The Community Living Center is a 120 bed facility that houses a rehabilitation unit, long term care, and hospice and palliative care, within the shed from the second floor to the U.S. Capitol Building. The VAMC DC site encompasses 34.67 acres, and the total area of structures is 1,520,012 gross square feet.

The project shall addresses the addition of a new, 9,133 square foot hospice wing on the existing second floor exterior roof terrace, of which approximately 4,800 square feet will extend south, over the site, with a stairwell to the grade below. The project includes the renovation of 51,800 square feet of existing space.

The design eliminates five quad occupancy resident bedrooms and converts them into multipurpose lounges. The addition will include one HOME with 11 hospice resident bedrooms and required supporting areas.

The design organization aim is to consolidate the image of an integrated COMMUNITY CENTER, identifying common pathways to facilitate and encourage social interaction. In order to design the most suitable environments for resident care, it is important that the design organization clearly identifies the relationships between the individual WINGS/HOUSES and the COMMUNITY CENTER.