Lyons
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of John Gollings & Roger Du Buisson |
The building contests the conventional paradigm of a nursing home. Through its spatial arrangements and normalising environment it shifts from a medico-centric care model to one where family and carers work with staff to deliver care to residents.
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| Photo © Courtesy of John Gollings & Roger Du Buisson |
The rooms in which people stay contain bay windows in which people can sit and enjoy the view. These have large openable windows for admitting daylight and fresh air.
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| Photo © Courtesy of John Gollings & Roger Du Buisson |
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| Photo © Courtesy of John Gollings & Roger Du Buisson |
The dining room is the social heart and family focus for the building. Here family members, guests and staff come together to eat, chat and have a cup of tea.
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| Photo © Courtesy of John Gollings & Roger Du Buisson |
The building supports a new way of delivering services to older people in our communities – through buildings which have people and families at the centre and drawing evidence based research into these clients’ special needs.
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| Photo © Courtesy of John Gollings & Roger Du Buisson |
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| Photo © Courtesy of John Gollings & Roger Du Buisson |
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| site plan--drawing Courtesy of Lyons |
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| ground floor plan--drawing Courtesy of Lyons |
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| elevation--drawing Courtesy of Lyons |
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| test bricks--drawing Courtesy of Lyons |
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| brick prototype samples--drawing Courtesy of Lyons |
The people
Architects: LyonsLocation: Mornington, Victoria, Australia
Project Manager: Atkinsons
Structural & Civil Engineering: Earth Tech
Electrical & Mechanical Consultant: Umow Lai & Associates
Landscape Architect: Rush Wright Associates
Project Area: 4,500 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: John Gollings & Roger Du Buisson
via:archdaily
