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EFA DESIGN SHOWCASE
AMENITY SPACE

Menno Haven Life Center CHAMBERSBURG, PA.
Submitted by: RDG Planning & Design OMAHA, NEB.
FINALIST
Project category:
category: New
New construction
construction
Project
Chief administrator:
administrator: Hugh
Hugh Davis,
Davis, CEO, Menno Haven Retirement
Chief
Retirement ComCommunities
munities
Firm: RDG
RDG Planning
Planning && Design,
Design, www.rdgusa.com
www.rdgusa.com
Firm:
Design team:
team: Neil
Neil Bourne,
Bourne, project
project architect;
architect; Mark
Mark Muller,
Muller, project
project archiarchitect;
Design
Kelley
Hoffman,
interior
designer;
Lara Lara
Slavkin,
interior
designer;
Jay
tect;
Kelley
Hoffman,
interior
designer;
Slavkin,
interior
designer;
Weingarten,
project
manager/project
architect;
Scott
Pfeifer,
principal/
Jay
Weingarten,
project
manager/project
architect;
Scott
Pfeifer,
principroject manager
pal/project
manager
Photography: ©
© Alise
Alise O'Brien
O'Brien
Photography:
Resident/client capacity:
capacity: primary
primary users
users consist
consist of
of over
over 1,100
1,100 indepenResident/client
independent
living residents
and community
dent
living residents
and community
membersmembers
Total building
building area
area (sq.
(sq. ft.):
ft.): 36,312
36,312
Total
Construction cost/sq.
cost/sq. ft.:
ft.: $308
$308
Construction
Total construction
construction cost
cost (excluding
(excluding land):
land): $11.2
$11.2 million
million
Total
Completed: November
November 2019
2019
Completed:
In 2015, Menno Haven
Retirement Community
embarked on a five-year journey
called Project Genesis, aimed
at re-inventing their Life Plan
Community, originally built in
the early 1960s. Infused in this
vision was a focus on elevating
the resident experience which
included providing more active
adult programming. Over the
years, Menno Haven acquired
adjacent retirement communities
within Chambersburg and

Green Township in southcentral Pennsylvania. Project
Genesis merged culture and
brand through the planning
process and resulted in the
design and construction of five
new buildings, totaling over $90
million in value.
With existing independent
living amenities scattered
across what used to be multiple
communities, the team sought
to create a community commons
that would break down any
perceived barriers in the new
community. The Life Center
is now the hub for resident
engagement and is focused on
their vision for active living,
social interaction and healthy
lifestyles that was developed in
the programming and drove the
planning and design. The healthy
living emphasis culminates in
the full-service spa experience
featuring an illuminated, handcrafted Himalayan salt wall.
Extraordinary food, engaging
entertainment, wellness indoors
and out, along with life-long
learning, shape the interior and
exterior environments at the
Menno Haven Life Center.

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