The Minnesota Veterans Home – Montevideo project is a new State Veterans Home constructed in Montevideo, Minnesota, serving 72 residents in a residential skilled care model. The project was designed with four households of 18 residents each with private, single occupancy resident rooms with full private bathrooms, as well as living, dining, kitchen, and den in each household. The households have a home-like scale and décor.
Amenity and community spaces are comprised of a café, club room, multi-purpose room for large events, lifelong learning classroom, theater, library, meditation space, and community amenity building for events. The design of the building reflects prairie-style architecture and incorporates natural materials. The site connects with the City pathway system. The project is efficient to operate and take advantage of the views and beauty of the surrounding rural landscape. It is designed to meet the State's construction standards, B3 requirements, and the SB2030 energy conservation program.
*Photograph by Andrew Rugge. Copyright Perkins Eastman.