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Designing for older adults principles and creative human factors approaches by Boot, Walter Richard Charness, Neil Czaja, Sara J. Rogers, Wendy A (z-lib.org)

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Assisted living house for elderly people that would contain mini flats/rooms for each person and a social areas.

House which would allow to create a mini community but also be a part of wider community.

Inspiration from  our own lockdown- elderly people spend most of their times inside the houses they live, hardly ever go outside (if they live in care environments).                              I compared it to my own lockdown time- when I had no chance to socialise, go shopping etc.

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Initial idea of designing  a nursing/care home changing into retirement home.

Focus on internal and external spaces, creating social spaces to bring people together.

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place with garden/ possibility to build a patio
COURTYARD
spacious
possibly not right in a city centre
1 level ideally

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DRUMOYNE PRIMARY SCHOOL

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POSSIL GYMNASIUM BLOCK

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how to fulfil people`s needs in closed environment?

this closed environment is a micro universe for each person living there(?)

how to remain active within the closed environment?

Realisation that "lock down" has been a  long time reality for many people, regardless our current covid situation.

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Interior that is SAFE and allows an old person to be independent in everyday life activities
(cooking, walking, shopping, bathroom, etc).

*** SIGNANGE SYSTEM which would help moving around the space (not  pictorial only?).

and

*** INTUITIVE DESIGN

Intuitive design can be defined as a design that is created with instincts and past knowledge. Such designs do not have any conscious reasoning.

Intuitive design means that when a user sees it, they know exactly what to do (...)
Intuitive design is invisible. Design is intuitive when users can focus on a task at hand without stopping, even for a second. Intuitive designs direct people’s attention to tasks that are important. In the end, an intuitive design focuses on experience.

(From article on Intuitive Web Design)

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Founded by the architects Barbara Dujardin and Michiel Hofman in 1999.
The international team of architects, interior architects and designers works on a variety of architecture and interior projects and products.
Their design philosophy Shaping Intuition® is the guiding concept for all projects: a personal approach to architecture which focuses on the well-being of people in their environment.

They design inspiring spaces with an astonishing simplicity, always focusing on quality and a personal approach. They translate intuitive feelings into architecture, interior and product design.

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Intuition is the natural balance of the human being in nature- the needs every human being has in their surroundings that may be fulfilled by architecture.
These basic needs are:

Spaciousness: it is the experience of freedom in a space; the ability to “breathe”. The presence of light and air animates a feeling of spaciousness

Groundedness: it is a feeling of security in a space. Feeling at ease in a setting is the experience of peace and comfort.

Expression: it is what commands our attention and stimulates us. Like art, it is a trigger or surprise that stimulates feeling and insight or enhances creativity. Expression is powerful.

Connection: It is a sequential relation between spaces, both interior and exterior. Connection may be physical and visual. Connection stimulates the interaction between spaces, between interior and exterior and among people. Connection creates an adventurous experience of one`s surroundings.

We all need a natural balance among these elements.
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Shaping corresponds to culture and to the creation of an environment that meets those intuitive needs.  it is guided by the following cultural values:

Clarity: it is the beauty of simplicity.  design must me easy to perceive and understood in a natural way.

Quality: it is a value. Design that will last, aim for timelessness.

Personality: authentic character of a project. This emerges from contexts, setting and client identity.

Inspiration: touches everybody who uses the building and its interior. It is both- the foundation and the result.

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Human factor is a basis for architecture

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Human factor is a basis for architecture

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Intuition corresponds to nature, to how people feel in their surroundings, and to what they need, both consciously and unconsciously.
Shaping is what we do, creating optimal environments that speak to those needs. If you can imagine people in their surroundings, you can create a balance between what they would seek in nature, intuitively, and what we can build for them.

People seek a sense of safety and trust in their environment and there is a sense in which an environment works best when it works naturally, and without effort.
The first element is feeling grounded and secure, we use sightlines in our designs to create intimacy and security. people need to feel grounded, but they also need to have an overview of their surroundings. They need space, light , air. We are conscious of creating a balance between being grounded and a feeling of spaciousness.

A space is successful if there is a sense of “flow”- the internal flow within the building- but also a relation between inside and outside, and between the building and environment.
While the best buildings achieve these aims transparently, without visible effort, there should also be a spark of excitement- a stimulating element that captures the attention, expresses a particular form of creativity.
Ideally there is a balance between feelings of serenity and stimulation; the qualities of security, space, flow and stimulation.

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-needs of elderly people- psychology, care, social, plus from personal experience.
(also in  context of "shaping intuition")

- independence

- comfort, nostalgia- what is not working there? what this design is lacking? what is positive about it?
- what needs to be done?
- how far I could go with innovative approach?

- practical aspects of interior for elderly- what are must haves?

- wheelchair users

-what means being active within interior? cerate a definition that would be a guideline for my project.

- Intuition and design (interior design)

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2. KALACHE, A. & KELLER, I. (2000). “The greying world: a challenge for the 21st century”. Science Progress 83 (I), 33-54

3. Bond, J. & Corner, L. (2004) Quality of life and older people, Berkshire, Open University Press.

4. Stave C. (2005) Safety as a Process. From Risk Perception to Safety Activity. Doctoral Thesis. Department of Product and Production Development Production Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, SwedeN

5. Verderber S. (2018) Innovation in Behavioural Health Architecture, Routledge

6. ArchDaily. 2020. How To Design For Senior Citizens. [online] Available at: <https://www.archdaily.com/900713/how-to-design-for-senior-citizens> [Accessed 27 September 2020].

7.  Malcolm L. Johnson, The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing, Cambridge, 2011.

8. World Health Organization (2002). Active ageing – a
policy framework. Geneva: WHO, available from:
www.who.int/hpr/ageing/publications.htm

9. Gibson, F. (2004). The past in the present. Baltimore: Health
Professions Press.

10. Kane, R. A., and A. L. Caplan, eds. (1990). Everyday
ethics: solving dilemmas in nursing home life. New York:
Springer.

11. Wunderlich, G. S., and P. Kohler, eds. (2001). Improving
the quality of long-term care. Report of the Institute of
Medicine. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

12. (2001). “What older people want from long-term care
and how they can get it,” Health Affairs, 10: 114–27

13. Calkins, E., Boult, C., Wagner, E. H., and James T. Pacala,
eds. (1999). New ways to care for older people: building
systems based on evidence. New York: Springer Publishing
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14. Fisk, A. D., Rogers, W. A., Charness, N., Czaja, S. J., and J.
Sharit (2004). Designing for older adults: principles and
creative human factors approaches. London: Taylor &
Francis.

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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention
www.ijhssi.org Volume 2 Issue 1 ‖ January. 2013

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Essential Features of Age-friendly Cities by WHO 

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Essential Features of Age-friendly Cities by WHO 

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comfort and nostalgia
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Finding alternative to usual "hospital like" finishing materials used in homes for older people
(easy to keep clean  but not plastic?)

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We already know that the ramp, aside from its different design possibilities, allows-without forgetting the notion of promenade architecturale- its users to overcome physical barriers in the urban and architectural context.

Although it basically consists of a continuous surface with a particular angle of slope, it is necessary to point out the many constructive specifications, which of course may vary due based on the standards of different governing bodies. The following clarifications are intended to assist and determine the appropriate dimensions for comfortable and efficient ramps for all, based on the concept of universal accessibility.

To what extent can the slope of a ramp be modified? How can we determine its width and the space needed for maneuvering? What considerations exist regarding the handrails? Here we review some calculations and design examples for different ramps, below.

How is the Slope of a Ramp Calculated?

The slope can be expressed as a percentage that results from the ratio between the height to be overcome (h) and the length of the horizontal plane (d), multiplied by 100.

Slope expressed as a percentage = (h/d) x 100

From this expression, we can solve for the unknown values of each term. An existing ramp of 1 meter in height with a horizontal distance of 10 meters, will have a slope of 10%.

Accordingly, knowing the height to overcome on a project allows us to review recommendations for a slope consistent with the required needs.

+ How to design and calculate a staircase?

A Schematic Example for an Outdoor Ramp

The recommended maximum slope for outdoor ramps can be established in relation to the height to be overcome and depends on the length of the plane. Based on averages and considerations from different countries -both regulatory and from manuals from Latin America-a slope of between 12-10% can, for example, be used only for very small heights, such as a step of up to 20 centimeters. As the heights require greater efforts, the slopes begin to reduce to reach recommendable values of 8% for heights of up to 50 centimeters; 6% for heights of up to 100 centimeters; 5% for heights of up to 150 centimeters; and 4% for ramps being used by the elderly.

In relation to the length of the ramp, for short distances-up to 1.5 meters-the slope should be less than 12%. For distances of up to 3 meters it must be less than 10%, and for distances of up to 9 meters, it should be less than 8%, always taking the above considerations regarding height into account.

The ramps should not have an excessive length without breaks-a maximum length of 9 meters-due to the efforts required to ascend without help in a wheelchair, or the force needed to transport heavy cargo.

An Example of the Calculated Distance Required (d)

As an example, to overcome a height of 54 centimeters, we will use a slope of 6%, which results in a horizontal plane of 9 meters.
d = 9 meters
A Schematic Example for an Indoor Ramp

Likewise, the percentages for the slopes of interior ramps allow for a 10% slope only to overcome very small heights, such as a step of up to 30 centimeters. Again, as the heights require greater efforts, the slopes are reduced to reach, for example, 8% for heights that go up to 75 centimeters; 6% for up to 150 centimeters; and 5% for the elderly.

Regarding the length of the ramps, for short distances-up to 3 meters-the slope should be less than 10%. For medium distances-between 3 and 6 meters-the slope should be less than 8%, and for distances between 6 and 9 meters, the slope must be less than 6% (also taking into account the previous recommendations regarding height).

Example of Calculated Distance Required (d)

To overcome a height of 90 centimeters, we will use a slope of 6%, which results in a 15 meter horizontal length.
d = 15 meters
Frequently Asked Questions

What shape/form must the ramp have?

The lengths of ramps must always be straight, as curved ramps make it difficult for the movement of a person in a wheelchair; in reference to this, the transverse slope of a ramp should also not exceed 2%, thereby avoiding any lateral slippage. In addition, it must be taken into account that with each change of direction, there must be a horizontal plane of at least 150 cm in diameter-a measurement that allows the 360 ° rotation of a wheelchair.

At their ends, ramps must have another horizontal plane of a minimum of 150 cm in diameter, free of obstacles and not impeded by the opening of doors. A person in a wheelchair cannot perform the opening maneuvers while sitting on the slope of the ramp.

What considerations exist for handrails?

Ramps must have continuous handrails-without interruptions-along their entire length, on both sides, and with different heights, ideally one between 65-75 cm and another between 90-100 cm. In addition, it is necessary that the handrails extend at their ends more than 30 centimeters so that anyone can reach it from the horizontal plane. They must be built in a fixed position and with smooth materials that don't change with temperature variations (imagine a handrail exposed to the sun throughout the day or in areas that experience freezing temperatures).

Leaving aside handrails, we can't forget that there is also a protective element on the perimeter of the ramp that exists to avoid any accidents on the clear edges, both by the sliding of wheelchairs, baby carriages, canes, or to warn people with reduced visual capacity.

How do we determine the width of a ramp?

Depending on local regulations, we find recommendations that range from a clearance width between handrails of at least 120 centimeters, as it comfortably allows the passage of a wheelchair and enables anyone to hold on both sides and a minimum clearance width of 180 centimeters for public spaces. In cases where a ramp width exceeding 180 centimeters is required, it would be appropriate to place an intermediate handrail that meets the above requirements.

When determining the width of a ramp, it is important to consider the maneuvering space of both a person with a wheelchair and a person with a baby carriage, mainly as a function of the intermediate breaks.

What materials can be used to construct a ramp?

Outside of any material used for the structure, the finishing materials of the ramp should use those that result in a hard non-slip surface that can be used in dry or wet conditions.

In addition, at the beginning and end of the ramp the horizontal surface there should be a tactile pavement, with different colors extending along the entire width of the ramp, to serve as a warning for people with reduced visual capacity. This same type of prevention should highlight the perimeter where the ramp opens, up to at least two meters clear of the passage.

We want to clarify that what is presented in this article is auxiliary information for the design of a ramp. All considerations for the construction of a ramp should always consider the specific characteristics of each project and should be prepared after evaluating the local regulations and according to the decisions taken by architects and/or professionals in the area.

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This question can be basic and you may know the answer, but it's always good to remember some elementary calculations that help us to streamline the design process.

As we know, a staircase consists basically of a series of steps, which in turn consist of a tread (the horizontal part, where the foot will rest) and a riser (the vertical part). Although it can vary in its design, each step must also have one or more landings, handrails, and a small nosing. The latter protrudes from the tread over the lower step, allowing to increase its size without adding centimeters to the overall dimensions of the staircase.

Check the effective formula developed by French architect François Blondel, which allows you to determine the correct dimensions of a comfortable and efficient staircase according to its use.

2 Risers + 1 Tread = 63-65 cm

The necessary space to reach these optimal dimensions is not always available, but it's recommended to approach them as much as possible.
A schematic example of a steep and low-transit staircase
(2 x 21) + (1 x 21) = 63 cm
A schematic example of an optimal staircase
(2 x 18) + (1 x 28) = 64 cm
A schematic example of a loose staircase, preferably for outdoor use
(2 x 13) + (1 x 39) = 65 cm

Sample calculation of a staircase that should be 2.60 meters high

1. Calculate the number of steps that will be needed

Considering an ideal riser of 18 cm, the height of the space is divided by the height of each step. The result should always be rounded up:

260/18 = 14.44 = 15 steps

2. Calculate the height of each riser

The height of the space is divided by the number of steps that we have just obtained:

260/15 = 17.33 cm height for each riser

3. Calculate the width of the tread

Apply the Blondel formula:

(2 x 17.33 cm) + (1 x tread) = 64

Each tread will measure 29.34 cm

* The resulting staircase will have 15 steps of 29.34 cm of tread and 17.33 cm of riser

FAQ

How to determine the width of the stairs?

Depending on the use and local regulations, a minimum width of 80 cm is recommended for stairs in single-family homes, and greater than 1.00 meters in public buildings, taking into consideration the tentative number of people who will use it. As a reference, according to the traditional book ' Architects' Data' by Ernst Neufert, in a staircase of 1.25 meters two people can go up and down at once, and in one of 1.85 meters 3 people can do it at the same time, with one appropriate distance of 55 cm between the person and the handrail.

After how many steps should a landing be included?

Ideally, a stairway shouldn't have more than 15 steps in a row. After 15 steps, a landing should be provided. It's recommended that a landing measure at least the same as 3 treads.

What is the ideal height between the staircase and the ceiling?

The height between the steps and the ceiling must be 2.15 meters at minimum. According to Ernst Neufert, you can reach a minimum of 2.00 meters. The height of the handrail can vary between 80 and 90 cm from each step.

How do I vary the proportions between the tread and the riser?

Stairs can take a variety of shapes and configurations, but the relationship between the tread and the riser must remain the same throughout its route to avoid causing imbalance to the user, who is already used to climbing or descending stairs in a certain way.

This formula will help you to design a staircase correctly. However, calculations should always consider the specificities of each project, as well as local regulations in the area where the project is located.

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A good architecture project must be accessible to all, regardless of their physical or cognitive abilities. To raise awareness about these issues, and help you in the design process, we have compiled some basic actions that must be carried out for people to inhabit residential spaces comfortably and without obstacles.

It's important to remember that each country has its own regulations in relation to accessibility, so the specific dimensions presented below - based on the ' Universal Accessibility Guide' by Ciudad Accesible - are conceptual and may vary for each project. Before designing an accessible home, review local guidelines and adhere to, if not exceed, listed needs and requirements, thus ensuring a good quality of life for users in the long term.

Corridors must be continuous and safe

As a basic rule, circulation must be fluid and uninterrupted from the street to the interior of the house. All kinds of obstacles must be avoided. If they exist, they must be easily identified, either by grouping elements or indicating their location. In general, 150 cm wide corridors will satisfy all cases, considering a minimum width of 90 cm. Although this measure may sound excessive for houses with small spaces, it could be creatively incorporated through flexible furniture or dual-use areas.
Recommended Materials
Stairs are not accessible, but certain precautions can be taken

A house that requires vertical circulation to access lower or upper floors is not accessible unless certain measures are taken. Incorporating elevators may be feasible in institutional or public buildings, but in housing it is often too expensive. If the house has to be designed with two or more levels, ramps, stairlifts, or lifting platforms must be included.

Traditional stairs are not fully accessible but may include some improvements for people with reduced mobility. For example, by incorporating uniform steps, with a footprint not less than 28 cm and a riser not larger than 18 cm, avoiding the "open" riser and obstacles in the height of its entire path. They must always include handrails.
Recommended Materials
Footprints and risers: non-slip surface, with textures that mark its beginning and its end.

If there are level changes, ramps are essential

It's clear: if we fill the house with stairs, its inhabitants can hardly move fluidly. The ramp is the natural option to the ladder and must be properly incorporated to function effectively.

Ideally, ramps should not exceed 8% of longitudinal slope and should be designed with a minimum width of 90 cm, although it is recommended to reach 150 cm in width. Handrails must be included without interruptions at 70 cm and 95 cm high. If the ramp is too long, it should be divided approximately every 9 meters, including breaks without slope. The breaks and the spaces where the ramp begins and ends must be flat surfaces of 150 x 150 cm.
Recommended Materials

Ramp: non-slip surface, with textures that mark its beginning and end.

Handrail: comfortable material for the movement of the hand until the end of the path.

Not all doors are suitable

In general, it is recommended to include doors between 90 and 100 cm in width, which can be opened or slid completely, including handles or anatomical bars at 95 cm high. Doors that obstruct the movement of people, especially in areas near the ramps, should be avoided.

Revolving doors are not fully accessible, while glazed doors must be clearly indicated, with signs that contrast with the bottom. Automatic or hydraulic doors, on the other hand, must be regulated to deliver the time necessary for a person to transfer them without problems. Swing doors must be carefully designed and depending on the characteristics of each space; it is not irrelevant whether they open inward or outward.

The importance of correctly designing windows

Folding windows (that open inward), sliding (with horizontal displacement) or pivot (with horizontal or vertical displacement), are good options to include in a house. When designing them, it is important to observe and understand the user deeply, effectively handling natural lighting and ventilation, in addition to the views that will be framed. We must not forget that many times these can be the main connection point between people and the outside world.
Recommended Materials
Doors and windows: include pressure handles or lever mechanisms in folding doors and windows, and bars or handles in sliding doors and windows. The locks or latches must be easy to operate and can be opened from the outside in case of emergency.

Bathrooms could be a separate project, with very specific dimensions

As for accessibility, bathrooms are a world in themselves. Its dimensions and openings must allow access and movement of a wheelchair; a minimum diameter of 150 cm (at least up to 70 cm high) and a sliding or folding door (opening outwards) are recommended. Support bars, fixed and folding, and accessories that allow hanging crutches or canes should be incorporated. The surface of the bath must be non-slip, dry and wet.
Main Artifacts Recommendations

Toilets: it is recommended to install them at a maximum height of 50 cm, freeing at least one side access 80 cm away. Discharging mechanisms must be able to be easily operated by the user.

Sink: should be located at a height of 80 cm, preventing them from sitting on furniture or pedestals, freeing up space for a wheelchair to approach (minimum 70 cm).

Showers: it is advisable to include showers at the same level as the bathroom floor, with a minimum area of 90 x 120 cm, folding seat, and a 2% slope towards the drain. Safety bars must be included at 85 cm height and lever or single lever taps, manageable from the seat. Showers with flexible hose facilitate user actions.

Functional and adjustable kitchens

Care must be taken when distributing workspaces, promoting a fluid movement between the kitchen, the dishwasher, and the fridge. It is recommended to free the space under the work table, located 80 cm high, to allow the approach of a wheelchair user, if that's the case. All utensils and artifacts must be easily attainable; in the case of superior furniture, there are some adjustable systems that bring them closer to the user's height.
Recommended Materials
Comfortable and independent bedrooms

Bedrooms should be pleasant, promoting the rest of its inhabitants, placing special emphasis on their lighting (and darkness). When designing them we must follow the same keys set out above, including the minimum dimensions necessary for the independent movement of people: 90 cm circulations and 150 cm rotation areas for wheelchairs, a bed height close to 50 cm, and low-rise storage spaces, with sliding doors. The switches must be easily attainable and signed with lights, for darkness.

Living rooms could be sensory and dynamic environments

While they meet the minimum dimensions indicated above, living rooms are flexible spaces that give us greater freedom of design in favor of the quality of life. Textures and colors, along with thermal, acoustic and lighting conditions, can make a difference in the way people inhabit and perceive the spaces where they spend most of their time, even helping them heal through sensory stimuli. Home automation, increasingly affordable and easy to incorporate into new buildings, can help boost these operations, activating predefined environments through motion sensors, control panels, or voice commands.

Find more details and complete information in the ' Universal Accessibility Guide' by Ciudad Accesible.

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The first prize winning proposal for the Nursing & Retiree Home, designed by Firma d.o.o., was directly influenced by the characteristics of the immediate surroundings of the plot. Through detailed site analysis, they concluded that the most important aspects of the context are the landscape and the extreme impact of the rural environment. Therefore, the proposed residence for the elderly, apart from fulfilling all functional prerequisites, must be consistent with those surrounding features. More images and architects' description after the break.

Moreover, the first steps in the design process were guided by such parameters as maximum site occupancy, maximum height and the minimum distance between buildings. Following the logic of the low density and dispersed structure of the buildings in the surroundings, we proposed a fragmented concept, consisting of 4 pavilions, with the aim of creating a "neighborhood atmosphere" - a place with a balance between a "community" life stimulating the exchange and the relationship, but at the same time preserving the necessary privacy of each inhabitant. The first volume, located right between the "urban plot" and garden area contains public and common spaces, and is the only volume developed in two floors. The other three volumes have keep one floor height containing single and double rooms for 25 users. Each room has personal bathroom, designed without architectural barriers, and it is adapted to the needs of elderly people.

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I never can get enough of Volume. This issue is loaded with provocative articles that stimulate discussion about a pressing reality, the dramatic demographic shift in the age of human populations. Throughout this issue there are articles like Martti Kalliala's that push the boundaries of the discussion. Looking at the rapid increases in average life expectancy, Kalliala's asks what the world will be like if we could live to a thousand? These types of articles are supplemented by exposés into existing and proposed retirement communities and nursing homes. This, as Volume always does, gives a nice balance to the intellectual inquiry and practical application.

Contents

2 Editorial / Arjen Oosterman 4 The Longevity Revolution and Other Tales of Aging / Deane Simpson 6 An Age-old Problem / Timothy Moore 8 Pyramids / Martti Kalliala 12 Mediating the Brief / Erhard An-He Kinzelbach 14 Nursing Home Hainburg / Architecture Christian + Erhard An-He Kinzelbach

18 A Manifesto for New Aging / Matthias Hollwich 19 An Architect in the Gray Zone / Matthias Hollwich interview 24 The Coming of Age / AA Bronson interview 28 Aging in Place - New York's Captive Population / C-Lab

42 Counting Stoops / Michael Gusmano interview 45 In the Long Run - Design Thinking in Finland / Bryan Boyer 48 Outside Our Comfort Zone / Indy Johar 49 Trust - Part One: Trust, Design and Aging (Insert)

89 Cities as Software / Marcus Westbury 92 Design Age / Jeremy Myserson interview 95 Merging Old and New / Paul Meurs interview 98 Hibernation / Sander van Wettum 110 One Billion AD / Geoff Manaugh 114 Bio-technical Arrangements of the Aged Body / Deane Simpson 116 The Persistence of the Iranian Bazaar / Azadeh Mashayekhi and Negar Sanaan Bensi 124 The Villages of Florida / Deane Simpson

138 Wheels / Deane Simpson

144 Reconstruction: Dream or Trauma / Joos van den Dool 150 Construction Materials Lifespan in Years / AMO

152 Stealth Care / Arons & Gelauff interview 155 Care Cluster and Senior Housing / Architecture Manuel Ocaña

162 Housing for Elderly People Alcácer do Sal / Architecture Aires Mateus 167 Turn-key Home/Two in One, Puttershoek / Katarina Seda 174 It's Too Late! / Supersudaca 184 Colophon 184 Corrections/Additions

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Central Saint Martins' graduate Magda Sabatowska has devised a cooking kit to help isolated elderly female residents of housing estates in Poland socialise with their neighbours.

Called Social Oven, the kit provides the elderly residents, who are often isolated in their homes, with the tools needed to exchange homemade meals with their neighbours.

The kit is paid for as a subscription service that both the neighbours and the elderly residents can subscribe to. Neighbours can pay for their meals with money or by doing tasks such as doing some grocery shopping for the elderly resident or fixing things around their house.

Through this exchange, BA Product Design graduate Sabatowska believes that the women can benefit from frequent social interactions, and will be able to integrate themselves more easily into the community.

The kit is packaged in a cardboard box and includes a welcome pack explaining health and safety procedures as well as how to unpack and use the kit.

It also includes allergen cards, a recipe notebook, and a menu sign to hang on the door of their home notifying the neighbours of the meals and activities happening that day.

Subscribers are provided with take away boxes and stickers for packaging the food as well as a contactless card machine and charger for taking payments.

The packaging, which uses a colour palette of yellow, pink, black and white, features familiar food motifs and pleasant textures to assist the user in setting up and encourage them to navigate the neighbourhood.

After purchasing a subscription, neighbours are given a Social Oven card that provides them with an equal allowance of money and neighbourly favours, so they can decide how they're going to pay for their meal on any given day.

Sabatowska, who grew up in Poland, said that her project responds to the Polish traditions that she grew up around, where elderly women were, and she says generally still are, in charge of preparing meals for their families.

Yu Li creates portable cooking set for kitchenless millennials

"The brief was to reimagine healthy ageing," Sabatowska told Dezeen. "I felt it was important to design for a reality I was already immersed in, and so designing specifically for elderly women in Polish housing estates was a conscious choice, supported by a variety of social and economic aspects."

"I was particularly interested in what happens when families no longer live with their elderly relatives or have the time to visit," continued Sabatowska. "A lot of the women I spoke to suffer from depression and lack purpose in the final years of their lives, as they don't have anyone to care for anymore."

Sabatowska focused the project on housing estates as she said that they are the most under-served housing sector yet have the largest percentage of elderly living in them.

Through conversations and interviews with locals, Sabatowska found out that the sense of hospitality that used to exist among neighbours "five to 10 years ago", is now practically gone.

"I was lucky enough to have trialled the kit in Poland, on a small scale," Sabatowska said.

"Being able to actually see the ladies I've interviewed interacting with the final models was priceless. We have done a couple of successful meal-favour exchanges and definitely stimulated the neighbourhood, feeding everyone dumplings."

"As for the future, it's all in the hands of my client now, I'd love to be able to evolve it properly and see it work in various scenarios and hopefully I'll get a chance to do that with them," she continued.

Last year London's Design Museum commissioned six projects to tackle the challenges of ageing populations. The resulting products included a scooter that doubles as a trolley bag, an intuitive robot companion and a garden room dedicated to conversation.

Photography is by Magda Sabatowska.

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Subscription cookery kit is designed to help elderly women socialise

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entral Saint Martins' graduate Magda Sabatowska has devised a cooking kit to help isolated elderly female residents of housing estates in Poland socialise with their neighbours.

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Haptic has been selected to create a housing complex in a picturesque Norwegian town with a growing elderly population.

The London- and Oslo-based studio - which ranked in the top 100 of the inaugural Dezeen Hot List - won a competition with its design for a series of buildings with zigzagging rooflines in the fjord-side town of Drøbak.

The complex will incorporate various communal areas to encourage as much interaction as possible between its elderly residents and the wider community.

Haptic said the aim was to place "equal focus on the internal and external spaces, creating a number of social spaces to bring people together".

As well as gardens, allotments and a public square, the complex will include shops, restaurants and an underground multi-storey car park.

The design is intended to show how the traditional timber-framed structures of Drøbak can be reinterpreted to suit more contemporary building typologies, like housing communities.

Mountain Lodge on Sognefjorden by Haptic

Each building will feature a wooden framework of cross-laminated timber - a type of engineered wood that many architects are now favouring over steel and concrete.

Stone plinths will form the lower walls, while the upper sections will be clad in ridged wooden panels.

Inside, each apartment will offer its occupant a variety of views, but will also be able to adapt to changing uses. Ground-floor flats will also open out to private gardens.

"Drøbak - with its historic wooden buildings, squares and narrow streets, coupled with spectacular views of Oslofjord - is well placed to cater for new and innovative housing typologies that make the most of its stunning location," said Haptic.

"The architecture reinterprets and reflects upon Drøbak's vernacular in a contemporary manner," added the team. "Subtly stained wood-clad buildings, alternating pitched roofs and stone plinths draw from the form, scale, texture and colour palette of the town."

Haptic is led by four architects: Tomas Stokke, Timo Haedrich, Scott Grady and Nikki Butenschøn. It ranked 93rd on the Dezeen Hot List, and was the 43rd placed architect.

The studio is one of many exploring new approaches to designing for the elderly. Other offices with new ideas in the area include Spark, which designed Asian retirement homes that double as city farms, and Guedes Cruz Architects, which built a retirement community where buildings turn red if an alarm is triggered.

Visualisations are by Forbes Massie.
Project credits:
Architect: Haptic
Landscape: SLA
Construction: OsloTre

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Architectural photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his images of a nursing home in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal, by Portuguese studio Aires Mateus Arquitectos.

The façade is reminiscent of a checkerboard, with its white surface punctured at intervals by recesses to shade its glazing.

The long building meanders over the site, rising and falling with the topography of the landscape.

A surrounding landscaped garden reaches up to the roof of at some parts, giving access to the top of the building.

Photographs are by Fernando Guerra.

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Here's some information from the architects:

ALCÁCER DO SAL FORM

The project is based on a attentive reading of the life of a very specific kind of community, a sort of a micro-society with its own rules.

It is a program, somewhere in between a hotel and a hospital, that seeks to comprehend and reinterpret the combination social/private, answering to the needs of a social life, and at the same time of solitude.

Independents unities aggregate into a unique body, whose design is expressive and clear.

The reduct mobility of those who will live in the building suggests that any displacement should be an emotive and variable experience.

The distance between the independent units is measured and drawn to turn the idea of path into life, and its time into form.The distance between the independent units is measured and drawn to turn the idea of path into life, and its time into form.

The building, designed path, is a wall that naturally rises from the topography: it limits and defines the open space, organizing the entire plot.

Name of the project: Residências assistidas em Alcácer do Sal. Houses for eldery people in Alcácer do Sal.

Location: Alcácer do Sal (Portugal)

Date of project: 2006-2007

Date of construction: 2008-2010

Brief project description: Authors: Francisco Aires Mateus, Manuel Aires Mateus

Collaborators: Giacomo Brenna, Paola Marini, Anna Bacchetta, Miguel Pereira

Client: Santa Casa da Misericordia de Alcácer do Sal

Engineer: Engitarget, lda

Constructor: Ramos Catarino, Sa

Landscape architecture: ABAP Luis Alçada Batista

Footprint Area: 1560 m2

Floor Gross Area: 3640 m2

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Development of a design checklist for housing for the elderly

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The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing by Malcolm L. Johnson, Vern L. Bengtson, Peter G. Coleman, Thomas B. L. Kirkwood (z-lib.org)

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Pollard Thomas Edwards has completed the UK's first co-housing project for older residents in north London, comprising brick mews houses arranged around a communal garden.

New Ground Co-housing is a women-only complex set on the site of a former convent in High Barnet. London-based architects Pollard Thomas Edwards worked with Hanover Housing to design it for the Older Women's Co-housing (OWCH) group.

The complex includes 25 private apartments, arranged in a T-shaped plan around shared facilities including a large garden and laundry room.

It is the first co-housing development for older people in the UK, where newly emerging shared housing schemes are largely being targeted at young professionals.

"We put together a design process to coordinate the individual aspirations of the members of OWCH," said Pollard Thomas Edwards partner Patrick Devlin.

"We started from the premise that the members should determine the character and layout of the project so far as was compatible with practical and planning requirements."

"The women's brief was very clear: their own sustainable homes, with shared facilities that create a sense of community."

Light-coloured brickwork and low-pitched pyramidal roofs are intended to help the blocks harmonise with the neighbouring Georgian and Victorian properties.

The scheme is two thirds owner-occupied and one third social housing. In addition to private residences, the women share a common house containing a meeting room, kitchen and dining areas. There are also laundry, guest and parking facilities on site.

Each of the one, two and three bedroom flats has its own balcony or patio, as well as access to the shared garden and craft shed that the residents plan on maintaining themselves.

Haptic designs elderly housing for Norway to encourage residents to socialise

The site was acquired for OWCH by the not-for-profit retirement housing provider Hanover, and is the fifth location that the women-only group considered for its co-housing scheme in its 18-year existence.

Shirley Meredeen, 84, is the only founding member who has lived long enough to move into New Ground Co-housing.

"It's never been done before, and we will be completely running it ourselves. We are making history, and we are extremely proud. We are not going to be a little ghetto of older people, we want to be good neighbours," said Meredeen, who is one of three women in their 80s living in the scheme.

Asides from shared living facilities, the group of women - who range in age from 50 to 87 - expect to also share the cost of care in the future.

"When you reach your 80s your friends are becoming less mobile and there's a possibility of one becoming quite isolated, even if you live in quite a populated area," resident Angela Ratcliffe, 83, told Dezeen. "My main desire really was to remain in the area where I had a lot of contacts. I've lived around here for 40 years nearly and I'm a great belonger."

Ratcliffe became involved with OWCH six years ago when the site in Barnet first looked like it might become a reality.

"The age range quite purposefully is very wide," she said. "We've thought that its quite possibly that if one or two people need help they'd share a carer, its quite convenient if they're all in the same building, but hopefully people will manage to cope with friendly and neighbourly help."

Co-living is perfect to house ageing populations says Matthias Hollwich

Co-living developer The Collective opened the world's largest co-living block in London's Old Oak Common earlier this year, while office company WeWork set up shared housing company WeLive at the end of 2015.

Both are aimed largely at millennials, but during the World Architecture Festival last month, Architizer co-founder Matthias Hollwich said co-housing could be ideal for the growing population of senior citizens.

Photography is by Tim Crocker.

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WeLive's first co-living complex opened in New York's financial district earlier this year. HWKN is working on another

Co-living complexes like WeLive and The Collective aren't just for millennials - they could also be used to house the growing population of senior citizens, according to architect and Architizer co-founder Matthias Hollwich.

Speaking at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin, the HWKN director said that current housing options for older people, from retirement communities to nursing homes, are "storage devices" that create social segregation.

He claimed that co-living complexes - a cross between student housing and hotels, where residents share facilities - are a much better solution, and could lead to happier communities.

"I believe we have to start a whole new attitude to how we treat society in relationship to ageing," said Hollwich.

"We as architects and planners have a responsibility to make a big difference, to activate communities so that people don't become lonely."

Hollwich said that WeLive - a co-living brand that HWKN is collaborating with - creates homes that are just as suitable for the baby-boomer generation as they are for young people.

Like many examples of co-living, WeLive offers small, serviced, dorm-style rooms, but residents also have access to a wide range of communal facilities, including a gym, a mailroom, bars, event spaces and a hot tub.

"WeLive is looking into serving the millennials but it goes full circle," he said. "I think it is the perfect product for the boomers, because their interests are very similar, about experiences, about community, about safety and security."

"We have to break down fences and allow people to start sharing amenities in their living environment so that there is a quality of life but also a social activation," he added.

The architect also said that the current model for retirement is out of date. He claimed it would be better if people could continue to work or study in later life, because active participation in society is fundamental for a happy life.

"Retirement is an amazing idea, but it sucks," he said. "What happens is people retire, then they entertain themselves for the rest of their life."

"We as planners have to find alternatives. We need to provide places where people can unleash their creative powers. And we should allow people to be students forever."

As well as WeLive, HWKH has also devised a variety of different designs aimed at reintegrating older people back into communities. These include a new model for a retirement community in Spain, a micro-apartment tower for New York and a high-rise designed to suit people of all ages.

"We need to change the game," added Hollwich. "With a new typology you can do amazing things, you can rethink everything."

Hollwich made the comments during a presentation at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin. Dezeen is media partner for the event, which is taking place at Arena Berlin until 18 November.

He is the latest in a series of figures to claim that co-living could change the way people live. The entrepreneur behind London start-up The Collective said home ownership will become a thing of the past, while designer and TV presenter Naomi Cleaver said co-living could solve London's housing crisis.

"In the future we will all be homeless" says co-living entrepreneur

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Co-living complexes aren't just for millennials, they could also be used to house the growing population of senior citizens, according to Matthias Hollwich.