Invest in good design, invest in financial return.

Our master planning creates the design advantage flywheel - where evidence-based spatial decisions generate measurable improvements in resident outcomes, family satisfaction, staff retention and financial performance.

• Strategic Layout Planning - Designs that create positive cycles of improved performance across all key metrics

• Early Stage Impact - 60% of dementia enabling design success depends on layout decisions that start during master planning

• Design for Dementia Integrated Communities - Creating inclusive environments that support residents from resthome, hospital and dementia to live in mixed use settings

Get the layout right from the start, and the facilities you build deliver strong occupancy, reduced costs, and lasting competitive advantage

Align your care philosophy with your physical environment. Our bespoke design guides translate your organisation's unique approach to care into architectural briefs that guide every decision - from major refurbishments to daily maintenance choices.

• Care & Environment Alignment - Connecting your care philosophy, staffing model and organisational culture to evidence-based design principles

• Customised Design Framework - Creating organisation-specific guidelines that reflect your values and operational approach

• Architectural briefs - Providing clear direction for your architects, designers and facility managers

• Portfolio Consistency - Ensuring all your facilities reflect your brand and care approach while meeting local needs

Whether you need quick wins or a comprehensive transformation, we help you identify changes that allow residents to thrive, families feel confident, and staff love to work.

• Low Cost Options - Advising on easy wins using paint, furniture, signage and plants

• Unit Conversion Opportunities - Transforming standard rooms into premium care suites that enhance resident dignity and family satisfaction while generating increased revenue potential

• Village Centre Upgrades - Master Planning major alterations and extensions that respond to changing market needs.

• Transitioning to New Care Models - Adapting older environments to support person-centred care approaches and dementia enabling design

We empower facility managers to become guardians of design intent, ensuring every maintenance decision reinforces your care philosophy and supports resident wellbeing.

• Clear protocols -for paint colours, flooring selections, soft furnishings, plumbing fixtures and landscaping

• Staff capability building - Ensuring staff can understand and apply evidence-based design principles

A home not a hotel. Creating authentic settings that preserve dignity, support autonomy, and encourage meaningful engagement. We apply evidence-based design insights together with stakeholder feedback to create authentic, meaningful environments that allow people with dementia to live well.

• Targeted Refurbishment Plans - Strategic interventions that address environmental shortcomings and maximise impact

• Staff capability building - Ensuring staff can understand and apply evidence-based design principles

• Master planning for New Care Paradigms- Designing environments that support evolving models of dementia care and integrated communities

• Getting out into the garden - Designing gardens that engage residents and staff

• Development of mate wareware design frameworks that uphold cultural identity, dignity and belonging for kaumātua living with cognitive change

Public buildings (galleries, libraries, civic and community spaces) are used by a growing number of people living with dementia, many of them independently. We help these places become easier and more welcoming to navigate, applying internationally recognised dementia design principles to spaces built for everyone.

• Community Facility Design Review — Assessment against internationally recognised dementia design principles, with recommendations prioritised by construction timing and cost impact

• Wayfinding Strategy — Signage hierarchy, environmental colour coding and landmark cues that help people orient and move with confidence, developed with your team and graphic designer

• Materials & Contrast Guidance — Contrast calculations and finishes selection that support legibility and reduce confusion, coordinated with the wider design scheme

• Accessibility for the Ageing Community — Design that serves the wider population of older people and those with cognitive change who use the building day to day