Inglewood Care Centre Canopies

Senior Long Term Care, Assisted Living, Independent Living and Affordable Housing Campus

In Progress June 2021
West Vancouver, BC, CA
ZGF Architects
Part of a schematic design effort for a two-phase revamped and expanded senior living center for multi-generational and multi-stage in-place aging.

I took the lead design a series of canopies, inspired by the open web structure of a lifting monarch butterfly wing. The canopies utilize a series of triangulated, sandwiched wood beams that form a concave biwing at the main entry, bringing rainwater through an open triangular occulus and into a bioswale.

A simpler system of linear canopies connect all the buildings on the campus, to encourage outdoor ambulation during peiods of frequent rain and snow.

Leads:
Andrew Thompson
Josh Peacock
Megan Chalmers

Renderings by Brick Visual

Renderings by Brick Visual

Process Work