situation:
A group of investors set out to create a memory care facility dedicated to a multidisciplinary program in care for persons with dementia and related diseases. One of the goals was to create a facility design that would ease the stress and frustration that can occur with memory impairment by creating multi-sensory areas and familiar experiences that evoke pleasant memories and provide gentle reminders of the activities of the day for each patient.
initiatives:
In order to create this sense of “home”, the design called for an entire Village comprised of four distinct neighborhoods surrounded by private residences. Commercial Silk International was contracted to complete the interior landscaping design, build and installation for this interior Village.
In designing the landscaping for the project there were a number of factors that contributed to the final design including: fire code requirements, safety of the patients with the plant material, realism of the product, and the ability to create a park-like setting.
results:
Our large selection of flame retardant foliages gave our team of designers the ability to build multiple plant combinations in order to make each neighborhood unique. We used our foliages in combination with a synthetic grass product to build the ground cover. By using grass as opposed to a loose material like rubber mulch, we were able to avoid the potential danger of patient’s digesting it. We manufactured large artificial trees on natural trunks to increase the realism of the setting as well as to create canopies to provide a streetscape type feeling. We completed the entire project on time and within budget.
location:
DOMESTIC