Carmen Schultheiss

Plan living spaces
Exercise 01_IMIAD 2013
Search and analysis of references to
the field of elderly housing
Teacher Virginia Moretti
Tutor Yolanda Castillow
Student Carmen Schultheiss

Personal Experience in
Germany
The average age in Western
societies is rising
seniors 55+
see, touch, read, hear
different lifestyles of vital seniors,
Offers for the age appropriate
design of the living environment
want to stay in their own homes
self-determined living in old age -
if necessary with care

References
elderly housing/ Senior housing
- Residential Home for Senior Citizens
in Stuttgart, Germany / Wulf+Partner
- Residential Home for Senior Citizens
in Multengut, Austria / Burkhalter
Sumi Architekten
- Residential Housing for Seniors in
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
/ Arons en Gelauff architecten
- Residential and Care Home for the
Elderly in Steinfeld, Austria
/ Dietger Wissounig
- Supported Housing for Seniors in
Scotland / Oliver Chapman Architects

Augustium Residential Home
for Senior Citizens
- Location / Stuttgart, Germany
- Completion / year 2009
- Architect / Wulf Architekten GmbH
- Costs / about 70 Mil. €
- Area / about 35.000 sqm
living space /23.000 sqm
- Living units / 290 apartments
Garage / 200 parking places under-
ground

- Public areas / foyer, auditorium, restaurant
- Private areas / residential units
- Architectural structure / clear and simple
4 twin buildings are moved in East-West direct-
ion towards each other. Height and offset
follow the natural topography of the site.
- Central entrance with entrance to garage
and garden. In the terraced basement floors are
the areas of health, food, culture, theater and res
taurant and shop areas, wellness area, nursing,
physician and therapy area

Groundfloor
1 Floor
Section west-east
Public areas / foyer, auditorium, restaurant, health...
Private areas / residential units
Garden
Entrance

Groundfloor / Twin towers
Groundfloor / Apartment 3-rooms, 76 sqm

Residential Home for Senior
Citizens
- Location / Multengut Bern, Austria
- Completion / year 2004
- Architect / Burkhalter Sumi Architekten
- Costs / about 70 Mil. €
- Area / about 35.000 sqm
- Living units / 290 apartments

- Public areas / Foyer, dining room, lounge, library,
fireplace room and lecture room are placed directly
behind the veranda.
- Private areas / residential units
- Architectural structure / Dominant architectural
element is the almost 90-metre long wooden plat
form that forms a relaxation and sun terrace.
The typological character and sequence of these
spaces as well as the sheer endless front of win
dows. An underground passageway connects both
wings of the building. Roof lights allow natural light
to flow into these spaces. Blue „light canons“ next to
the lift cores mark the steps leading up to both buil
dings.- an aid to orientation-
- Garden / This outdoor space is a place of arrival and
a pleasure garden for both visitors and residents with
aviaries, playing fountains. Cherry trees and hedges
of box and beech create different moods according
to the time of year.

Groundfloor
1 Floor
Section
Public areas / foyer, auditorium, restaurant,
Public areas areas / health, nursing, physician-herapy
area
Private areas / residential units
Garden
Entrance

Groundfloor / Apartment

Residential Housing for Senior
Citiziens
- Location / Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Completion / year 2006
- Architect / Arons en Gelauff Archi-
tecten
- Costs / about 15,1 Mil. €
- Area / about 15,700 sqm
- Living units / 104 apartments

Basment
3. Floor
Upper FLoors
Section
Public areas
/ foyer, auditorium, restaurant,
Underground car park
Private areas / residential units
Entrance

- Architectural structure / Swinging apartments
The design for seniors aged 55 and older was inspired
by the forthcoming retirement of the hippie gene
ration.It is a playful, coloured apartment block. The
building is an exciting configuration of a tower and an
elevated slab. The slab volume is elevated 11 metres
over the water and opens up a spectacular view. The
minimum footprint of the tower creates space for a
garden. An inconspicuous elevator shaft connects
the new building to the older one, where medical
personnel, cooks and other help are available. The
façades of the dwellings gain a strong, three-dimensi
onal quality through the wavy balconies. The glazed
galleries – set with self-cleaning glass – are smooth
but very colourful in over 200 different shades.
3. Floor / Apartment

Residential and Care Home for
the Elderly
- Location / Steinfeld, Austria
- Completion / year 2005
- Architect / Dietger Wissounig
- Costs /
- Area /
- Living units / 50 bets
2 seperat care units

Groundfloor
1.-2. Floor
Public areas / foyer and dining room
Administrative and public utilities
Service areas / Administrative, public utilities
Private areas / residential units = 1.-2. Floor
Garden
Entrance

Look for centrally located, three-storey atrium, a „evergreen
oasis“, which acts as fresh air and daylight supplier.
Comfort of the rooms by the high-quality interior design
in wood and glass, combined with a intensiv lighting.
- Location / located between a park and forest
side, the property offers attractive views.
- Public areas / Foyer, dining room, lounge, library,
are placed directly behind the veranda
- Private areas / residential units
- Architectural structure / The house is inspired by
the traditional way to build in this region.
Orientation of the house/ east-west
Apartments and common areas are orientated to the
landscape.
Building looks compact, simple and monolithic,
- Inside/ rooms: light-filled and open,
windows from ceiling-floor, adjustable lighting, colours
Simple routing and visual connections=
easy orientation
Central located Atrium / good ventilation
- Materials / concret, natural stone / basment
solid wood larch

Supported Housing for Senior
Citiziens
- Location / Duns, Berwickshire,
Scotland
- Completion / year 2010
- Architect / Oliver Chapman Architects
- Costs / about £1,4 Mil.
- Internal floor area / 1 about 70 sqm
- Living units / 8 houses

- Location / 14 semi-detached houses and a shared
services facility for people with disabilities. The houses
are clustered around a new quiet street. Some
houses are set back further from the road which
creates a varying relationship. OCA’s urban design
framework for the surrounding area will ensure that
the care facility will integrate into areas of future social
and private housing.
Private areas / residential house
Entrance

- Architectural structure / The commonly understood
character of a home is created by designing duo
pitched roof form with gables at either end.

Sources
- http://www.behance.net/gallery/Se
bastiao/6534341
- http://www.oliverchapmanarchitects.
com/projects/residential/supported-
housing/
- http://www.archdaily.com/194678/
care-housing-oliver-chapman-
architects/