Human Design Factors for Senile Elderly Housing
This paper is intended to discuss some of human design factors based on the literature review & site-visits, and to suggest some reference information for the planning and design of senile elderly housing. Major discussing points consisted of dignity and privacy, homelikeness,social and psychological aspects, and cultural considerations. Conclusions can be summarized as followings; Dignity and privacy is a basic philosophy of elderly facility design. Bedroom, bathroom and toilet are to be designed with consideration for both residents privacy and staffs observation. Homelikeness can be created through the design of every resident s personalized environment, form and character from the house, small-scale living unit, and residents participation in domestic activities. In social and psychological aspect, the facility should be designed to encourage fatuity involvement,distinct the spatial hierarchy, and install meaningful wandering path. For cultural considerations, the spaces for daily living need to be designed to reflect the traditional way of living such as Ondol in Korea and Dadami in Japan.
Senile Elderly Housing Human Design Factor Planning and Design
Chang-Ho Moon
Professor,Department of Architecture and Building Engineering,Kunsan National University,Korea
国际会议
北京
英文
550-553
2008-10-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）