Ty Darren Older Persons Housing
The proposed later living development on the site of the former Ty Darren care home in Risca, Caerphilly is being delivered by Caerphilly County Borough Council Housing Department who view this scheme as the standard bearer for delivering housing of this typology going forward. Meeting the aspirations of the Well-Being and Future Generations Act is firmly at the forefront of the design and delivery of the Ty Darren project.
The scheme will promote the health and well-being of residents and those in the surrounding community, including providing opportunities for social contact in shared spaces around the scheme. At the more public edge of the courtyard and adjacent to the community allotments and parking areas, a large ‘hall’ will provide a flexible community gathering space, both for residents to use but also available for community groups and local residents to visit and hire.
Homes will be well connected to the landscape through views to the distant hills and green spaces as well as providing easy physical access to private external and shared community green spaces to aid physical health and mental wellbeing. The dwellings will comply with the requirements from Welsh Government Development Quality Requirements 2021: Creating Beautiful Homes and Places and will exceed minimum space standards through designed to accommodate flexible layouts. We have chosen to slightly exceed the DQR space standards to ensure that adequate storage is not compromised by the inclusion of renewable technology into all of our homes and to ensure suitable home working spaces can be included. Homes will be well lit with natural daylight and sunlight and all apartments will be dual aspect in order to provide natural cross-ventilation.
Designs will make the most of passive solar gain whilst avoiding potential for overheating through the appropriate use of solar shading and consideration of thermal mass. A Fabric First approach will ensure operational carbon is minimised with a standard that exceeds SAP A to be targeted. Operational Carbon will be minimised through the appropriate use of renewable technologies and will ensure fuel bills for residents remain affordable. Embodied Carbon, the local sourcing of materials and the benefit to the local Welsh economy will be considered during the construction of the project.
The proposed later living development on the site of the former Ty Darren care home in Risca, Caerphilly is being delivered by Caerphilly County Borough Council Housing Department who view this scheme as the standard bearer for delivering housing of this typology going forward. Meeting the aspirations of the Well-Being and Future Generations Act is firmly at the forefront of the design and delivery of the Ty Darren project.
The scheme will promote the health and well-being of residents and those in the surrounding community, including providing opportunities for social contact in shared spaces around the scheme. At the more public edge of the courtyard and adjacent to the community allotments and parking areas, a large ‘hall’ will provide a flexible community gathering space, both for residents to use but also available for community groups and local residents to visit and hire.
Homes will be well connected to the landscape through views to the distant hills and green spaces as well as providing easy physical access to private external and shared community green spaces to aid physical health and mental wellbeing. The dwellings will comply with the requirements from Welsh Government Development Quality Requirements 2021: Creating Beautiful Homes and Places and will exceed minimum space standards through designed to accommodate flexible layouts. We have chosen to slightly exceed the DQR space standards to ensure that adequate storage is not compromised by the inclusion of renewable technology into all of our homes and to ensure suitable home working spaces can be included. Homes will be well lit with natural daylight and sunlight and all apartments will be dual aspect in order to provide natural cross-ventilation.
Designs will make the most of passive solar gain whilst avoiding potential for overheating through the appropriate use of solar shading and consideration of thermal mass. A Fabric First approach will ensure operational carbon is minimised with a standard that exceeds SAP A to be targeted. Operational Carbon will be minimised through the appropriate use of renewable technologies and will ensure fuel bills for residents remain affordable. Embodied Carbon, the local sourcing of materials and the benefit to the local Welsh economy will be considered during the construction of the project.
