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St John's Village

The brief was to design a new aged care facility, including administration services and a commercial kitchen, to be constructed in stages to ensure the existing facility could remain operational during construction.

The scope of the redevelopment works also included a new community centre, together with various other support services. Although modern in its approach, the architectural built form complements the existing buildings on the site and provides a new entry point and identity for the integrated and improved facility. The external built form carefully considers building scale, style, materials, colours, and textures to create a warm, inviting, and inclusive environment for residents.

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Baade Harbour Geelong
Traditional Country
The facility was carefully designed in collaboration with the Client to encourage social interaction between residents and to facilitate family and community participation.
The design encourages residents to participate in familiar daily activities such as cooking and gardening to maintain a level of independence, while stimulating the mind and body. Key destination points were strategically located in the design to create interest and entice residents to physically move through the building and increase the opportuni
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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands where our studios are located, the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people of Yálla-birr-ang, Collingwood and the Wadawurrung people of Djiling, Geelong.

We pay our respects to Elders, past and present, across all regions of Victoria and beyond. We honour the design ingenuity of First Peoples over millennia, their unique contribution to our understanding of place, and their care for the Country on which we create.