Building for Dementia / / Christoph Metzger.

As a consequence of demographic change, it is increasingly necessary now and in the future for the architectural profession to rethink the design of residential solutions for aging people and especially those with dementia. With advancing age we are increasingly dependent on a spatial environment th...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin : : JOVIS Verlag GmbH, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (160 p.) :; ca. 70 farb. und 10 s/w Abb.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Rethinking Architecture
  • Roads and Paths through Life
  • Bodies in Motion—Stimulations
  • Age and Orientation
  • Cognitive Skills
  • Localization of Acoustic Events in Space
  • Types of Housing for the Elderly
  • Multisensory Architecture
  • Assistive Systems and Smart Homes
  • Private and Public Spheres
  • Inclusion or Exclusion
  • Prospect of an Architecture of the Future
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Captions/Picture credits
  • Imprint