Thesis - 5th year project

My thesis envisions a comprehensive care campus that connects three populations—seniors, disabled individuals, and the medically infirmed—within one adaptive environment. Each group is supported by distinct building forms tailored to their needs. Together, these forms create a continuum of care, using architecture to foster accessibility, dignity, and connection across all stages of life. I also plan on integrating health-monitoring technology into the building’s fabric—walls, lighting, and circulation—creating an environment that both tracks patient well-being and responds to their needs in real time

So far I have

• interviewed the head of Design for Ascension Healthcare,

• the Executive Director for a non-profit organization that supports older adults and family caregivers,

• the Senior Director of an assisted living facility in Nashville,

• the Chief Executive Officer and Outreach Coordinator for a national nonprofit in safe and healthy housing, and

• the Executive Director and Construction Manager for nonprofit construction agency that serves older adults and people with disabilities whose homes have become unsafe places to live.

• i have interviewed a Doctor and Data collection specialist at Ascension Healthcare. 

• I have toured of the grounds at an Assisted living facility in Nashville Tennessee