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Senior Living Design: Site Layout and Planning

by Sarah Wissler
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Master Planning, Senior Living
April 10, 2020

From safety and accessibility to lighting and wayfinding, there are many considerations to weigh when designing for senior living. However, the key goal is to incorporate features that will allow seniors to safely age in place, maintaining as much independence, dignity and respect as possible. Starting with site design and layout, we’ll walk through some of the primary components of senior living architecture, sharing an overview of the elements that we focus on in each project. Large-scale considerations: Urban vs. rural environments Urban...

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Sashie Misner | Landscape Architect

Employee Spotlight: Sashie Misner

by Sarah Wissler
Landscape Architecture, Team News
February 10, 2020

For our latest Employee Spotlight, we sat down with Landscape Architect Sashie Misner to learn more about her work at GTA, what drives her, and what she loves to do when she's not in the office. A member of our team since 2017, Sashie has extensive experience designing for both public and private spaces, including urban parks, educational play spaces, affordable housing developments and multiple commercial developments. She is a Maine Licensed Landscape Architect and is passionate about creating spaces...

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Groundbreaking ceremony at Maine Veterans Home Augusta

Small house-style memory care at Maine Veterans’ Homes – Augusta

by Sarah Wissler
Landscape Architecture, Memory Care, Press, Projects, Under Construction
August 2, 2019

Following the official groundbreaking on the new Maine Veterans’ Homes – Augusta facility, work on the small house memory care model is now underway. The new home, scheduled for completion in 2021, will offer assisted living, long term care and memory care to Maine’s veterans and eligible family members. “The small house model that MVH is embracing for our veterans is really a unique opportunity,” said Deb Fournier, chief operations officer of Maine Veterans’ Homes. “It will be the first of...

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Winter construction on Schooner Estates Memory Care

by Admin
Under Construction
January 22, 2019

Construction in Maine during the winter poses a few challenges. The recent cold snap means that to keep on schedule, construction crews must innovate to overcome the challenge of frozen ground. For the Schooner Estates Senior Living Community in Auburn, ME, Landry/French Construction has built a temporary tented structure around the CMU elevator shaft so the masonry is protected and remains warm. They are blanketing and heating the interior of the foundation to thaw out the ground frost—36” deep in some...

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Waterville Riverwalk

by Admin
Landscape Architecture
November 15, 2018

The new Waterville Riverwalk opened to the public in late September, 2018 and was followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony in early October. This event was a rewarding experience for GTA's Sashie Misner, who designed this transformational project during her tenure at Mitchell & Associates. Located along the Kennebec River on a 12-acre vacant lot that used to support the Wyandotte mill, the Waterville Riverwalk is a 2,200 ft curving walkway that winds along the riverbank from the Ticonic Falls to the Two...

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The Mooring on Foreside - Small house concept

News about our award-winning memory care design

by Admin
Architecture, Awards, Memory Care, Senior Living
July 20, 2018

The Mooring on Foreside—a project that is dear to us for so many reasons—receives a great write-up in Senior Living News. The Mooring's founder and principle, Lynn Peel, had a strong vision that this would be a memory care home with a difference; that it would look and feel like a real home with a small footprint and an intimate setting, in turn enabling individualized care for each and every resident. Rebecca Dillon was Gawron Turgeon's lead architect for this project, and...

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Affordable housing for seniors in Yarmouth, ME

by Admin
Architecture, Senior Living
April 30, 2018

Designed by Gawron Turgeon Architects in 2016, Bartlett Woods in Yarmouth, ME is a 28-unit affordable housing apartment complex with one- and two-bedroom apartments for seniors. Designed with sustainability in mind, Bartlett Woods includes photovoltaic solar panels and a tight building envelope. Co-owned and co-developed by Yarmouth Senior Housing and Avesta Housing, construction was completed by Bowman Constructors in the fall of 2017. With a grand opening taking place this week, Bartlett Woods is now open! Read more about this project in a...

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