For elders
Schlegel Villages
Schlegel Villages have developed a number of unique long term care facilities across Ontario. These are all planned as part of large continuum of care seniors’ communities; connected by a “Main Street” to the other facilities on the site. This enables long term care residents and their families to interact with those living in the other phases, and with members of the surrounding neighbourhood.
Riverstone Retirement Residence
West 5 is a net-zero targeted Smart community which integrates aggressive energy conservation measures, water efficiency, smart technology and transportation concepts. Cornerstone Architecture was involved with the conceptual planning exercise to develop a Master Plan for the development, including concepts from LEED for Neighbourhood Development. The mixed-use community will incorporate a wide range of housing types, retail, commercial and office space around a central square which will serve as the heart of the community. The resulting plan has since been developed further and begun implementation as the West 5 Smart Community. We are also involved with the Retirement Living buildings to built in two phases on a 1.45 Ha site on the southwest corner of Riverbend Road and Shore Road. The 8 storey project includes 115 apartment suites and 120 Retirement suites with ground floor common amenity space and a rooftop dining pavilion with views towards the Thames River Valley. The eighth floor dining pavilion includes roof top patios surrounded by green roofs that will permit the growing of vegetables and herbs for use by the commercial kitchen. There will also be rooftop bee hives to produce local honey. The buildings have been designed to be as energy efficient as possible including a high performance building envelope with a 25% window-to-wall ratio, R-30 walls, R-50 roof, thermally broken aluminum and vinyl window systems, an air-source VRF mechanical system and LED lighting throughout. The building is powered primarily by a 750 kW PV array that is mounted to the roof, as well as the west, east, and south facades
Earl’s Court Village
Earl’s Court Village is a Long Term Care Facility providing accommodation for 128 seniors in both private and semiprivate rooms, as well as extensive common space organized into four individual ‘home areas’, one on each of the four storeys. The basement accommodates support areas as well as a large Day Program space serving individuals with acquired brain injury, served by a separate access and elevator. The overall design emphasizes social interaction, with common areas located in the centre of each floor and open views to both the street and to the garden behind the building. The project also incorporates a variety of green building design measures and has achieved a LEED® Silver rating from the Canada Green Building Council.
Sisters of St. Joseph’s New Residence
The new residence for the Sisters of St. Joseph is sited on approximately 5.5 acres of land overlooking the Thames River in London, Ontario. As the first facility in the London region to achieve Gold Certification under the Canada Green Building Council’s LEED® standard, the facility was designed to incorporate the latest principles of sustainable design and energy efficiency, and was used as part of an education program to inspire similar efforts in the community. The major elements of the programme include accommodation of the Sisters in 100 suites including a 24-bed nursing care area, meeting and office space for their work and outreach, as well as a chapel and therapeutic pool.
McCormick Home
McCormick Home in London Ontario accommodates 160 long term care residents as well as providing extensive space for 60 participants in an Alzheimers’ day program. Designed in association with Montgomery Sisam, the building embraces a contemporary architectural aesthetic with dramatic brick forms accented by natural wood at entrance canopies and large expanses of glazing. The day program features a separate access, generous activity rooms, and a large garden space to offer a wide range of experience to participants and their families.
Highview Residences
Highview Residences is a specially-designed environment accommodating 24 persons with Alzheimer’s Disease or related dementias. The building consists of two linked “cottages” for 12 persons each. Designed in collaboration with Uriel Cohen of the University of Wisconsin, a leader in the field of dementia design, the model of care is based on normalizing the environment, to not only look like an ordinary home but also to function like one. For instance, meals are all prepared in the kitchen of each cottage; with resident participation encouraged to the degree of their ability. Families are likewise encouraged to be as involved in the day to day lives of the residents as possible.
Parkwood SCU
The renovations to the Special Care Unit at London’s Parkwood Hospital transformed a highly institution existing space into a stimulating environment which supports individual independence and activity. The area serves 30 elderly veterans in the active stages of dementia, with anxiety and exit-seeking behaviours. The extremely wide existing corridor was used to create the atmosphere of a residential street, with individual rooms articulated with varied “front porch” elements to help residents feel that they are in a familiar environment and find their way through it.
