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Public Health Group of the International Union of
Architects 27th International UIA-PHG Seminar,
Beijing, China 1-6 July 2007
Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
Authors Dr. Fani Vavili Tsinika Angeliki
Malakasioti
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
Increasing percentage of mature adults
Life span extended
Globalization brings insecurity for the elderly
Effort to add years no effort to give them
meaning
Everyone is a potential user of the environments
for the elderly
Weiss R., Aging New answers to Old Questions,
National Geographic, 11/1997, pp22
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
Need for measures to keep the elderly society
active and autonomous has started to arise
Steps to provide the elderly with a better
quality of life
The model of institutional residential care is in
decline
European countries are attempting to increase
community and open care services as an
alternative to institutional care
The goal is to ensure independence and social
integration of the elderly
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
This group of people requires an advanced
architectural and interior design
Planning and designing of services and facilities
for the aging population is a challenge due to
the individual parameters
Apart from the objective aspects of the
characteristics of people, there is a plethora of
objective individual rules
An in-depth integrating gerontological research
into this kind of design could be more healing
than simply focusing on aesthetics
Toyo Ito, Hinuga aged peoples home (Yatsushiro
city) in Japan
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
The human characteristics influencing design are
innumerable
Studying the attributes that elderly people have
in common might prove invaluable
Researches about elder peoples prefegurations
and their meanings could offer priceless
perspectives towards new types of elder housing
New ways of categorization and organization of
each unit design with different parameters could
evolve
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
Sensory decline impairs the ability to gather
information, socially interact and alters
perception of the environment
Quality of life can be enhanced by enriching the
environment to compensate for the deficits
Designers must gain a comprehensive view of the
daily life of the elderly
There are design guidelines published by
researchers and authorities worldwide
Issues of security as well as residents fears
must be considered carefully
Attention should be paid to barrier free routes,
the construction of lifts, people with special
needs and the accessibility to external areas
Ian Stockdale Partnership, Care home for the
Frail elderly (Chirk) in Wales
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
Heikkinen and Komonen, Home for the elderly
(Vantaa) in Finland
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
Public Spaces
Maurer and Orsi, Maison dAccueil
(Thorigne-Fouillard) in France
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
The transformation of the corridor
Maison De Retraite Du Canal, Montargis, France,
Philippe Alluin Jean-Paul Mauduit
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
Herman Hertzberger, de Overloop (Almere-Haven) in
Netherlands
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
Klaus Kada. NURSING HOME, LEIBNITZ, AUSTRIA
(1993-1995)
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
Enric Miralles, Hospital Geriatrico en Palamos,
in Spain
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Alternatives to hospital facilities for senior
citizens A new challenge for design
Nightingale Associates, HPOd