senior citizens of tomorrow >>> demands and needs for care

facts:

-more senior citizens-older senior citizens-healthier senior citizens-wealthier senior citizens-better educated senior citizens-technologically more competent senior citizens

great changesin the composition of the population

”Denmark becomes more grey and wrinkled...”

the composition of the Danish population will change drastically the coming decades...

number of Danish citizens older than 65 years: 2009: 875.000 / 5.516.000 > 16%2042: 1.540.000 / 5.950.000 > 26%- source: DR/Statistics Denmark May 2009

during the same period, the number of active working citizens aged between 25 and 64 years is expected to fall by 9%.

quality of life

real needs

demands & needs

dining place with room for guests

doctor

pastoral care

sports/exercise/physiotherapylaundryhairdresser

private residence

accommodation for guests

transportation facilities

culture

shoppingnature

social interaction

hobby music

technology as a partner

Continuous technological conquests, with more logical and intuitive implementation of intelligent sy-stems, will help as well the senior citizens as the nursing auxiliaries and relatives in the future.Senior citizens of tomorrow have to get accustomed to labour-saving technologies becoming a natural part of the daily round.Automatic robots and systems will take over more of the nursing auxiliaries’ tasks:

-cleaning robots-personal care, e.g. intimate hygiene when using the lavatory-intelligent equipment and installations-integrated control of indoor climate, automatic medication, food temperature, etc.

At the same time the intranet-based interaction in the same intelligent systems will allow you to auto-matically handle senior citizens’ influence on their own everyday life:

At the same time the intranet-based interaction in the same intelligent systems will allowyou to automatically handle senior citizens’ influence on their own everyday life:-when consulting a doctor, hairdresser, physiotherapy, etc.-when registering guests for eating or spending the night-when establishing intern as well as extern communities of interests-when coordinating participation in extern events

Interactive systems will be developed in order to meet with specific needs of different user groups. As an example by using systems as Nintendo Wii, one will be able to simulate sports, interact with other games and music, etc. through physical stimuli.

functions & spacial needs

public

privategreenhouse / vegetable gardenlaundry

workshops

petanque

mutual area

sensual / therapeutic garden

guest room

store/depot for aids and appliances

kitchen garden

station for joint cars

mini golf

playstation

workshops

physiotherapyexhibitions

gymnasium

hairdresser

cuisine

café / resturant

internet café koncerts

theatre

swimming

cinema

sport events

living room

hall

kitchenette

toilet /showerbedroom

balcony

the residence

hall:wardrobestorage

kitchenette:clarity

a few cubboardssink + fridge

balcony/garden:spaciousness

easy accessibilitycover / shelter

living room:space for guests

working-/dining tablegood lighting (day-/artificial light)

space on the walls for pictures

bedroom:spaciousness

room for a double bedplenty of wardrobe spacepossibility of merging with

living room

bathroom:possibly divided

into two

building typology - examplesprivateresidences

publicareas

the residences’mutual areas

outdoorspaces

#1 junction

The biggest challenge lies with the organization of the buildings/the building process. It is possible to work with several different typologies; dependent on what demands and priorities applies for each individual building.

Common to the different typologies is the centrally placed common area, which is the coupling of the building. As well in-ternally as with its surrounding context.

For all typologies applies that the organization must create a compromise between an airy structure, with a good contact to the surrounding outdoor areas, as well as a compact organiza-tion with short internal distances.

The residences are placed in relatively compact bodies, which are joined with the central, public areas.

building typology - examplesprivateresidences

publicareas

the residences’mutual areas

outdoorspaces

#2 embrace

The residences are terraced across the central, common areas

The residences embrace the central, public area.

#3 terraced houses

building typology - examplesprivateresidences

publicareas

the residences’mutual areas

outdoorspaces

#4 cirkular

Residences and common areas are organized within a vertical structure.#5 vertical

The residences are organized within a circular building-body, which is penetrated by the central, common areas.

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senior citizens of tomorrow >>> demands and needs for care