This project is China’s first integrated medical and senior-care community dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease. It addresses the long-standing conflict between safety, dignity, and freedom in dementia care by redefining spatial organization and daily living environments through design.
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Alzheimer’s Health Care Town
Health-Care Interior Concept
Firm
KETU DESIGN
Designer
Gan Lin
Design Team
Gan Lin
Location
Xi’An
Country
China
Photographer/Copyright
©KETU DESIGN
Rather than adopting a closed and institutionalized care model, the project emphasizes controlled openness. Within a secure framework, the design reconstructs familiar life scenes to help residents maintain autonomy, reduce anxiety, and slow cognitive decline. The master plan integrates an Alzheimer’s care center, a rehabilitation hospital, and a nursing facility, providing continuous care from mild to severe stages.
The spatial structure is defined by open courtyards, looped walking paths, garden corridors, and small-group activity gardens, forming a continuous and intuitive circulation system that allows residents to move freely without getting lost. These interconnected spaces encourage exploration, social interaction, and daily routines.
The design incorporates “life-scenario therapy” and multisensory strategies. Familiar settings such as small streets, a post office, flower shop, and communal gathering areas are combined with carefully calibrated colors, textures, scents, and sounds to create a recognizable sensory map. Medical staff participate in daily life through role-based interaction rather than visible supervision, enabling discreet and respectful care. By integrating landscape, safety, accessibility, and healthcare standards into a unified spatial strategy, the project establishes a dementia-friendly environment that balances efficiency with empathy. It offers a replicable model for dementia care in China, demonstrating how interior architecture can support dignity, autonomy, and emotional well-being for vulnerable populations.
本项目是中国首个以阿尔兹海默症专业照护为主题的医养结合小镇，旨在回应认知障碍人群在尊严、安全与自由之间的长期矛盾。设计突破传统封闭式照护模式，在可控安全前提下，通过空间与场景的重构，重建患者熟悉的生活秩序，延缓病程发展。
项目依托秦岭自然环境，对既有建筑群进行最小化改造，形成“阿尔兹海默照护中心 + 康复医院 + 护理中心”的全周期照护体系。开敞庭院、环形漫步道、景观连廊与小组团花园共同构建连续、可回游的空间结构，使患者在自由活动中不易迷失。
设计引入“生活场景疗法”与“五感疗法”，通过怀旧街巷、花店、邮局等日常场景，结合色彩、触感、气味与声音的精细化设计，形成可被记忆识别的“感官地图”。医护人员以角色扮演方式融入日常生活，实现无压迫的隐性照护。
项目在满足医疗与养老规范的同时，将景观、安防与适老化设计高度整合，打造一个兼具尊严、自由与温度的认知症友好型照护社区，为中国老龄化社会提供了可复制的空间范本。