MY THESIS
My site that I chose is located on Staten Island. This site used to be called Staten Island Farm Colony and it would serve the Sea View Hospital back in 1920s through 1975. The first building was built in 1904 and after that through out the years the site started to grow and expand. In 1975 the site got closed down due to the budget issues and from that time it was abandon for 32 years. The site is about 20 acres and it has 11 different types of buildings. Around the site there is a college, residential community, Sea View Hospital and a brand new park. Transportation goes along the site and it includes local and express busses.
My concept idea is to create a Golden Age Habitat for seniors. The existing site consists out of the following features such as: beautiful landscape, existing benches, roads, all services are still intact and all buildings have an architectural detail. The Golden Age Habitat will consist out of two phases:
PHASE 1
Chapel, Oratory, Glass Waterfall, Pavilions, Public Assembly and Greenhouse
PHASE 2
Service Building, Dormitory, Social and Doctor Office, Pharmacy/Barber Shops and Recreation/Playground complex
These phases that I created above will bring the site back to life and it will be the biggest senior housing community on Staten Island. Since most of the senior houses don’t have so many programs that’s why I wanted to design a different community, so that the elderly people can feel like they are in heaven.
My concept idea is to create a Golden Age Habitat for seniors. The existing site consists out of the following features such as: beautiful landscape, existing benches, roads, all services are still intact and all buildings have an architectural detail. The Golden Age Habitat will consist out of two phases:
PHASE 1
Chapel, Oratory, Glass Waterfall, Pavilions, Public Assembly and Greenhouse
PHASE 2
Service Building, Dormitory, Social and Doctor Office, Pharmacy/Barber Shops and Recreation/Playground complex
These phases that I created above will bring the site back to life and it will be the biggest senior housing community on Staten Island. Since most of the senior houses don’t have so many programs that’s why I wanted to design a different community, so that the elderly people can feel like they are in heaven.