Architect Q&A: Designing for Health and Human Experience

In a spotlight published in Seniors Housing Business, Spiezle Architectural Group Principal Steve Leone, AIA, LEED AP, discusses the firm’s extensive architecture, interior design, landscape, and other services. Projects ranging from new acute healthcare facilities to senior living renovations and master planning for hospitality-style amenities are also highlighted.

“Spiezle approaches all projects with a focus on creating environments that support human health and enhance the human experience, recognizing the power of architecture to impact lives positively,” Leone notes. “What sets us apart is that our collective team works in markets beyond senior living and healthcare, including government, education, residential, mixed-use and commercial projects. This convergence of practice areas allows us to challenge the limits of what is traditional while testing innovation against our broader depth of experience.”

At the continuing care retirement community of Cathedral Village in Philadelphia, Spiezle renovated this campus with features such as operable walls so staff could reconfigure spaces for various uses, interior gardens, and open-air walkways to better connect residents with nature and other central amenities. At the Royal Oaks project in Sun City, Arizona, the team renovated the dining space to foster community, social engagement, and residents’ quality of life.

“Two key trends shaping the senior housing industry today are the growing focus on staff engagement and the shift toward more authentic, hospitality-style amenities,” Leone says. “Communities are enhancing staff spaces and well-being initiatives to improve engagement and retention.”

To read the full article, visit Seniors Housing Business.