By Healthcare Facilities Today

Moorings Park, a continuing care retirement community, in Naples, Fla., transformed its 83-acre neighborhood by integrating new buildings into the existing landscape and creating an expansive yet intimate campus that encourages active lifestyles for its residents, according to an article and photo gallery on the Healthcare Design website.

The project presented three main challenges to according to the article: providing more housing choices that catered to the active adult lifestyle, introducing new wellness and fitness programs without disrupting the existing campus culture, and upgrading the campus’ overall image through selective demolition and replacement.

To accomplish these goals, New York architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman conducted a strategic master plan to reposition the campus. The expansion includes 29 new residential lifestyle apartments, varying in size from 1,850 to 5,000 square feet, which overlook a new central lake. Four new buildings, including three residential apartment structures and a Center for Healthy Living, are positioned around the campus’ new town square, which includes a central fountain and seating areas for both lounging and active strolls.

The cornerstone of the campus’ overall design and its new buildings is a combination of transparency and walkability, the article said. Design considerations were made for the scale of each building’s exterior and interior, the positioning of pathways and foot bridges, and residents’ proximity to the Wellness Center, Trio restaurant, outdoor terraces, and other common meeting spots. Additionally, expansive windows were introduced to all campus buildings, as well as open air pathways and balconies, to increase access to panoramic views of the surrounding landscape.

Read the article and take the photo tour.