New Alzheimer village in France by NORD Architects

Danish architectural firm exports welfare architecture and develops new Alzheimer village in France. The number of people with dementia and Alzheimer's disease are steadily increasing in Europe. Both among the aging part of the population with longer life expectancies, but also for people under 65. A negative development that today - and increasingly in the future - will put the healthcare sector under pressure and calls for new approaches to the build environment.

The progressive worsening of the Alzheimer’s disease is often the issue that is providing both patients and staff with new challenges.
According to partner at NORD Architects Morten Gregersen the therapeutic solution is not necessarily found in the buildings themselves, but the evidence has gradually build up, that buildings which respect people's personal needs for privacy and create a homely atmosphere, have a much higher efficiency rate when measured in recovery times and result in generally lower costs in care and medication.

In the winning competition entry "Alzheimer village" all is arranged to accommodate a gradual inclusion of people with dementia and Alzheimer's disease and their relatives in a center that contains familiar elements from the residents' previous lives, such as a local shop, hairdresser, restaurants, cultural center and a healthcare center positioned as small houses in a beautiful landscape – all designed with inspiration from local building tradition, which gives residents a sense of being able to maintain a relatively normal and recognizable everyday life in an otherwise confusing new reality. Source by NORD Architects. Info project https://goo.gl/FNJN6g

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