Young Designers' Take on Renovating a SNF

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The inaugural AIAS/SAGE Student Design Competition "Rethinking Home" challenges students in design schools throughout North America to re-conceptualize the nursing home typology by using design precedents found within a typical home to create a new sense of place. The competition encouraged architects-in-training to explore ways to implement the Rethinking Home: Programming Guidelines, written for the competition, to the real but fictionally-named case study, Pelican Point, a skilled nursing home located in Florida. Students were encouraged and rewarded for design excellence that integrates function, aesthetics, structure, details and fun and for utilizing opportunities provided by the site to offer a healing environment. The winning entries from the competition will be reviewed for the audience along with the jury's comments. 


Learning Objectives:
 
  1. Discover the winning designs for renovating/redesigning an existing 60-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida from the inaugural AIAS/SAGE Student Design Competition open to all architecture students in North America.
  2. Obtain a useful set of guidelines for re-conceptualizing long-term care environments that particularly apply to redeveloping existing homes.
  3. Review the jury's comments on the AIAS/SAGE design competition submissions and hear from the winners what they saw as the main challenges for rethinking the spaces we design for long-term care.
  4. Network with the growing community of designers, educators, providers and regulators of long-term care who are dedicated to helping students enter our field


 

About the Speakers
 
Jack L. Bowersox
Manager
Life Wellness Communities Development Company, LLC

Mr. Jack L. Bowersox is currently responsible for overseeing the design, development and financing of small CCRC's in rural communities outside of major metropolitan areas. He has solely focused his professional career on the design and development of environments for elderly and handicapped individuals. These efforts have included major contributions in research, legislation, public policy and education, as well as, planning, programming and design. Mr. Bowersox is recognized as a National Expert in design concepts for making environments adaptable for elderly and individuals with various handicaps. These concepts have been realized in various projects through-out the country including the Charter House, a 22 story senior housing community which is owned and operated by the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Mr. Bowersox has served as the Chair person for SAGE Florida for the past three years and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the SAGE Federation.
 
Kaye Brown, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor
Evolutionary Anthropology
Duke University

Dr. Kaye Brown holds advanced degrees in sociology from Duke University as well as real estate design and development from the University of Pennsylvania. Kaye teaches in the graduate program in anthropology at Boston University and conducts research in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University. She is an Eden Alternative Associate, a licensed residential contractor, a certified Aging-in-Place specialist with NAHB, and a founding member of the NC Coalition for Long Term Care Enhancement. Kaye frequently presents on design-related issues as well as issues pertaining to transforming long-term care. She currently serves on the SAGE Federation's Board of Directors and is the NC-SAGE Chapter President.
 
Skip Gregory, NCARB
Bureau Chief
Office of Plans & Construction
Agency for Health Care Administration

James ("Skip") Gregory, NCARB, is Bureau Chief, Office of Plans & Construction, Agency for Health Care Administration in Florida. Skip oversees a staff of 46 architects, engineers, fire protection specialists and administrative personnel across the state whose mission is to review and approve all new construction and renovation projects in all hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgery centers and intermediate care facilities for the developmentally impaired. Mr. Gregory manages the review of all certificate of need submissions as well as the annual state licensure surveys. In addition, Skip writes and updates all the rules and codes governing health care construction in the state of Florida. Mr. Gregory currently serves on the SAGE Federation's Board and is active in its Florida chapter.