Projects
Lifespan Design Studio works with a broad variety of clients in the public, private, and non-profit sectors on institutional, commercial/retail, residential (multi- and single-family), and other project types. Representative projects are listed below.
Senior/Adult Community Centers and Senior Housing
Westlake Community and Senior Services Center
- Westlake, OH
- Site evaluation studies and design through construction consultation services for a new senior center (with DS Architecture)
Fuquay-Varina Community Center and 50+ Wing
- Fuquay-Varina, NC
- Programming and design for a new 30,000 square foot multi-generational community center with 15,000 square foot Active Adult wing (with HH Architecture)
East Boston Senior Center
- Planning and design phase support for renovation of a former library for use as a senior center (with FM Architecture)
United Senior Services
- Springfield, OH
- Design consultation for adaptive reuse of a former Fraternal Organization building (with MCF)
Dr. George W. Davis Senior Residence and Senior Center
- San Francisco, CA
- Design consultation for a new senior housing building with ground-floor senior center (with McCormack Baron Salazar Developers and David Baker Architects)
- AIA California Council Award of Merit 2019
Crawford County Commission on Aging-Grayling Senior Center
- Grayling, MI
- Adaptive renovation and expansion of an existing building for use as the new Grayling Senior Center
Winchester Senior Center
- Wabash, IN
- Feasibility study and preliminary design for senior center renovations/additions; comprehensive design services for tenant fitout of satellite location
Margaret Hunt Senior Center, J. Frank Troy Senior Center, Zablocki Center
- Toledo, OH
- Evaluations and planning studies conducted with the Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio
Commercial, Institutional, Municipal and Residential Design
Hunters Run Apartments
- Lebanon, OH
- 10-unit apartment building, design-build with G/C Contracting
Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church
- Liberty Twp., OH
- Church addition and renovations, design-build with G/C contracting
Lebanon United Methodist Church
- Lebanon, OH
- Renovations with accessibility upgrades
Cincinnati State University Eileen Berke Occupational Therapy Center
- Cincinnati, OH
- Design for renovations and accessibility upgrades for a demonstration facility
Doc’s Place
- Lebanon, OH
- Design for restaurant expansion and accessibility upgrades in an historic district
Workshops and Presentations
National Institute of Senior Centers Annual Conference (with NCoA and other partners)
- Creating a Satellite Senior Center: Our Journey to Main Street (2020)
- Senior Center Design Tips Illustrated (2019)
- A Path to the Future of Senior Services Delivery: One Community’s Journey (2018)
- Key Issues in Senior Center Design (2017)
- Senior Center Design for Today and Tomorrow (2015)
American Society on Aging Annual Conference
- Reflections on Key Issues in Senior Center Design (2019)
- Design for Aging in Community (2018)
- Planning a Successful Senior Center Construction Project (2016)
- Buildings Boomers Want to Go To (2015)