Living Courtyard – Norwalk

Project Description:

The middle courtyard at Southland Rehabilitation & Care Center in Norwalk has a unique spatial quality where it is situated at the basement level with the lobby, an open terrace and resident room towers rising above it. Its visual prominence and functional relationship of being adjacent to the existing Rehabilitation Suite really drove the underlying design intent to create a space that is not only visually pleasing to all the users both in and around the courtyard, but also a space that has become a tangible and measurable asset for the nursing home. 

Ramps and stairs of different slopes and heights were designed into the terraced trellis and different textures were introduced to the walking surfaces. The courtyard has become a main therapy component that let residents heal and grow stronger while enjoy the great southern California weather and the soothing sounds of water.