Jury comment
Karingal Green Health and Aged Care Community project prioritizes community belonging and the comfort of home in a residential aged-care setting. Respectful consideration of the needs of the user group has resulted in a landscape that fosters independence and meaningful social engagement, with a design that facilitates interaction with visiting friends and family as well as the broader community. Careful plant selection and retention respond to the endemic landscape setting, while also being driven by the connections between landscape and the memories and past gardening experiences of residents. This project exemplifies the pivotal role of landscape architects in fostering mental and physical wellbeing through increasing access to landscape and community in health settings.
Karingal Green Health and Aged Care Community is built in Wycombe Western Australia on the land of the Whadjuk Noongar people.
Project credits
Landscape architect, architect and interior designer Hassell Civil and structural engineer Pritchard Francis Electrical engineer ETC Solutions Hydraulic engineer Phoenix Hydraulic Design Project manager and superintendent Donald Cant Watts Corke Contractor Broad Construction Arboricultural consultant Paperbark Technologies Consultant Ecological Australia Photographer Douglas Mark Black and Hall and Prior
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