2025 RIBAJ MacEwen Award Winner
2026 RSAW Building of the Year Winner
2026 RSAW Client of the Year Winner
Severn View Park in Portskewett, Monmouthshire, is a pioneering care home designed to reshape dementia care. Commissioned by Monmouthshire County Council, the single-storey building provides 24 long-term residential bedrooms and 8 short-term rooms for rehabilitation and respite care.
The home is arranged as four independent households, each with direct access to a landscaped courtyard garden with sensory planting and activity spaces. This household model is central to the design, creating a domestic, familiar setting in place of an institutional one.
At the centre of the building, a pitched-roof village hall acts as a shared hub for residents and the wider community. Open-plan kitchens and farmhouse tables sit at the heart of each household, supporting everyday routines, social connection and independence.
The design was shaped through regular workshops with staff, whose insights informed key features such as the “cwtch” beside the fire and the generous kitchens that encourage shared domestic life between residents and carers.
Completed in March 2024 by Lovell Homes, the project was developed to support evolving care models and long-term adaptability. Communal provision offers 13m² per resident, well above the statutory requirement of 5.1m², helping futureproof the home for changing care needs and technologies.
Severn View Park is designed as both a place of care and a place of community. The village hall is available free of charge to local groups where residents can observe or join in, helping connect the home to the life of the wider neighbourhood.
High levels of daylight, excellent air quality and direct garden access support residents’ health, wellbeing and circadian rhythm, while the overall design promotes comfort, memory and independence. The result is a landmark project that sets a new benchmark for dementia care in Wales.
RIBA Journal MacEwen Award Article
2025 RIBAJ MacEwen Award Winner
2026 RSAW Building of the Year Winner
2026 RSAW Client of the Year Winner
Severn View Park in Portskewett, Monmouthshire, is a pioneering care home designed to reshape dementia care. Commissioned by Monmouthshire County Council, the single-storey building provides 24 long-term residential bedrooms and 8 short-term rooms for rehabilitation and respite care.
The home is arranged as four independent households, each with direct access to a landscaped courtyard garden with sensory planting and activity spaces. This household model is central to the design, creating a domestic, familiar setting in place of an institutional one.
At the centre of the building, a pitched-roof village hall acts as a shared hub for residents and the wider community. Open-plan kitchens and farmhouse tables sit at the heart of each household, supporting everyday routines, social connection and independence.
The design was shaped through regular workshops with staff, whose insights informed key features such as the “cwtch” beside the fire and the generous kitchens that encourage shared domestic life between residents and carers.
Completed in March 2024 by Lovell Homes, the project was developed to support evolving care models and long-term adaptability. Communal provision offers 13m² per resident, well above the statutory requirement of 5.1m², helping futureproof the home for changing care needs and technologies.
Severn View Park is designed as both a place of care and a place of community. The village hall is available free of charge to local groups where residents can observe or join in, helping connect the home to the life of the wider neighbourhood.
High levels of daylight, excellent air quality and direct garden access support residents’ health, wellbeing and circadian rhythm, while the overall design promotes comfort, memory and independence. The result is a landmark project that sets a new benchmark for dementia care in Wales.
RIBA Journal MacEwen Award Article
