Nursing Home Design Guide
2006
Landscaped Features
2.2
Site Considerations
Wander Garden
Setbacks and Buffers
2.2.1 Introduction
Ample Parking for Staff and
Visitors
Site analysis and planning are influential
Access for Emergency Vehicles
to the success of a project. At the
Utility and Service Access
beginning of the design process, the
Covered Entry
design team should perform several
Signage - Wayfinding
preliminary analyses that will affect the
final design of the facility. Several of the
To provide adequate planning and
site related factors that are required for a
programming guidance, 12 study sites
Nursing Home care facility are
were reviewed for essential
mentioned in this section and are to be
characteristics. The study sites varied
considered as essential tools for
in area, number of stories, unit size
planning of a Nursing Home facility.
and number of beds.
Each project designer should consider
the project specifics that include, but are
1. Generic Site Plan
not limited to:
The generic site plan provided in
this section (Figure 2.1) indicates a
Site Area
hypothetical solution for a 120 to
Site Geometry
160 bed Nursing Home facility. The
Local Zoning
projections and assumptions for this
Topography
plan are for reference purposes
Regional and Climatic Factors
only, and are not meant to suggest a
Utilities
solution for a specific design
Other Site Characteristics
problem. Features of this Generic
Site are similar to those mentioned
2.2.2 Planning
in this section.
When planning a Nursing Home facility,
The generic site plan illustrates:
consider the activities of the multiple
users including the residents, staff,
Single Story footprint
visitors, maintenance personnel, service
Approximately 120-160 Beds
providers, emergency crews and utility
Expansion potential could
workers. The completed site should
accommodate an additional 80
include:
beds +/-
Office of Facilities Management
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