Design and Research of Residential Accommodation for Senior Citizens—an Example in House Interior Design

• Main Authors: HUANG Chi-Shu, 黃啟書
• Other Authors: 張柏舟
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08502872071745565278

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 設計研究所在職進修碩士班 === 99 === Recently years in Taiwan, due to the declining birth rate, there has been a great change in the family structure. The ratio of the elderly population living on their own has grown over the years. Moreover, the advancement of the medical technology has helped to extend human lives thus cost a significant increase of the physically and mentally disable elderly population. The study found that the aging phenomenon has not only influence the lives of the senior citizen but also brought a great challenge on Government Finance and is indeed a serious problem to be deal with in the near future. The so-called “aging society”, refers to a country’s population over the age of 65 which account for more than 7% of the total population. In Taiwan, we have already entered the aging society since September 1993 and as of 2008, the percentage of the population over 65 has reached 10.43%. According to the Council for Economic Planning’s estimation, the percentage will exceed 14% by 2018 and by 2026, the percentage will likely to reach 20%, thus, we will then be enter the “super-aged society”. (Ministry of the Interior, the population policy white paper, 2008, p. 18) As a result of the aging population, there is a profound impact on future architecture and interior design; moreover, there is an urgent need to build houses that are suitable for the senior citizens. Past studies on sustainable architecture, green building and domestic space planning for senior citizens are numerous but very little has been done on planning and design of residential buildings and interior design in consideration with the aging problem which worries the author. This paper discusses the performance of the creation, base on the research topic, the author wishes to create housing that’s suitable for the aging life. This research explore the relevant literature search, setting out the principals of aging residential planning and design, in line with the actual spatial planning, with the example of a project the author will be undergo. The project will compose the aging interior space planning and design, as well, integrate the sustainable architecture and green building concept in order to build houses that will satisfy the needs of elderly residents and in the same time, be acceptable by other age group. Hoping this project and study will serve as a model for future constructions of aging home.