In a global context of population ageing, many research are conducted to improve the quality of life of older people living in assisted living facilities, but few of these works develop an architectural approach .This research aims to propose new ways to design these places of life, breaking with the dominant hospital and/or hotel models.The general assumption is that an architectural environment with homelike characteristics will allow residents to feel inhabitants, which should promote their welfare , autonomy and the development of social interactions. Our procedure is based on the concept of Evidence Based Psychology, with a randomized controlled trial. The entrance hall of several facilities corresponding to standards were refurbished ...
Architecture for Residential Care and Ageing Communities\ua0confronts urgent architectural design ch...
An assisted living residence with identical layout for two non-special care units (NSCU) and two spe...
Housing for older people in Flanders evolves toward small-scale, homelike environments. As populatio...
In a global context of population ageing, many research are conducted to improve the quality of life...
In a global context of population ageing, many research are conducted to improve the quality of life...
This doctoral thesis deals with the type of architecture that materializes when age-related problems...
This article will discuss architecture and architectural competitions that are related to ageing po...
peer reviewedPurpose Most older people wish to age “in place”. However, as current housing is mainl...
Architecture for Residential Care and Ageing Communities confronts urgent architectural design chall...
The purpose of this paper is to present a portion of the results obtained over the course of the wor...
The objective of this conference paper is to report on the idea of combining visual anthropological ...
Facing the challenges to address complex issues associated with global environmental change and popu...
Aim: To evaluate the connection between residential aged care architecture, the residents’ ability ...
The relationship between architecture, housing and well-being of elderly and frail people is a topic...
Reflection on a closed competition design in order to disseminate the findings that otherwise would ...
Architecture for Residential Care and Ageing Communities\ua0confronts urgent architectural design ch...
An assisted living residence with identical layout for two non-special care units (NSCU) and two spe...
Housing for older people in Flanders evolves toward small-scale, homelike environments. As populatio...
In a global context of population ageing, many research are conducted to improve the quality of life...
In a global context of population ageing, many research are conducted to improve the quality of life...
This doctoral thesis deals with the type of architecture that materializes when age-related problems...
This article will discuss architecture and architectural competitions that are related to ageing po...
peer reviewedPurpose Most older people wish to age “in place”. However, as current housing is mainl...
Architecture for Residential Care and Ageing Communities confronts urgent architectural design chall...
The purpose of this paper is to present a portion of the results obtained over the course of the wor...
The objective of this conference paper is to report on the idea of combining visual anthropological ...
Facing the challenges to address complex issues associated with global environmental change and popu...
Aim: To evaluate the connection between residential aged care architecture, the residents’ ability ...
The relationship between architecture, housing and well-being of elderly and frail people is a topic...
Reflection on a closed competition design in order to disseminate the findings that otherwise would ...
Architecture for Residential Care and Ageing Communities\ua0confronts urgent architectural design ch...
An assisted living residence with identical layout for two non-special care units (NSCU) and two spe...
Housing for older people in Flanders evolves toward small-scale, homelike environments. As populatio...