lost in space : : Architecture and Dementia / / ed. by Eckhard Feddersen, Insa Lüdtke.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
• MitwirkendeR: Black, Susan,; Feddersen, Eckhard,; Fischer, Ralph,; Franzen, Jonathan,; Heinig, Bente,; Heylighen, Ann,; Hoffmann-Axthelm, Dieter,; Kolovou, Eleni,; Kruse, Andreas,; Lüdtke, Insa,; Marquardt, Gesine,; McNair, David,; Oswald, Wolf D.,; Pollock, Annette,; Pollock, Richard,; Rada, Uwe,; Schmieder, Michael,; Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth,; Sütterlin, Sabine,; Tauke, Beth,; Van Audenhove, Chantal,; Van Steenwinkel, Iris,; Vram, Norra,; Wachter, Monika,; Wißmann, Peter,; Zens, Markus,
• HerausgeberIn: Feddersen, Eckhard,; Lüdtke, Insa,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

Dementia presents immense challenges – both for individuals as well as for society as a whole. More than 35 million people all over the world currently live with dementia, a number that is expected to double by 2050. This also has implications for architecture and urban planning because dementia often affects people’s sense of orientation and their ability to perceive space. How can homes, apartments, public buildings, outdoor spaces, neighbourhoods and cities, as well as environments and infrastructure, be designed to meet the needs of people with dementia as well as those of their caregivers? And can a consideration of the problems of dementia lead to a better understanding of space that can improve architecture and the built environment for us all? This book addresses these and other questions in a series of professional essays that examine the specific requirements for different disciplines. In addition, international case study projects illustrate the breadth of current actual solutions. The book is intended as a guide for all those involved in the design and planning process – architects, interior designers, engineers, town planners, local authorities and clients – and as a reader for the users themselves: for people with dementia, their family and friends, and all those in their social environment.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Rediscovering Space -- architecture and space -- Learning, Remembering and Feeling Space -- Architecture Should Be Self-Evident and Comprehensible -- Change of Scenery: One Space – Different Impressions -- Sonnweid House -- Haaptmann’s Schlass -- House of Life -- Lost -- Individual and Society -- Dementia as a Cultural Challenge -- Dementia – Forms, Research and Prognoses -- Dementia – An Illness with Many Repercussions -- Alzheimer’s – Fate or Challenge? -- Music in The Therapy of Alzheimer’s -- Dance and Cognition -- Midmost – Living with Dementia -- House and Courtyard -- Layers of Living -- Typological Grids -- Light -- Architectural Space, Acoustics and Dementia -- Norra Vram Nursing Home -- Hanna Reemtsma House -- Gairola House -- House of Sense Memory -- Block and Quarter -- A Neighbourhood for a Lifetime -- Meaningful Outdoor Spaces for People with Dementia -- Kahla Housing for The Elderly -- Zollikofen Nursing and Care Centre for The Elderly -- Home for The Elderly and Library -- Vialonga Elderly Day Care Centre -- De Hogeweyk -- Urban Game-Board -- Town and Country -- Mapping Dementia -- Towards a Dementia-Friendly Hospital -- Finding Home in Central Station -- Land Custom Station -- Lingang New City -- Dementia, Local Municipalities and Public Space -- About the authors -- Reference literature -- Acknowledgements -- Illustration credits