LEADING EXAMPLES
Background
A desk-top search in 2016 identified a limited number of leading ‘contemporary’ housing projects for people with cognitive and/or physical disability where the designers/clients claim to have a vision or philosophy that is person-centred – beyond the requirements of design for accessibility and mobility to meet universal design requirements.
Each project presented below captures:
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the underlying person-centred principles/approaches incorporated in the project,
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how the particular as-built housing design features (supporting the vision or philosophy) address the emotional feelings or well-being of people with a disability, and
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post-occupancy comments related to the project.
It is noteworthy that in-depth post-occupancy evaluations of the projects do not seem to have been carried out.
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North London Hospice, London, U.K.
Greenwich Housing
Courtyard Housing, Barking, London
Slagelse Psychiatric Hospital
Sweetwater Spectrum Community
The Ramp House Chambers
Wounded Warrior House
Windmill Court, Chingford Extra
