Retirement Home
The innovative project for the Insular Residence for the Elderly and Day Care Center that the Cabildo de Palma is promoting in Los Llanos de Aridane is extraordinarily ambitious. Its program incorporates the most advanced concepts in accommodation for the elderly, and the architecture that gives it shape must live up to these objectives.
The proposed layout is that of a small village, a grouping of carefully designed, domestic-scale buildings, a layout that gives rise to a rich sequence of courtyards, small squares, paths, and gardens. Located on the urbanized edge of Los Llanos and in direct contact with the agricultural landscape, the residence is a meeting point between architecture and nature.
Its architecture is clear, recognizable, and friendly. It is both contemporary and rooted in local traditions. Its spaces offer private dwellings for intimate living, but their variety of settings encourages active social life. It is a place to enjoy the last, peaceful stage of life, an optimistic architecture for communal living.
