The project proposes two homes for later life set within a tree-lined site on the edge of Hampstead Heath. Designed for the third and fourth ages, the dwellings support autonomy, sensory connection to nature, and a careful dialogue between privacy and social interaction among residents.

The homes challenge conventional standards for senior housing, often reducing domestic life to a checklist of minimal and ideal dimensions or ‘add-on’ adaptations. This project asks how architecture might enable ageing with dignity, by designing from the beginning with care and detail rather than mere compliance.

The design continues a previous investigation into intuitive design and material interaction, resulting in constructions that support a multi-sensory architecture, engaging touch, light, and sound to create an environment that is responsive to changing conditions.

By reconsidering ageing as an active, evolving condition rather than a state to be managed, the project advocates for an architecture of care: one that asserts agency and fosters connection.