Photo credit: ACEP and Gerontim
Extension of the Elderly home, creation of 9 Dementia care units offering a total of 123 places
Characteristics of the operation
Restructuring and extension of a not for profit nursing home managed by ACEP (Association for the Creation of Pilot Facilities for Elderly Persons) and initially consisting of 2 buildings connected by a single walkway. In total, the new building comprises (restructuring + extension):
- 70 conventional long-term beds for permanent clients
- 117 long-term beds for permanent persons with Dementia
- 6 long-term beds for temporary persons with Dementia
- 10 day-care places
Installation of a highly integrative ground-floor space shared by all the residents, organized around a village area and patio to strengthen the connection between the 2 structures.
On the upper floors, creation of 9 special units designed for persons suffering of Dementia, subdivided into 3 units on each of 3 floors and including 1 unit for clients with severe behavioural disorders.
The rooms measure between 20 and 27 m² and are all individual (with 6 of them being communicating rooms).
Tasks performed by Gerontim
- Preliminary studies between 2008 and 2009
- Help in the choice of architect in 2009
- Monitoring of the design studies (preliminary design, detail design, project) from 2009 to 2011
- Monitoring of work from 2012 to 2016
Focal points of our tasks
- Architectural coherence of the structures
- Suitability of the structure for persons with Dementia (at its various stages of development)
- Extremely attractive community and activity spaces open to the outside world
- Spaces and materials that are pleasant and comfortable for clients
- An approach embracing high environmental quality
Focus: High environmental quality characteristics of the building
- Low energy consumption building
- Solar hot water production
- Recovery of rainwater
- Building management system
- Very high performance levels achieved on the following criteria: 3 (low-disruption site), 4 (energy management), 5 (water management) and 8 (hygrothermal comfort)
- High performance levels achieved on the following criteria: 6 (management of waste from operations), 12 (heath and safety conditions) and 14 (water quality)
SURFACE AREA
Total surface area: 11,401 m² of net floor area
56.16 m² net floor area / place
€ 1,710 exc. tax / m² of net floor area
€ 96,059 exc. tax / place
COST OF THE WORK
€ 19,500,000 exc. tax (value at September 2011)
DATES AND PROJECT PROGRESS
Support provided by Gerontim from 2008 to 2016
- From 2008 to 2011 for all pre-construction stages
- Work on site started in January 2012
- Work completed in 2016
CLIENT
Association pour la Création d’Equipements Pilotes pour personnes âgées – ACEP (Association for the Creation of Pilot Facilities for Elderly Persons)
ARCHITECT
Atelier JEGER & MERLE