This project involved modernising an existing retirement village to bring it up to expectations of what retirement living looks like today.
The architect's design uses a Metwood Natural Tawa finish on the newly added louvres to establish a warmer, more welcoming aesthetic that grounds the building in the surrounding nature. The Metwood Natural Tawa finish was applied to Insol’s Solaris 100 and Caldera 88 louvres, delivering the look of wood, but with the durability of aluminium.
They contrast and soften the white building facade, making the white elements clean and spacious but never sparse and overpowering. On the south elevation, their lines cleverly follow the adjacent stairwell, where the colours connect the floors to one another.
