A neighborhood nursing care facility for the elderly

What would happen if Japanese ideals were intermingled with Western ideals? Would this phenomenological thought work in architecture? The thesis of this program is to incorporate Japanese Architecture and ideals with Western Architecture and views to encompass a symbiotic relationship. These two thoughts are at the extremes of a spectrum therefore, it may be-thought; bringing them together might break up the cohesion needed to make a viable architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright's interest in aspects of Japanese Architecture, and style intrigued him enough to use it in his own works because he felt it suggested a plausible style. Thus, the conflicting ideals of Western and Eastern architecture has proven to create a new and exciting architecture when used together. The facility is an elderly nursing care facility which will serve the needs of the elderly. It will house elderly individuals who are 65 and older, from those who are capable of living by themselves to those who need a continuous caregiver. There will be individual rooms and attended living quarters for the residents. Some of the individual rooms will be detached from the main facility to give a sense of independence and privacy. This facility will have an assembly center, a therapy/clinic area, an exercise room, and other social spaces to make their stay an enjoyable one. There will be a large shaded courtyard area for outside activities as well. The facility will be located in The Woodlands, Texas. Here the facility will be nestled amongst the community so there can be a cohesion between the two. This will allow the elderly to fulfill the important psychological need of human interaction. This facility will house about 150 residents with about 20 health care and administrative personnel. The context of this project will to be close to a shopping area and other amenities as well as to the neighborhood. Like other projects in The Woodlands, and The Woodlands itself, the facility will "emphasize environmental preservation so that people must live in harmony with nature"(Cite, p. 16).