Strategy
We bring deep thinking, specialist knowledge and design expertise to complex challenges.
Aged care strategy: aligning models of care, operations and buildings.
Asset planning: informing portfolio reviews, master planning, investment and adaptation.
Collaborative workshops: building shared direction through team engagement and co-design.
Design tools: developing tailored standards, room data sheets and performance specifications.
Design expertise: providing research, design reviews and resident engagement.
Grant writing: preparing compelling funding applications.
We use words and drawings to clarify complexity and turn strategic thinking into practical action.
Our support is tailored to your needs at any stage of your project. Get in touch to explore how we can help.
*NEW* We are currently working on a research project for the Department of Health, Ageing and Disability which seeks to provide advice and inspiration for residential aged care refurbishment.
If you would be interested in providing plans of an existing home that you operate to be included in our dataset, have suggestions for areas which we should focus on, or have an example of a great case study we should feature, please get in touch via the button below.
Building Transformation
Many aged care organisations have buildings that no longer support / haven’t kept up with contemporary care or are institutional in character. They may have a range of limitations related to operational efficiency or user experience.
We help organisations understand what can be changed — and where investment will make the greatest difference.
Outputs:
Existing Building Review
Opportunities Analysis
Refurbishment Strategy
Prioritised Capital Works Plan
Concept Design
Care Home Assessment Tool (CHAT) support or independent assessment
Full design service
Strategic Briefing
Helping clients develop a clear brief before appointing a design team. We bring together people, operations and place to generate strategic documents which can guide future best practice.
Outputs:
Functional Design Briefs
Accommodation Schedules
Design Principles and Guidelines
Room Requirements
Workflow Diagrams
Design Standards and Guides
Helping large organisations create consistency across multiple projects.
Outputs:
Design Philosophy
Design Principles
Practical Design Standards
Functional Briefs
Room Data Sheets
Refurbishment Guides
Design Review Checklists
National Aged Care Design Principles and Guidelines for the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (2024)
Workflow analysis sketch
Aged Care Interior Design Workshop
Design Research Project for Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Strategic design interventions
Workshopping Seniors Living Design with large charitable provider
School Workshops
Salvation Army - Inner City Homeless Persons Accommodation Strategy - a review of eleven sites providing refuge and rehabilitation accommodation and support. Various development options were developed and costed.
RAAFA RAC significant improvements - review of eight sites in and around Perth, including aged care, retirement living and licensed clubs inline with the client's priorities of increasing capacity and addressing dementia design principles.
Salvation Army - Batemans Bay Corp design development
Uniting Building Design Guide - developed as part of an organisational restructure involving significant capital works. Consultation involved around 50 people from across NSW. The outcome was a set of guidelines for new buildings and the systematic refurbishments of existing buildings.