Quilt Village:

Lives Pieced Together

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Retirement Oriented Development @ Serdang, Selangor

Fourth Place, Retirement Oriented Development Design Competition 2019

Retirement is not about feeling useless, growing old is not about being isolated. Situated at Universiti Putra Malaysia in Serdang, Selangor, the Quilt Village is conceived as an active aging community that provides opportunities for social interaction and wellbeing. Envisaged as an integrated aging-in-place facility, the project will generate a conducive and positive environment for recuperation and wellness, offering multiple levels of care and support for seniors at all stages in the aging process.

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Weaving the Social Fabric

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Aiming towards establishing a socially cohesive community among people of all ages from different backgrounds, the intervention proposes an integrated home-like environment that connects residents, families and employees altogether. Linkages and meeting points are metaphorised as thread and needles, weaving residential clusters, social hubs and healthcare support throughout the site, actively engaging people with each other, like pieces of fabric being stitched into a masterpiece.