PORTFOLIO architecture granny hostel auschwitz vc baobab beauty farm bus stop city gateway cityzen csf dandelion dbew elemental employment agency europan 10 evolo 10 ghost tv granny hostel greening the city industrial infobox kub memory hall mikkelstjenn mobile tent mofo multipurpose building off-on opalka polish army museum psycholab rotunda sculptors pavilion shadad sixstar skynet step21 housing superscape 2016 tennis hall uufo vault viewpoint walden 2.0 water shed woods house yerevan complex zakrzowek zodiak Granny Hostel [3000m2] is an elderly people housing project. It tries to connect them to modern world and give them sense of independence. Solution that seemed to me most suitable was to combine an old people housing with a youth hostel - Granny Hostel. Every unit consists of a common kitchen and old person's room with guest rooms upstairs maintainde by that person. Kitchen serves as a place of social relation, where dialog between youth and senior age occurs. Form of the building is shaped by 3 additional factors: overshadowing by a high wall of multilevel parking lot is minimized, a ramp unifies comunication for disabled people and finally it opens to a view towards the river. Ground level contains all necessary services and dementia unit, it is structured along a "shortcut" created by a chain of courtyards. Standalone "houses" are situated on the roof/ramp.