Garden-inspired carpet weaves the outside in

Mt Eliza Gardens Aged Care — a new 141-suite Australian Aged Care Group facility — incorporates three-tiered suspended sprawling garden terraces, offering views over Victoria’s Canadian Bay, and is set among mature landscaped surroundings. Designed by Smith+Tracey Architects, the facility provides each bedroom with a private balcony and ensuite. Tarkett provided carpets for the facility. 

“The group had previously installed Tarkett carpet in their other residential facilities which has performed perfectly for aged care,” said Tarkett’s Victorian State Manager, Paul Burrows. “It has always performed well for them, so they wanted to use it again, only with an updated design.”

Tarkett’s tufted carpet Radiance in colour Stellar’s Jay, part of the Garden Walk collection and designed to create feelings of wellbeing, is a key feature. “With the theme of luxury,” Smith+Tracey Senior Interior Designer Hayley Hadj said, “colour was very important, and we wanted a scheme that was both timeless and suited the environment. The subtle blue-grey carpet features a beautiful metallic yarn running through it which complements the brass details and other fittings throughout the space.” 

It was important to use patterning and colour to break up the long corridors with visual interest, Hadj explained. “The stylish design was also great for emphasising the six-star luxury feel.

“Given it was a patterned carpet, we decided to use a custom plain colour from the Acadia collection to complement the design and run along the perimeter as a border.” 

Together, Radiance and Acadia — the latter from the IslandGate collection — work towards the design brief to create a residence that, in Hadj’s words, has “a luxurious look with the comfort of home”.

Images: Radiance with Acadia as a border. (Photograph: Kane Multimedia)