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Swancare Leisure Centre

Borloo
Whadjuk Noongar
Date
2019
Collaborators
Realm Studios
Selected Awards
2020 Urban Design Award, Australian Institute of Architects – Western Australia Chapter
2020 Robin Dodds Roof Tile Excellence Award, Think Brick Awards
2020 Future of Ageing Award for Property and Design
2021 AILA WA Landscape Architecture Awards_Health and Education Landscape
2022 Honorable Mention Architecture International LOOP Design Awards, Social Architecture Category.

Grounded in the principles of Salutogentic design our proposal seeks to create a physical environment that supports a broad interpretation of the meaning of retirement and responds to a diverse range of people, cultures, ages, health and fitness levels. Our proposal acknowledges the importance of the individual in the community and a tailored approach to enable life to be content, safe and delightful. It seeks to provide spaces of intimacy for the individual and spaces to celebrate with others as part of the community of SwanCare and the openness to allow family and friends to visit. As a strategy it also identifies the restorative role of solitude and the social benefits of being with others.