luscombe introduces a series of articles that consider the opportunities for architects to embed age-friendly design in order to create a “richer, more inclusive living environment for us all.”
Turning ‘human-centred’ vision for aged care into reality
The Royal Commission into Aged Care produced detailed recommendations on how to fix the aged care system, but it had little to say about architecture. Jan Golembiewski makes a case for the importance of architecture in reforming models of care.
Poor ventilation may be adding to nursing homes’ COVID-19 risks
Researchers have found sub-standard ventilation in nursing homes, which could be contributing to the spread of COVID-19.
Design challenge for the future of senior living
The University of Queensland is seeking participants for a design challenge to imagine Australia’s aged care system in 2050.
Conrad Gargett designs dual-tower aged-care facility in Brisbane
Conrad Gargett has been engaged by aged care provider Ozcare to design a $200 million dual-tower seniors living facility in the Brisbane suburb of Newstead.
Cumulus Studio designs affordable housing for Hobart
A Cumulus Studio-designed affordable housing developlment in inner-city Hobart has been approved by the local council.
Modernist ‘reform centre’ in Brisbane to make way for retirement village
A “brilliant” yet relatively unknown example of Australian modernism with a complicated institutional past is set to be demolished to make way for a multi-storey retirement home.
New visions of Sydney’s Harbord Diggers Club redevelopment
The development will involve more than 100 units for senior residents to a facility housing entertainment, event and health facilities.
What the longevity revolution means for design
In the past century, life expectancy has almost doubled in Australia. This has big implications for design, says Clare Newton.
