Forest Court
This project is basic on the topic of eldercare. The Location Of the building is at the cross of Mission street and 16 Street near the BART station. After the research of interviewing the local people and my grandparents. I found out that people are the biggest factor that affects older people’s lives. The neighbor can be a helper in some situations; Children and friends can generate fun for the elder; Nurses and caretakers can help the elder maintain a healthy life. Most of the eldercare centers only service older people.
The community that the elder live in should be diverse. At the same time, elders also have the society they belong to. The main design typology is the courtyard and hacks with the share count. This means that each courtyard represents a community. And each courtyard has three apartments. First-floor apartments are all 2-bedroom units. The second-floor apartments are a combination of 1 bedroom and two-bedroom units. The third-floor apartments are all one-bedroom units. At the same time, there is an urgent care center and a cafe shop located on the first floor. What’s more, there are two circulations for people to browse around the building, one is the vertical circulation in the middle, and the other is the stairs that go around the building and garden.
What’s more, Noise, Temperature, Soft space, and air quality are the four main elements I used to design the whole project. Each floor is rotated at 45 degrees to let the sunlight go through each courtyard because older people like to live in a warm and bright place. At the same time, this can make more solar roofs facing the east, south, and west that generate enough electricity for the building. To gain the net-zero emissions goal. In addition, to consider air quality and green city achievement. The sides that cannot generate electricity are designed as green living roofs (with the circulation that can let the public use as a green “park”)for planting trees and flowers. Noise and soft space are more about the material I want to use in the building. Curve wall, soft material like Sponge which is friendly material for elders and also can be used as an acoustic insulating material.
