The MDP Team is pleased to announce two of their projects—Friendship Village Schaumburg and Riderwood—have been honored by Argentum with 2021 Senior Living by Design Awards.
The Argentum Senior Living by Design Awards, open to members and non-members, honor architects, design firms, and senior living providers that achieve innovative architecture in senior living communities. The program received nearly 50 nominations this year. Honorees were selected by an independent panel of four judges from the architecture, design, and senior living fields. Friendship Village Schaumburg in Schaumburg, Ill. and Riderwood (Erickson Senior Living) in Silver Spring, Md. are two of the five 2021 honorees. The honorees and nominees are featured in the Argentum 2021 Design Report.
Friendship Village | Schaumburg, Ill.
Friendship Village, a continuing care retirement community in Schaumburg, Ill. with a resident-centric philosophy, recognized how important state-of-the-art dining venues are—and would continue to be—for residents. The goal was to elevate the dining experience on campus by creating an upscale, full-service dining venue with more dining variety within an existing building.
The team for this comprehensive dining transformation included SCOPOS Hospitality Group, Morrison Living, MDP | Merlino Design Partnership and Spiezle Architectural Group.
The multi-phase renovation started by converting an existing three-meal-a-day buffet into Mosaic, a chic, new restaurant that couldn’t be more different from its predecessor. The design promotes a new way of life at Friendship Village. The dining area is no longer just a place where you go to eat—but a part of the social fabric of the community. It gives people an opportunity to meet, connect, socialize, nurture relationships, and gather. The plan maintains an open appeal while still providing distinct destinations. The modern environment uses architectural details to offer connections between spaces as well as glimpses into different areas to support a sense of discovery.
Riderwood | Silver Spring, Md.
Riderwood, one of over 20 continuing care retirement communities managed by Erickson Senior Living, is a scenic 120-acre campus home to more than 2,500 residents in Silver Spring, Md. Helping people live better lives is the mission of Erickson Senior Living, and this mission comes to life with the addition of a two-story, 25,000-sq.ft. fitness and aquatic center at Riderwood.
The team for this state-of-the-art wellness hub included Hord Coplan Macht and MDP | Merlino Design Partnership.
Contemporary architectural forms, connections to nature and a vibrant interior provide an inspired setting for a variety of wellness activities.
About Argentum
Argentum is the leading national association exclusively dedicated to supporting companies operating professionally managed, resident-centered senior living communities and the older adults and families they serve. Since 1990, Argentum has advocated for choice, independence, dignity, and quality of life for all older adults.
Argentum member companies operate senior living communities offering assisted living, independent living, continuing care, and memory care services. Along with its state partners, Argentum’s membership represents approximately 75 percent of the senior living industry—an industry with a national economic impact of nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars and responsible for providing over 1.6 million jobs. These numbers will continue to grow as the U.S. population ages.
Argentum’s programs and initiatives are driven by its membership. For more information about joining Argentum, please visit argentum.org/membership. Learn more at argentum.org.
