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CHURCH
RACQUET CLUB
GROCERY
PARK
CHURCH
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
50’-0”
yard
master bedroom
kitchen, breakfast
street
pool
children’s bedroom
avg. size - 2200sftavg. lot size - 0.5 acresdist between - min 50’0”
size - 1200sft
dist between - 20’0”
great room
garage
adminstration
guest bedroomlaundry room
formal dining
chapel
front yard
porch
fi tness centrecanning kitchen
side yard
deck
AGING IN A SUBURBAN CONTEXT An exploration of how design can help maintain the quality of life and social connections, reducecost of daily life, and reconnect with nature and memory in the suburban context. M. Arch Thesis, Deepa Surendranath , Spring 2013 Committee: Moir McClean, Akerman, Sachs
Retirement and Aging are very important aspects of a person’s life. Yet, this is the most neglected aspect as well. The many changes in environment and quality of lifestyles after a person retires are often associated with the conditions faced in old age like diminishing physical ability, disenchantment to name a few. The once advantageous suburbs do not help alleviate the situation the elderly face and infact turn disadvantageous and contribute to the physical or psychological issues faced by the population.
These can be addressed through designing a community in which the residents continue to feel independent, get adequate stimulation of the brain and good physical activity as they age. Living arrangements, food, gardening, water and past memories, all affect the lifestyles of the elderly retirees.
The quest of this thesis is to design a community that maintains and even improves the quality of life for people after retirement by providing them with a living arrangement which is still connected to the suburbs, a condensed neighborhood that ties into it, the proximity of water, gardening and food production and reliving past memories.
The goal of this thesis is to design a sustainable Senior Housing community that provides a smooth transition from being employed to being retired. A successful ‘Aging in Place’ program maximizes the personal dignity and the functional independence of the resident being retained. Support should be provided only with respect to the individuals needs alone (Heumann & Boldy, 1993).
apartments
starter homes
larger homes
TRADITIONAL
PROPOSED
aging in suburban place?or
apartments?
aging in a more manageable neighborhood
assisted living
fi nal care
The usual tendency is to go up on the size of the living quarters as the family grows and then go down when faced with an empty nest
TYPICAL SCENARIO
EFFICIENT LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
TYPICAL SUBURBAN CONDITION IN 37923
manageable homescondensed neighborhoodreduced transit
community gardenfood preservationeducation for children
engages the community and provides intergenerational connectionpossible good nutrition and food for the whole year, farmers market and education for childrenpersonal garden spaces
reduce run-off, reduce erosion in the fl ood plainwater conservationprovide experiences of water
help boost morale and give a sense of importanceprovide intergenerational contact
reduces requirement of drivinghelps maintain physical ability and slows down aging
visible storm waterbioswalesrain water harvesting
walkable communitywalking trailtennis, fi tness center, pleasant stairways
opportunities for meetingstorytelling, canning, gardening, fi shingwaterwheel, henhouse, picture wall
FIRST FLOOR PLAN PROPOSED UNIT PLAN
PROPOSED SITE PLAN
PROPOSED WALKABLE COMMUNITY
EXISTING CONDITION
TRADITIONALPROPOSED
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
PROPOSED CONDITION IN 37923
FOOD AND NUTRITION
NEIGHBORHOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD
SITE
SITE
SITE
SITE
UNIT
UNIT
UNIT
UNIT
WATER AS AN EXPERIENCE AND WATER CONSERVATION
HEALTH AND EXERCISE
CREATING AND CHERISHING MEMORIES
WIND
WIND
B
A
C
NEIGHBORHOOD - INVENTORY OF OPPORTUNITIES
LOCATION
AMENITIES WITHIN 1/2 MILE (ten minute walk)
VEHICULAR PATHS
PROPOSED WALKING PATHS/ SIDEWALKS
DROUGHT AND IRRIGATION DURING THE GROWING SEASON
DEMOGRAPHICS IN 37923
DATA REGARDING HOUSES IN 37923APPROACH TO SITE - 10 MILE ROAD APPROACH TO SITE - CROSS CREEK ROAD EXISTING STORM WATER DRAINAGE
PROPOSED SITE PLAN
Number of Houses and Condos : 12,891
Number of Apartments : 5,051
CLIMATIC ANALYSIS
GREENWAYSredeveloped grocery store
latitude, longitude - 35.9606° N, 83.9208° W existing trailproposed trailpredominant wind - sw and ne
max. avg. high - 88 deg Fmin. avg. low - 27 deg F
existing assisted living
existing vehicular movementSource: google images
Source: google maps Source: google maps Source: google maps
logical access points
existing knox county libraryexisting therapy centerproposed future development
EXISTING CONDITIONS AT THE PROPOSED SITE
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SECTION A SECTION C
GARDEN
HALLWAY
MULTIPURPOSE HALL
GREAT ROOM (UNIT)
KEY PLAN SIDEWALK
LEVEL 1 +0’0”LEVEL -1 -12’0”
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CHURCH
RACQUET CLUB
GROCERY
PARK
CHURCH
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
f fiThus, the design focuses on condensing the existing suburban condition within a more manageable neighborhood. Food, water, fi t-ness and opportunities to create and cherish memories come together in theis proposed neighborhood, community and the living unit itself.
Most spaces in the design serve multiple functions and hence the effi ciency of the living arrangements is maximised. For example. fi t-ness, water, food and memories come together in the garden which also engages the neighboring communities. The courtyard brings together all these aspects too. Within the unit, the side yard and the great room all improves the effi ciency of the living quarters.
Ultimately, the goal of aging in a suburban place will ensure that residents would contribute positively to their own social well-being as well as the society which houses them.
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