1st prize
City on a Hill
Lukas Hendricks
Supervisor: Keelan Kaiser
California Baptist University

Author's description
"Addressing critical challenges in contemporary dementia facilities, this project tackles residents’ disconnection from nature and the impersonal scale of large facilities. City on a Hill introduces a design strategy that fosters residents’ connection with the natural world while offering individual apartments inspired by the charm of hilltop cabins.
Divided into four modules, City on a Hill offers living areas, service kitchens, courtyards, and front porches in each quadrant while allowing for full-time supervision of public spaces. This project seeks to enhance residents’ experiences by promoting a connection with the outdoors and providing a homelike atmosphere."

Jury statement
"The project "City on a Hill" designs a concept of a small-scale and nature-oriented residential complex for the care of dementia patients as a counter-vision to standard cool and impersonal health care facilities. With a good sense of spatial design, the author creates a functionally and spatially convincing ensemble of small units, which represents a complete village with its diverse functional areas. It succeeds in creating spaces that would offer a high quality of stay. Indoor and outdoor areas are cleverly interwoven and more private and shared areas are offered in a protected living space for dementia patients. An all-round convincing and graphically well implemented design."
