Archives: Projects

Opal Meadowbank Grove is a new, part 2/part 3 storey RACF complex in West Ryde, built over a partial basement containing 30 parking spaces, loading dock, staff amenities and services. The new 114 bed care home, with beautiful views over Meadowbank Park and Parramatta River, was completed in June 2020.

Designed to support the existing Angus Bristow Retirement Village at Elderslie and the newly completed SAHF Housing by Baptistcare. This Care facility is configured around a new care model which was developed with Baptistcare by Calderflower. Resident care wings are consistently designed to support residents with dementia and are configured as a full ‘household model’ with centrally located domestic kitchens as the focal point in each care wing of 16 residents. Due for completion 2024.

Designed to replace an outdated building with new ‘best practice’ care model around 16 person households, single storey and connected into extensive landscaped surroundings including sheep grazing paddocks to replicate the rural character that residents are familiar with.

Photography by Mike Chorley

Calderflower Architecture have designed this new care campus incorporating a care home and independent living units in Terrey Hills. The proposal maintains generous setbacks, making the most of existing mature tree screening to provide privacy and maintain the rural character of the area. Arranged primarily as two storey plus basement buildings, the architectural character references the rural ‘barn’ forms of the utilitarian buildings in this locality. The building forms are articulated to provide a range of outdoor spaces for residents and visitors.

Belrose is a new 102 bed Residential Care Facility designed to complement the existing Glenaeon Retirement Village. Working with the beautiful Northern beaches site, the proposed building has a compact footprint, considered with respect to the steep topography and rich flora and fauna of the site.

Care wings are defined in households of 17 over two levels, with two dementia specific wings on the ground floor with access to dementia gardens. All care wings are arranged around individual internal courtyard gardens that will provide safe access for residents as well as an attractive terrace outlook from the dining areas and upper levels.

A bold new venture for an inspiring client. A new Residential Care Facility designed around a household model of care, with a significant community component. Intended to move away from the traditional ‘aged care’ look.

150 bed care home with a new welcoming entry plaza as the gateway to the established Hawkins Masonic Village retirement community.

This Residential Care Facility for Southern Cross Care includes a 100 bed RACF and 48 independent living units with basement carparking, plus a large community centre offering a diverse range of facilities to meet the needs of both the RACF and ILU residents as well as those within the broader community.

The landscaping of the site was well considered to cater to all residents and includes specialised dementia gardens, private courtyards providing privacy buffers and quality open spaces adjoining communal areas.

The project is part of the Urban Growth Thornton Masterplan in the centre of Penrith.

*Commendation: UDIA 2017 Awards for Excellence: NSW Senior’s Aged Care Living

We planned and designed the new Dudley Foord House, a residential care home by Anglicare, from the ground up with a strong focus on quality of life for its residents. This facility comprises of 104 beds in 8 wings and is specifically tailored to the needs of the various levels of care required by residents.

The new Residential Care Home opened in 2017 and includes a large commercial kitchen, café, hairdressing salon, chapel and wellness areas; as well as extensive external courtyards, golf putting green, sustainable community garden space and break-out areas.

*Commendation: UDIA 2018 Awards for Excellence: Aged Care

The refurbishment of Uniting Annesley involved transforming a motel style building into a care home for older people living with a mental illness. New additional rooms, common areas, as well as the augmentation of the existing exterior corridor into the interior of the building, were included in the scope.

The challenge of this refurbishment was in making the existing building fit within the clients’ design guide and care model. With the focus on mental health, the heritage component of the building was renovated to maintain character, whereas the motel component of the site was enhanced with modern features representing a different era and character.

The overall result of this project is one of renewal, delight, colour and warmth. Once a bleak and dated environment, Uniting Annesley has been given a new lease of life to both the existing older buildings as well as for the residents who live there.