Walford green
Birmingham
Enlargement of common areas to provide enhanced care
The Built in the 1970's, Walford
Green is an unusually planned sheltered
housing scheme consisting of bungalows
and flats with external circulation
but with communal facilities.
The Hotel and Catering Benevolent
Association identified the role
improved communal facilities could
play in providing enhanced care to
their tenants as they grew older,
allowing them to remain longer in
their own homes.
The project involved enlargement of
the existing common room, relocation
of the manager's office giving
improved supervision of the main
entrance and provision of a larger
kitchen, replacing the original
tea kitchen and capable of providing
twenty settings at lunch time. An
assisted bathing area for frailer
residents was also provided.
The replanning was achieved by
creative and improved use of space
within the existing shell
supplemented by a small extension.
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The new common room provides
exterior terraces with level access
on the south and west sides of the
building allowing views over the
gardens to be enjoyed by all
residents for the first time.
The ability to offer a midday meal
has been particularly welcomed by
the tenants. The compact new
kitchen uses pre-prepared fresh
vegetables and all food is cooked
on the premises. Working in
conjunction with a kitchen consultant,
the kitchen has been carefully
planned and detailed to provide the
spaces required and meet the latest
environmental standards for food
hygiene.
Key Facts
Gross Floor area 190 sq m
Common Room 83 sq m
Kitchen 20 sq m
New build Floor area 46 sq m
JCT IFC 84 Contract,
specification and drawings.
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