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The Forest at Duke
The Forest at Duke
2701, Pickett Road, Durham, NC, United States
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The Forest at Duke
2701, Pickett Road, Durham, NC, United States
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2026
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
A new skilled care and assisted living residence called The Small House is located within The Forest at Duke campus. The new addition embraces the small-house model of care that creates a nurturing and renowned environment for its occupants. It stacks nine, 10-person households across two wings that are connected by a core area containing amenity spaces, administrative offices, and vertical circulation. Each neighborhood of two households has a permanent staff, and the personal residences are built around a full-service kitchen, dining area, living room, den, and screened in porch.
The programming goals within this project were to create a sense of home for residents who need more care than The Forest’s independent living options. The client also wanted to create smooth connections between the resident populations to avoid a sense of isolation – a common problem within skilled care and assisted living communities. The design blends elements such as building orientation, daylighting, biophilic design, and sustainable materials to highlight its ties to nature. The building’s layout is fashioned as an analogy to a tree within a forest. The “trunk,” for example, contains staffing spaces and amenities, while the “canopy,” branches off of it creating space for individual households, with lively color palettes and large windows that allow sunlight throughout, just as the leaves of a tree would do.
The programming goals within this project were to create a sense of home for residents who need more care than The Forest’s independent living options. The client also wanted to create smooth connections between the resident populations to avoid a sense of isolation – a common problem within skilled care and assisted living communities. The design blends elements such as building orientation, daylighting, biophilic design, and sustainable materials to highlight its ties to nature. The building’s layout is fashioned as an analogy to a tree within a forest. The “trunk,” for example, contains staffing spaces and amenities, while the “canopy,” branches off of it creating space for individual households, with lively color palettes and large windows that allow sunlight throughout, just as the leaves of a tree would do.
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