With age and illness often comes loneliness and isolation from society. The Gardens set out to create a sense of inclusion by energizing the home with centralized areas of high activity near the entrance and lobby. This common area is the hub for daily activities and includes mailboxes, a hairdresser, foot clinic, restaurant, and conference rooms. It is a source of stimulation where all can come and find company and interaction. The plan consists of a cohesive rectangular building, punctuated by various sized atrium gardens.

Breaking down the building's facade in scale and relate it to the context it inhabits, roof and exterior walls are clad with facade panels in grass tones. The internal facade is tactile and sensible, using timber panel facade material connecting to the internal spaces. For ease of orientation, the unit's communal rooms are glazed in connection to the gardens, also making the greenery and trees apparent from the inside. Plantings scale the facade on trellises to overhead second floor terraces and outdoor spaces in the gardens.

The floor plan gives the residents the ability and independency to access the gardens and common areas according to their needs and allows them to wander along the circulating paths through the building and the gardens.