Sanctuary
The former Chapel provides a quiet Sanctuary within the Complex, where inhabitants can shelter and relax.
A place to sit and read a book, while watching the White Cart Water as it flows past. Offering space for conversation over a cup of tea, perhaps between loved ones and carers. Here, those experiencing loss or anxiety can come to feel a sense of calm and reassurance.
While access remains private, the Sanctuary may be used by the loved ones of former residents, to maintain relationships with those who knew or looked after their resident. Enabling the reassuring continuation of community support, and providing a familiar place to remember.
Section of the reading area looking West, in Summer
The geometric forms of the brass threshold and softly up-lit roof beams reference the rhythm of the buildings stepped gables.
Aligned with the arrow-slit window, a narrow glazed channel is cut spanning the roof ridge, connecting those who look up to the sky above.
