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

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 oft...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
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Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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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