DESIGN TEAM

Barbara L. Geddis, FAIA

Principal–in-Charge

John S. Brice, AIA

Winston Collins, AIA

Victoria Bigliano, ASID Interior Designer

CLIENT

Rebekah Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center

Bronx, NY

Kenneth T. Gelb, Executive Director 718.863.6200 Ext. 1100

PROJECT DATA

Type of Facility:

Long Term Care

Area of Building: 133,000 SF - 215 beds, six stories

Project Cost: $37.5 Million

Professional Services: May 2004-July 2007

Construction Date: June 2005-July 2007

Consulting Team:

Kallen & Lemelson Consulting

Engineers, MEP New York, NY

Severud Associates, Structural

New York, NY

Retnauer Design Assoc., Landscape Smithtown, NY

Vollmuth & Brush, Site/Civil New York, NY

THE ODD FELLOWS LIFE COMMUNITY Rebekah Rehabilitation & Extended Care Center, Bronx, NY

Architecture . Planning . Interiors

Geddis Architects

Rebekah Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center believes in a resident-centered care, communicated in a hotel atmosphere and substantial archi-tectural enhancements: separate lounges, separate dining rooms, wider cor-ridors, biaxial resident rooms and day lit program and activity spaces.

Providing work areas that are pleasurable to the eye and less restrictive to ac-complish ones’ particular tasks, be they nursing or housekeeping, has already increased worker performance and general satisfaction. A bakery and café in the main lobby allows residents/families and employees to co-mingle in a comfortable setting.

Increased space for rehabilitation was requested for future demand. A larger kitchen was requested in anticipation of other entities on the campus in the future. Resident rooms were designed to ensure patient privacy and a better quality of life. The owner requested vibrant color palettes reflecting our multi-ethnic census.

THE ODD FELLOWS LIFE COMMUNITY Rebekah Rehabilitation & Extended Care Center, Bronx, NY