EFA DESIGN SHOWCASE ASSISTED LIVING Otterbein Senior Life Lebanon, The Aurora LEBANON, OHIO Submitted by: Brown Calabretta Architects Inc. COLUMBUS, OHIO Dedicated in 1972, the Otterbein Campus Center was a post-industrial expression as sterile, institutional, and as far from home like as possible. The Campus Center was and is the heart of the Lebanon campus. Within this antiseptic structure the skilled nursing "Showers and Hill" Healthcare Center occupied the second and third floors. The ground floor housed the campus's main entry and all resident services and activities. Some 45 years later, this most important building within a now very large community has become the least distinguished. Faced with the daunting task of total demolition versus renovation, the Otterbein board gave approval to Brown Calabretta Architects to create a homelike assisted living facility. Converting the "old barge" 74-bed skilled nursing facility into a "luxury liner" 70-bed assisted living facility was the mission for the design team. Strategic reorganization of activity areas 68 Supplement to Environments for Aging