La mobilità degli anziani che vivono nella casa “scatola” suggerisce che qualsiasi spostamento dovrebbe essere una esperienza emotiva, sensibile e variabile.
La distanza tra le unità indipendenti è stata misurata e disegnata per trasformare l ‘idea di percorso di vita, e il suo tempo in forma. L’edificio minimalista è un muro che sorge naturalmente dalla topografia: limita e definisce lo spazio aperto, e organizza l’intera trama. La facciata dell’edificio, nonostante il suo aspetto completamente bianco che ricorda una scacchiera, in cui la superficie bianca è perforata ad intervalli dall’ombra delle rientranze.
Il progetto architettonico della casa di riposo è adattato al luogo, sale e scende con la topografia del paesaggio, il giardino in alcuni punti diventa tetto. Questo edificio semplice ma ben articolato, con le forme geometriche e le aperture di grandi dimensioni, fatte per fornire protezione solare, e balconi individuali per ogni stanza è molto ben pensato. L’inserimento nel luogo è anche molto intelligente, in quanto l’edificio si snoda nel paesaggio e quasi scompare nella collina da una estremità.
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