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Winner: UDIA NSW 2020 Awards for Excellence: Aged Care

With a site neighbouring a national park and containing a building of heritage significance Southern Cross Care North Turramurra is designed to maximise the connection of its residents with the bush setting and existing heritage house and chapel on site.

The project is orientated and configured in order to ensure residents are continually provided with a vital connection to the outside world. The glazed common facilities and light wells located in the corridors, to bring daylight into corridors, ensure that the natural circadian rhythms of both residents and staff are continually maintained promoting healthy bodies and minds.

Adding to this the locations of the shared lounges and dining spaces have been positioned to capture the picturesque Australian bush surroundings, invigorating and promoting conversation amongst residents.

Restoration of a heritage house and chapel as part of the building works also encourage residents to move around the site, creating points of interest outside of the care building as well as within.

A residential care facility in Baulkham Hills for Catholic Healthcare designed to accommodate 104 residents, including those who suffer from Dementia. The building has been configured to respond to complex sloping terrain, significant tree protection, heritage view corridors  and the residential context of the site and local neighbourhood. The greater masterplan that the property sits within, has also been instructive in guiding the building form and scale. This project was successfully delivered in a short timeframe, completed in 2021.

The newly completed Barry Marsh House Residential Care home represents the current care and service model for Anglicare. Abundant natural daylight with internal lightwells are the key feature in the care wings, allowing residents and staff to experience the movement of the sun throughout the day. Conventional corridor spaces are re-defined as places of interest and engagement, with contemporary finishes and original artworks adding elements of interest and delight.

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.

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.