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Project: Dementia Center Rosenhügel
Location: Hochdorf, Switzerland
Size: 3,000 m2
Budget: 15M. CHF
Consultant: Sara Rickenbacher, Landscape Arch.
This design proposes a 24 suite care facility that integrates into its context through sensitive siting, fragmented massing, and landscape continuity. Emphasizing domesticity over institutional character, it supports residents autonomy and wellbeing through sensory engagement, clear spatial orientation, and familiar architectural elements. A dementia garden, communal spaces, and material tactility promote connection to nature and memory. Sustainable strategies including solar energy, rainwater collection, and thermal mass, enhance comfort and reduce environmental impact, creating a resilient, socially responsive, and experientially rich living environment.