VILLAGE CENTRE
Carleton-Willard Village CCRC
Bedford, MA
LOWER LEVEL;
THE TRANSPARENCY OF SPACE AND LIGHT CREATE A SHARED SENSE OF COMMUNITY, ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY
NORTHWEST ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
SOUTHWEST ELEVATION
ARTIST'S STUDIO
UPPER LEVEL
SPA: NAIL SALON
SPA: TREATMENT SPACE
SPA: PEDICURE SPACE
MASTER PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
LOWER LEVEL FLOOR PLAN
CROSS SECTION
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
MODEL PHOTO - ROOF
MODEL PHOTO - FIRST FLOOR
MODEL PHOTO - SPA LEVEL
Gross Building Area: Two Story with Basement, 18,035 GSF
This venerable non-profit CCRC was developed in 1982 in Bedford, MA a suburban community of Boston by an existing 100 year old retirement home. The Elizabeth Carleton House of Boston, and includes one of the original “Main Street” themed commons areas in the country… in 1985 it added an Auditorium at the end of Main Street and in 2002 a New Wellness Center and Pool at the opposite end in order to meet the needs of its resident population of 235 from its ILU Apartments, Cluster Home Cottages and ALF Units.
The new Village Centre consists of several Meeting Rooms, North facing double height Artists’ Studio, Arts & Crafts Room, Computer Learning Room, Billiard Room, Table Tennis Room, Aerobics Dance Studio, and a Spa for Pedicures and Manicures with five treatment stations and Massage Rooms.
The design evolved through collaboration with Carleton-Willard Village’s CEO, staff and residents. In the purest sense the architecture is a classic contemporary “form follows function” design not only as dictated by the program but also by the site (abutting conservation land and built on a steeply sloping grade), sun orientation and context of the existing buildings. The angled north façade of the Village Centre containing the Artists’ Studio is oriented due north while it also avoids blocking views of the conservation land from the existing central Main Dining Room.
