This approach to small care homes could be yet more evidence to support the ‘small pieces loosely joined’ design patterns. I featured these patterns in Slowdown Papers, amongst others, discussing other social infrastructure like schools, streets, galleries, farms, police stations etc. (Reject bigness, centralisation, and efficiency; embrace the resilience of connected small pieces, adopted and adapted)
Designer, urbanist, etc. Director of Melbourne School of Design. Previously, Swedish gov, Arup, UCL IIPP, Fabrica, Helsinki Design Lab, BBC etc