John Boyd Lowery and the design of health-centered living

For many individuals, health-centered residential design extends beyond the walls of an individual home.Through WholeLife, Lowery is building these communities that blend upscale features with less home maintenance responsibilities, for successful adults who stay independent but still want their homes, wellness resources, social places and access to healthcare to feel more connected and work together in a more natural way.Lowery calls the concept an “ageless community.” The term reflects his belief that a residential environment should be organized around lifestyle, independence and health rather than treating a resident’s age as the defining feature of the property.That distinction influences more than the services WholeLife intends to provide.It shapes the residences, the streets connecting them, the placement of shared facilities and the relationship between each community and its surrounding healthcare network.The company’s guiding line summarizes the idea: “Where you live, can help you live.”The growing idea of the longevity home has been pointing attention toward how a residence can hold up its occupants over time.

WholeLife takes that same direction, not just from a single home, but also out into the broader community, from the person level to the wider neighborhood.The concept begins with three residential formats: Traditions, Bungalows and Flats.Each is designed for a different type of land, density and surrounding neighborhood.Traditions most closely resembles a conventional residential community.

Plans call for about 100 to 150 single-level houses, ranging roughly from 1,500 to 2,000 square feet.Sidewalks, landscaping, streetlights and familiar residential forms are meant to build a neighborhood cadence rather than the look of a self-contained facility.The Bungalow format offers another version of single-level living.

Its proposed patio homes measure approximately 1,900 square feet and include private garden areas and rear-entry two-car gar...