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Left: Resident rooms feature different zones
established by ceiling treatments and furniture.
Floor-to-ceiling windows take advantage of
the campus' spectacular views and elevate the
resident experience. Below: Sunrooms on levels
four through seven offer a variety of seating
choices to accommodate families and individual
residents. Opposite: Large windows, a fireplace,
and custom millwork add to the residential feel
of the living rooms on the skilled nursing and
memory care floors.

cal, electrical, and plumbing. "There was
a distinct advantage to going ahead and
designing all floors to the more stringent
skilled nursing standards, since the costliest systems required for skilled nursing
licensure were already needed to build a
high-rise," Warner says.

Comforts of home
The assisted living apartments are offered
in studio and one- and two-bedroom models, ranging from 375 square feet to 1,349

square feet. Faulkner Design used neutral
colors and incorporated universal design
concepts so that the apartments would be
more easily adapted to a changing population, if the need arises. For example, some
units have removable cabinets under sinks to
accommodate residents using wheelchairs.
Refrigerators are elevated so residents don't
have to bend over to reach in and, in many
apartments, microwaves are mounted on
countertops with spaces in front for hot food
to rest.

Maximizing exterior views played an
important role in the design, as well, so
floor-to-ceiling windows were installed in all
apartments. "We really wanted to elevate
the environment, particularly on the skilled
nursing floors," Zinkand says. Even the apartments that face campus instead of the lake or
parkland have views of trees and landscaped
areas and a central park.
Stacy Peters, director of design at Faulkner
Design, says the connection to the outdoors
was an important aspect of the biophilic
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