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ØRESTADRETIREMENT HOME

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Client / KABArea / 10.469 m2 - 114 boliger og besøgscenterType of assignment / TotalentrepriseConstruction costs / 185 mio. kr.Construction year / 2011 - 2012Affiliations / NCC, Dominia & GHB LandskabsarkitekterLow energiclass / 2

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Ørestad Retirement Home is a municipal nur-

sing of Health and Care in Copenhagen, driven

by the housing association KAB. The Home is

located in Ørestad Syd overlooking the scenic

nature of Kalvebod, in the middle of a local

area of rapid development. Ørestad Retire-

ment Home supports each resident to continue living their lives,

using its resources in daily activities and believing in prolonging an

independent life as long as possible.

>>A SPECTACULAR RETIREMENT HOME

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>>The model has been the traditional

village with streets and squares- Retirement Home residential units forming

various building masses arranged oninternally lit communal areas,

communal terraces and short wide ailes.

- The Project team

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RESIDENTIAL UNITSDiverse building bodies, arranged around transilluminated mutual rooms, terraces, short and wide hallways.

THE MODEL The traditional village with streets and courtyards

Mutual terrace in direct connection to mutual rooms

Mutual terrace in direct connection to mutual rooms

Mutual dining and living rooms. The two rooms can be combined or separated by sliding walls as needed

Kitchen hatch, allows residents to participate in preperation of meals

Kitchen hatch, allows residents to participate in preperation of meals

Centrally located staff and service areas

Centrally located staff and service areas

Mutual dining and living rooms. The two rooms can be combined or separated by sliding walls as needed

Mutual southward terrace

Mutual southward terrace

Mutual terrace

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Ørestad Retirement Home has taken spe-cial consideration to a dementia friendly environment with as domestic well-being factors as possible.

The idea was to be able to care for themsel-ves the best possible way, but at the same time to promote a feeling of safety and secu-rity. We have worked with colors, both inside and out, with pictograms of high visibility for the objects and rooms that are used by re-sidents.

Ørestad Retirement Home supports each individual resident with dementia to conti-nue living their lives, using its resources in daily activities and believing in prolonging an independent life as long as possible.

A DEMENTIA FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT

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The good workplace is from our point of view an essential prerequisite for good housing environment. The Retirement Home is the setting for a workplace of different profes-sions. We have therefore created attractive physical environments, interior design, ma-terials, lighting and acoustics that provide a positive and committed staff.

The physical work environment is supported by both mechanical and technological aids, good lighting conditions day and night.

Room and space to perform tasks and routi-nes are optimized with minimal risk of over-load, errors and accidents.

All mutal rooms have kitchen facilities with dining areas, areas for relaxation and activi-ties and access to large balconies and roof terrace where the view of Ørestad and Ama-ger Common can be enjoyed.

A GOOD WORKPLACE

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Building projects in Ørestaden are typically large scaled and follow already laid building plans. From the very beginning, it was clear to us, howe-ver, that we had to break down or interpret our building into sections.

This was necessary in order to reach a size si-milar to the size of a home. It was always our main focus that we were building homes for el-derly citizens and not institutions.

Colours By using colours and a variety of materi-als, we would be able to make the transition from large to small.

The project developed as it moved along and the many different materials turned into a majority of plastered surfaces in a variety of colours.

The inspiration for the colour choices were the old houses in Copenhagen such as Nyboder and parts of Nyhavn with their plastered walls.The colours had, however, to be different. They had to be twisted and interpreted into the new urban en-vironment existing in Ørestaden; an Ørestad that in many ways pushes on in great sizes, but less in colour variations.

THE COLOURS

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BALCONIES

Balconies The added on balconies are in a si-milar colour as the wall upon which they have been mounted, making the colours come alive enabling the colour to be experienced from many different close angles at the same time.

The balconies have not randomly been mounted unto the facades, but they extent the functions behind the facades.

Some enjoy a balcony in extension of the bedroom and can from a sick-bed still keep taps on life outside from the big balcony rather than through a bedroom window

Some balconies follow the daylight and the posi-tion of the sun.

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Floors and facades The ground floor which is five meters tall has been kept in a dark colour or black in order to make it appear as if the building floats.

The five meter tall ground floor is an authoritative demand in order to enable more street activity. The use of the black colour in the common café on the ground floor was selected in order to mini-mize the sense of height.

The ground floor is arranged with commonly known functions as: a hairdresser, dentist, cafe etc. But all these features are here arranged as shops, with entrance from the street, and hereby contributing to life at eye level.

FLOORS AND FACADES

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INTERIOR THEMES

Interior themes included are from the 40ties, 50ties and 60ties. This is visible in the choice of furnishing using classic furniture from these time periods. Short hallways and passages each have their distinct colour and they are among other things used to create identification for the individual dweller.

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THE FRAMEWORK FOR A GOOD LIFE AS SENIOR CITIZEN

>> We have a mutual goal for our retirement homes to create cozy and textural homes, for the wellbeing

og safety for the resident - and a modern and efficient workplace for staff <<

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JJW Architects have specialized in buil-ding Retirement homes. We build homes for elderly people who just need a little help in their everyday life and housing for those of all ages who need

special care. A mutual demand to all our care homes homes is the feeling of equity, well-being and security of the residents, and a working env-ironment second to none for employees.

HOMELINESS We build domestic care homes with plenty of natural light, natural materials, visibility to green areas and pleasant acoustics. The residents have their own private apartments, which they furnish. Each apartment is designed so it easily can be moved around for people with reduced accessibility. Residents can search socia-lizing in the many mutual facilities that belong to the care homes. In the public spaces, they can do gymnastics, cook together or discuss the world situation over a card game. They can also go outside and enjoy the beautiful green space in the commu-nity garden areas where sensory gar-dens stimulates their imagination. The key words in care homes are co-ziness, feeling of security and well-being.

FUNCTIONALITY At JJW Architects, we under-stand that care homes not only provide a good framework for the residents. They also form the basis of a good life for the many people who help the residents. Employees must be able to grasp what is going on and quickly be of an assistance. Therefore, we always build our care homes with an optimum of work flow, so the important fea-tures are interrelated and support the daily work.

At JJW Architects, we are convinced that architec-ture can make a difference. We believe that sti-mulating surroundings and natural materials can promote the healing of people. We are also con-vinced that architecture should be based on the needs of users to create the optimal environment for the well-being and satisfaction of employe-ment. This is why we always cooperate with resi-dents, employees and management to create the best care homes.

SCRAPBOOK CONCERNING HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY Fragments of fruitful discussions with committed partners: Nursing chiefs officials, resear-chers, caregivers and people at JJW, who one day will turn old too.

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At JJW ARCHITECTS we have created an organi-

sation concentrating our competences in three

dynamic divisions. The aim behind this is to

enforce JJW’s position concerning innovative

and socially committed solutions – with focus

on people. Formerly our focus was on specific

professions, but now we have created a closer collaboration across

professions and thereby created a foundation for an exchange ma-

king visible and enhancing our professional ambitions about sha-

ring knowledge and bringing new thought to live..

>>THREE DYNAMIC DIVISIONS

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HOLISTIC OUTLOOKCITY & HOUSING emphasises our focus on creating synergies between indoors and outdoors: working with housing requires a holistic outlook enveloping residents, city areas, sustainability and social & cultural understanding. The housings form part of the urban context.

Public housing/Retirement homes/The 4th home/Renovation/ Unified plans/Landscaping

SYNERGIBUSINESS & HEALTH reflect the connection between JJW’s attitude towards future assignments wi-thin to fields. Our vision is to create tailor-made everyday housing focusing on good acoustics, indoor environment, energy optimisation, and user interaction. Both fields of competences are strongly con-nected to knowledge and strategic solutions enabling us to succeed in creating synergy between these two areas.

Health/ Hospitals / Laboratories / Business /Offices / Landscaping

EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTSLEARNING & CULTURE can be subdivided into environments for learning and for competence crea-tion; this increasingly entails the same level of challenge. In the schools, the discussion is on class-rooms or more flexible areas for education; and when looking at exhibition areas and auditoriums the discussion centres on noise levels and a proper indoor environment.Mutual for both education environments and cultural environments is the demand for engaging and eventful environments for both learning and development.

Day-care-centres/Schools

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