Location: The Wirral, Liverpool
Architect: Pozzoni Architecture Ltd
Client: Nautilus Welfare Fund
Contractor: Pochins (Phase 1 - Trinity House Hub) and R P Tyson (Phase 2 - Seafarers UK Centenary wing
Units: 22 apartments
In August 2017 the second phase of the Trinity House Hub building in Mariners' Park, the Wirral was completed, providing an addition 22 apartments for retired seafarers. The community hub provides 40 apartments in total, along with communal facilities serving the entire retirement village. Mariners’ Park is a community for retired mariners and their families, providing accommodation, financial support and care services. The hub was developed after it was identified that the provision of a 24-hour care staffed housing facility would help reduce care home admissions.
The scheme includes communal facilities designed to promote social interactions and improve wellbeing, including a café, lounge, health suite and a multipurpose function room. All of the apartments are accessible and designed they don’t feel institutionalised, while also accommodating the required the technology to preserve the independence and safety of residents. Since its completion the Trinity House Hub has enabled a number of residents to transfer from the nearby care home to the new apartments, successfully filling the gap between independent living and residential care homes.
Seafarers UK Centenary Wing, Mariners' Park featured in A Home for the Ages: Planning for the Future with Age-Friendly Design. Read the full report.
