A LASTING MEMORY DEVELOPER : Jewish Care Victoria MAIN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY : ARC3 ARCHITECT : Smith+Tracey Architects CONSTRUCTION VALUE : $39 million
Jewish Care’s Carnegie Senior Living & Community Precinct saw the construction of a $39 million two-storey, 120-bed aged care home featuring eight small houses with individual living and dining areas, al fresco courtyard terraces, gardens, and boutique lifestyle facilities including a café, beauty salon, cinema, wellness centre and synagogue. In south-eastern Melbourne, a new vision for aged care has become a reality. Jewish Care Victoria’s new Carnegie Senior Living & Community Precinct is a premium residential development that will transform the meaning of best in class aged care. The Carnegie Senior Living & Community Precinct was conceived to provide a range of accommodation offerings to meet the diverse needs of elders in Melbourne’s Jewish community in the growth corridor in south-eastern Melbourne. Occupying a large parcel of land in Carnegie, the two-storey, 120-bed development encompasses eight small houses with 15 beds each, all having access to landscaped gardens. Elders of Jewish Care’s new Carnegie Senior Living & Community Precinct will be able to take advantage of boutique lifestyle facilities including a café, club lounge, gym, beauty salon, cinema and synagogue as well as the individual living and dining areas, terraces, internal and external courtyards and gardens in each house. 82
The project is part of Jewish Care’s $200+ million, ‛Growing. For our Community’ capital campaign, a major 10-year investment program launched in 2014 encompassing aged care, disability and community services. This incredible capital program is enabling Jewish Care to enrich more lives through the provision of state-of-the art accommodation that provide a culturally safe and familiar haven in times of need. “This project completes our aged care strategy of replacing all of our outdated homes,” said Marcus Harty, General Manager – Strategic Projects and Acquisitions. “We have created 276 beds in brand new homes over the last six months, creating superb facilities for our staff and elders.” The contemporary design was co-designed in partnership by Jewish Care and Smith+Tracey Architects, a firm with a long history of creating high quality education, community and religious projects throughout Australia. The design is an architectural response to
VIC PROJECT FEATURE JEWISH CARE CARNEGIE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION REVIEW
