Designing for the Third Age
Architecture Redefined for a Generation of "Active Agers"
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Designing for the Third Age
Architecture Redefined for a Generation of "Active Agers"
About This Book
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 accommodate this ever-expanding ageing population. How can far-reaching architectural solutions play a key part by creating sustainable cities for the changing profile of the population, reducing models of dependency for care and transport while creating opportunities for recreation, leisure and work? This issue reflects on the population challenges facing Europe, Australia, North America, and Asia, offering innovative responses to these problems on a practical and speculative level.
- Addresses a major social issue for architects, designers, and students
- Includes contributions from Arup Global Foresight + Innovation; Baronness Greengross, President of the International Longevity Centre-UK; Matthias Hollwich of HWKN; Jerry Maltz of AIANY Design for Aging; David Birbeck of Design for Homes; Edward Denison, Research Associate at University College London; Kathryn Firth of the London Legacy Development Corporation; Richard Mazuch of IBI Nightingale; architect Walter Menteth; author Jayne Merkel; architect, writer and researcher Terri Peters; Anjali Raje, Executive Director of International Longevity Centre-India and architect Radhika Vaidya; Robert Schmidt of the Adaptable Futures research group at Loughborough University; Sally Stewart of Glasgow School of Architecture; Mark Taylor of The University of Newcastle; and Katherine Wilkinson of RMIT
- Features architects including Amie Gross Architects, Ariktema, Dattner Architects, HWKN, Deborah Gans/Gans Studio, JJW Architects, Henning Larsen Architects, Michael Maltzan Architecture, nARCHITECTS, Nord Architects, PRP Architects, and Yanmin Zhou
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- EDITORIAL
- ABOUT THE GUEST-EDITOR
- INTRODUCTION: Redefining, Reinventing and Realigning Design for Demographic Change
- âRemember Who You Are Designing Forâ: An Interview with Baroness Sally Greengross OBE
- âNew Agingâ: Designing Architecture for All Ages
- Adapting to Global Change: Ageing, Urbanisation and Resilience
- Designing for a Lifetime in New York and Other US Cities
- Socially Inclusive Design in Denmark: The Maturing Landscape
- Ageing in Suburbia: Designing for Demographic Change in Australia and New Zealand
- Housing for the Elderly: The Changing Scenario in India
- Chinaâs Concealed Crisis
- Mediating Change: A Japanese Perspective on Adaptable Architecture
- Redesigning Domesticity: Creating Homes for the Elderly
- Regeneration for All Generations: The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
- âHappy Mealsâ: Finding Happiness with Hans Becker and the Humanitas Care Model
- Customised âCare-Readyâ Living: A HAPPI-Inspired Design for Evolutionary Housing by Walter Menteth Wren Architects
- Sense-Sensitive Design for the Ageing
- New Visions: Re-imagine Ageing RIBA Design Competition 2013
- Wanted: Challenging Design Ideas for Ageing
- Housing from 8 to 80: An 3 Ideas Project
- COUNTERPOINT: Designing for an Earlier Age
- CONTRIBUTORS