08. Shared Spaces - Common Room

Provide access to a common indoor room

Rationale: An accessible common indoor room with flexible seating, amenities, and activities encourages social engagement and creates a sense of home, contributing to improved mood, sleep quality, and cardiovascular function.

For the most accurate strategy and documentation requirements, please refer to the digital scorecard made available on the Fitwel Platform.

Requirements

Demonstrate compliance with all the following requirements:

Common Room (Full Credit):

To achieve full credit, demonstrate compliance with the following requirement:

1. Include a minimum of one common room within the project that supports passive and/or active social engagement.
2. Ensure the common room is open and accessible to all occupants and visitors a minimum of 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
3. Provide flexible seating and tables within the common room.
4. Provide access to a minimum of one of the following amenities within the common room:

• television
• playing cards, puzzles, and/or board game(s)
• arts and crafts supplies, knitting materials, and/or needlepoint materials
• magazines and/or books.

Compliance Documentation

Design Pathway

• Requirement 1:
  • Upload an annotated plan showing the planned location of the common room.
• Requirement 2:
  • Checkbox to certify that the identified common room will be open and accessible a minimum of 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Requirement 3:
  • Upload annotated design drawings showing the flexible furniture that will be provided within the common room.
• Requirement 4:
  • Checkbox to certify that the common room will include a minimum of one of the below amenities (minimum one):
    • Television
    • Playing cards, puzzles, and/or board game(s)
    • Arts and crafts supplies, knitting materials, and/or needlepoint materials
    • Magazines and/or books.

Built Pathway

• Requirement 1:
  • Upload an annotated plan showing the location of the common room.
• Requirement 2:
  • Checkbox to certify that the identified common room is open and accessible a minimum of 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Requirement 3:
  • Upload annotated photographs showing the flexible furniture that is provided within the common room.
• Requirement 4:
  • Upload annotated photographs showing the amenity or amenities that will be provided within the common room.
  • Checkbox to certify that the common room includes a minimum of one of the below amenities (minimum one):
    • Television
    • Playing cards, puzzles, and/or board game(s)
    • Arts and crafts supplies, knitting materials, and/or needlepoint materials
    • Magazines and/or books.