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dc.contributor.author | PETERMANS, Ann | - |
dc.contributor.author | Smetcoren, An-Sofie | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-06T15:37:13Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-06T15:37:13Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | World Design Summit, Montreal, Canada, 16-20/10/2017 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/25308 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Population ageing is according to United Nations (2013) one of the most important challenges of the 21st century. Also in Belgium (Western Europe), the number of older people is growing: in 2015, 24.1% of the population was 60 years and over, by 2050 this figure is expected to shift to 32.6%. Moreover, 5.5% of the population was 80 years and over in 2015 which is projected to reach 10.6% in 2050. These sharp increases will have a significant impact on our housing sector and will challenge current and future housing policies, all the more taken into account the diversity of future generations of older people (e.g. because of diversity in marital status, ethnicity, level of education, health condition) and their changing housing needs and wants (Smetcoren, 2016). Consequently, there is a need for housing design innovation to increase housing choice for older people (Smetcoren, 2016; Wright et al., 2017). However, as stated by Zeeman et al. (2016, p. 764) ‘current housing design practice is shaped by solution-focused approaches rather than guided by sound theoretical frameworks and research-based principles’. This stresses the need for evidence-based design frameworks. Within this need, architectural design concepts influencing the subjective wellbeing of older people will gain significant interest (Stones & Gullifer, 2016; Smetcoren, 2016; Stevens et al., 2016, Wright et al., 2017). The context wherein people live and function will always need to answer objective architectural parameters (e.g., acoustics, heating, cooling, isolation …), but there is a growing request to also consider issues regarding people’s subjective wellbeing (SWB), all the more because home is the primary setting for growing old. This paper starts from the observation that today, there is a lack of knowledge concerning the influence of housing design features on older people’s SWB. Via a review of literature and two case studies, that is, innovative housing projects for older adults, we demonstrate how designers can be inspired to stimulate the creation of a built environment with the potential to contribute to the SWB of current and future generations of older people. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.title | Ageing, wellbeing and architectural design | - |
dc.type | Conference Material | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.conferencedate | 2017, October 16-20 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.conferencename | World Design Summit | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.conferenceplace | Montreal, Canada | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | C2 | - |
dc.relation.references | Smetcoren, A. (2016). I'm not leaving!? Critical perspectives on 'ageing in place'. (Published doctoral dissertation Vrije Universiteit Brussel). Brussels: University Press. Stevens, R., Petermans, A. & Vanrie, J. (2016). Bit by byt towards a contemporary conjoint interior: from Dom Narkomfin to a new social condenser. Interiors: Design/Architecture/Culture, 7, 135-154. Stones, D. & Gullifer, J. (2016). ‘At home it’s just so much easier to be yourself’: older adults’ perceptions of ageing in place. Ageing & Society, 36(3), 449-481. Wright, C.J., Zeeman, H., Whitty, J.A. (2017). Design principles in housing for people with complex physical and cognitive disability: towards an integrated framework for practice. Journal of Housing for the Built Environment, 32, 339-360. Zeeman, H., Wright, C.J., Hellyer, T. (2016). Developing design guidlines for inclusive housing: a multi-stakeholder approach using a Delphi method. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 31, 761-772. | - |
local.type.refereed | Non-Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Conference Presentation | - |
item.fullcitation | PETERMANS, Ann & Smetcoren, An-Sofie (2017) Ageing, wellbeing and architectural design. In: World Design Summit, Montreal, Canada, 16-20/10/2017. | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.contributor | PETERMANS, Ann | - |
item.contributor | Smetcoren, An-Sofie | - |
item.accessRights | Open Access | - |
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