Growing old independently in a cohesive environment

Master thesis (2020)

Authors

R. Sondermeijer Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

Birgit Jürgenhake Public Building and Housing Design (mentor)
S.M.A. Sedighi Housing Institutions & Governance - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
P.L. Tomesen Building Product Innovation - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
M.G.H. Schoonderbeek Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2020 René Sondermeijer
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Published Date

03-07-2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

This graduation research focuses on discovering new ways of housing the elderly that fits the changed elderly healthcare policy in the Netherlands. It explores ways how to embed them into a neighborhood in which they can rely on support from their neighbors in order to keep them longer at home independently. This has been done by creating a social and cohesive environment on one hand, and providing them with an adaptive building on the other that can react to changing healthcare demands.