
Site Location: Guildhall Car Park, Sandwich, Kent
Module Title: Collective Dwelling
Date: Winter 2019
The general brief given for this project was to design a housing masterplan for 15-20 dwellings in a Car Park in Sandwich (the UK's most complete medieval town). Having explored the town analysed the demographic of the area, I drafted a specific brief which was aimed specifically at integrating the young families and the elderly. This was based on an experimental philosophy which was explored in the Channel 4 documentary Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds - where a retirement home and preschool were combined. The experiment found improvements in the elderly member's memory and mental health and also benefitted the development of the infants.
Design contents:
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17 medium sized 3-bed houses
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A retirement home/preschool
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15 bedrooms within the retirement home
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9 annexes for more independant OAPs