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Designing for the Third Age : architecture redefined for a generation of 'active agers' /
Highlights how architecture needs to rise to the challenge of a demographic revolution As people sixty-five and older constitute an ever increasingly proportion of population in most industrialized nations, the design of housing and other built provisions needs to be rethought in order to accommodat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2014.
©2014 |
| Colección: | Architectural design.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Contents; Copyright Page; EDITORIAL; ABOUT THE GUEST-EDITOR; INTRODUCTION: Redefining, Reinventing and Realigning Design for Demographic Change; New Communities, New Contexts; Reinventing the City; Notes; 'Remember Who You Are Designing For': An Interview with Baroness Sally Greengross OBE; Campaigning for Change; Age-Friendly Living; Designing for the Whole Population; Innovation as a Tool; Notes; 'New Aging': Designing Architecture for All Ages; DEVELOPING THE NEW AGING MODEL; Kick-Starting Social Engines; Access to Goods and Services; Security for All.
- Architecture as an AttractorTHE 'NEW AGING' MISSION; Notes; Adapting to Global Change: Ageing, Urbanisation and Resilience; Disaster Preparedness and Response; Long-Term Resilience; Design Solutions for Long-Term Resilience; Notes; Designing for a Lifetime in New York and Other US Cities; Age-Friendly Districts in New York City; Innovative Senior Centers; Modifications to the Physical Environment; Recent Approaches to Affordable Housing; What We Are Learning; Notes; Socially Inclusive Design in Denmark: The Maturing Landscape; Inclusive Design in Denmark; Sølund Retirement Community.
- Healthcare Center for Cancer PatientsØrestad Nursing Home; Christians Have Care Center; Architectural Design for Healthy and Active Lifestyles; Notes; Ageing in Suburbia: Designing for Demographic Change in Australia and New Zealand; Ageing in Place; Living in the Community; Notes; Housing for the Elderly: The Changing Scenario in India; Demographics of Population Ageing in India; Social and Economic Aspects; Senior Citizen Housing in India; Notes; China's Concealed Crisis; Urbanisation and Ageing; Architectural Responses to Ageing; Notes.
- Mediating Change: A Japanese Perspective on Adaptable ArchitectureTraditional Residential Architecture; Modern Residential Architecture; Accommodating Change; Notes; Home; The Elderly Within the Design Process; Connecting Tradition to Contemporary Life: Ks Architects, Steel Sheet Farmhouse, Osaka, Japan; The Custom-Built Community: Molenaar & Bol & VanDillen architecten (MBVDA), De Hogeweyk, Weesp, The Netherlands; Age-Specific or Universal? Elder & Cannon Architects, Housing for the Elderly at Rockfield, Oban, Scotland; Reconsidering the Architect's Role; Notes.
- Regeneration for All Generations: The Queen Elizabeth Olympic ParkEvolution of the Multi-Generation Home; Notes; 'Happy Meals': Finding Happiness with Hans Becker and the Humanitas Care Model; 'Use It Or Lose It'; Any Colour But Neutral; Notes; Customised 'Care-Ready' Living: A HAPPI-Inspired Design for Evolutionary Housing by Walter Menteth Wren Architects; Impending Change: the Need for High- Quality, Private Housing for the Elderly; Re-Imagine Ageing: A Polemic for Change; Notes; Sense-Sensitive Design for the Ageing; Vision; Hearing; Touch; Smell; Taste; 21 Other Senses.