PINOLE SENIOR VILLAGE, Pinole, CA

This award-winning project combines Senior Assisted Living, Adult Day Care, and an Alzheimer’s/Dementia (A/D) Residence. An English country manor image was chosen to create a home-like feeling and to make the building appear smaller than it is, fitting in with a neighborhood of single family homes. The building makes use of the sloping site, placing the two-level Assisted Living unit and the Adult Day Care center on the upper portion, with the single level Alzheimer’s/Dementia Residence below. Each has its own entrance. A service core on the lower level services all three functions, allows the full commercial kitchen and laundry to efficiently serve the entire facility, all while preserving separate identities and security between the different types of residents.

In the A/D residence, a sophisticated wireless warning system, coupled with delayed egress doors and subtle, designed-in safety comprise the unobtrusive security system for the residents. No demeaning radio collars or bracelets are required. The A/D unit is divided into smaller “houses” gathered around protected interior courts and a series of indoor and outdoor wandering paths.

In Assisted Living, rooms are clustered in small “neighborhoods” along staggered corridors, connected every 60’ with small, daylighted lounges, providing rest spots, and promoting informal visiting.

Program: 72 unit, 92 bed assisted living facility; Residence for persons with Alzheimer’s/Dementia; Adult Day Care center. Total conditioned space is 52,000 sq. ft.
Construction Type: 1-3 Story, Type V-I Hour on grade on a sloping, 3.5 acre site.
Funding: Tax increment bond.
Client: City of Pinole
Completed: 2001.
Award: Merit Award, 2001 Builder’s Choice National Awards.