Style with Substance
A range of Altro products have helped create a calming and practical assisted living space for neurodiverse young people. The unique housing concept was created on the Foxcote housing development in Heald Green by Bloor Homes and Stockport MBC, in partnership with MSV Housing Association and Lifeways care provider.
The house provides fully-adapted, independent living accommodation for young people with autism, learning difficulties and mental health issues.
The house was designed as a single supported dwelling, providing living spaces for three young adults with neurodiverse needs. The home needed to convey a biophilic feeling of space and light, with muted tones and earthy colours.
In the dining and kitchen area, Altro Wood Comfort in colour Aged Oak was specified bringing a biophilic feel into the open areas. Altro Wood Comfort offers aesthetics combined with comfort and safety. It’s an ideal choice for areas that need to look good while helping to give comfort underfoot.
The bathrooms were furnished with Altro Whiterock Satins in colour Linen, and an Altro Whiterock Digiclad (Custom) wall with an underwater theme. Altro Whiterock is the hygienic alternative to tiles that’s impact resistant, grout-free and easy to clean, whilst Altro Whiterock Digiclad (Custom) walls give you the ‘wow’ factor in the simplest way.
Altro Pisces was specified for the bathrooms and the individual toilet. Altro Pisces provides superb performance whether wet or dry, in shoes or barefoot in wet environments where the likelihood of a slip is very high.
Altro Wood Comfort provided comfort and sound reduction throughout the house in the bedrooms, the sensory room, and hallways.
MSV Housing Association, Sara Darwin of Phi Architects, and the parent of one of the young adults worked hand-in-hand to create a specification for the build that considered all requirements.
This included a connected, welcoming, shared living, dining and kitchen space that could be separated as and when needed, individual homely bedrooms, a calm and soothing sensory room, safe and hygienic bathrooms and kitchen area; all of which were anti-pick, reduced transference of noise, and provided ease of cleaning.