Thanks to the fine articulation of the exposed brick, the overall effect is a human-scale look preserving traditions. Serene, open architecture connects the lives of the elderly (who are locked up for eight months of the year in the cooler climate of the mountain) to the landscape and the city, but the real feat is in the quasi-public design of the interiors. Enclosed corridors and communal spaces are able to serve the purpose defined by the architect: "The institution is primarily home to retirees who can take care of themselves but want to live in the community." The character of the interiors evokes the atmosphere of urban public spaces. The elderly, who are increasingly isolated from the outside world almost irrespective of the season, now find themselves in an almost public-style, brick-cladded, wood-covered, sometimes zigzagged pedestrian area. They can enjoy the illusion formed with empathic creative intent, which let them believe that their ever-shrinking world still has the variety of “outside and inside”. Contemporary architecture recreating traditions is not just a superficial gesture here: the fusion of the founder-operator’s ars poetica and the architectural design can be clearly felt. The architects have implemented a detailed, warm interior and furnishings that could launch a new era of the “nursing home” function.