What do you think of this concept for Seniors, Students, etc.?

[Karen Margrave]

I always like seeing new concepts for housing that can be used for various populations. I love this architects designs for cottages and pocket neighborhoods, but this concept is something entirely different. I was thinking this might work on my property in Redding and can be adapted to a shared housing project for seniors (though I'd want rooms large enough for bed, bath and seating area) It's my understanding that it is considered a SFR with seperated bedrooms as far as planning. What do you think? Common area with linked ensuites. 

tags: senior, elder, shared housing, tiny homes, student housing, small homes, affordable, 

[Roy N.]

@Karen Margrave

Good to see you back here.

When I was a midshipman a thousand years ago, we had accommodations similar to this, though our "micro-units house 2 or 3 cadets.  Being the military, it had that definite institutional overtone to it, but the basic premise was the same.

I recently toured a new senior's complex in which on end - for those who were still relatively self sufficient - had individual units (bedroom, sitting room / kitchenette ... effectively a bachelor apartment but without a full kitchen) clustered together in groups of 4 with their own common room / kitchen and courtyard.

On the other side of the complex were units for those who required more assisted living.  They were similarly organized, but did not have kitchenettes (and I do not think all has sitting rooms).  Each grouping had a common room (perhaps it was shared by multiple groupings ... this was a detail I missed) with a nurses/aid workers office.

Central to the two sides of the complex were common facilities such as a dining hall, gym {perhaps a pool ... another detail I missed}, theatre &  games room.

With one of the fastest growing groups in our society being single people, we are examining a related idea of a  complex / building providing a modest-sized 1-bdroom "apartment" with more semi-private and common amenities.

When I read the title to your thread, I thought it was a project proposing to mix students and seniors into a single complex ... and came in thinking, this ought to be interesting :-)