Londonderry, NH

 

A new senior living residential development in New Hampshire is conceived of as a new urbanist community.

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It will provide a range of commercial and recreational amenities tailored, but not exclusive to seniors. The landscape is intended to have a close and mutual relationship with the buildings and provide spaces for active and passive recreation and for commercial and communal gatherings.   

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The site features an urban core with streetscape and entry plaza for drop-off, outdoor seating for restaurant and café, and a water feature. Other landscape spaces provide strolling paths through native meadow and tree plantings and a community park for active recreation (pickleball courts, dog run, bocce court, and raised vegetable beds) and a village green for community gatherings. A sensory garden is located near intensive memory care. The landscape also features private residential garden terraces for ground floor units.

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Though the site presents difficult topographic challenges, the connections throughout the buildings and the landscape will be ADA accessible. 

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Team: Crowley Cottrell, DiMella Shaffer

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Photos: Robert Benson Photography