2024-12-22T02:28:55-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150040714/dwelling-in-the-golden-years-experiments-in-senior-living Hannah Wood 2017-12-08T12:21:00-05:00 >2024-11-01T11:39:16-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cu/cu4qgmyllumvynxw.gif" border="0" /><p>Global populations are aging&mdash;according to the UN, by 2030 the number of citizens aged 60 years or over is projected to grow by 56%, a figure which by 2050 is expected to double again, to a total of 2.1 billion seniors worldwide, skewed towards 'greying economies' such as those of the US and Europe. Where and how will our seniors live in the future? This month I speak to architect and <a href="https://kadk.dk/en" target="_blank">KADK</a> professor <a href="http://research.kadk.dk/da/persons/deane-simpson(7f03dbb3-981b-4e3f-90c0-c365c8c265dc).html" target="_blank">Deane Simpson</a>, who researches shifts in the built environment which are occurring as a consequence of population aging, and Stephen Bates of award-winning firm <a href="http://sergisonbates.com/en" target="_blank">Sergison Bates</a> who recently completed the <a href="http://sergisonbates.com/en/projects/housing-hampstead" target="_blank">Housing for Older Residents</a> project in Hampstead, London. Is it possible to move beyond stereotypes to create an architecture which is functional, healthy and beneficial for the older generation?</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/115281577/showcase-antoine-de-st-exupe-ry-home-for-dependent-elderly-people-by-naud-poux-architectes Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-12-08T00:16:00-05:00 >2014-12-09T21:36:58-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/z7/z705caayffxcbrh0.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In the complex and fraught world of elder care, architecture can seem indifferent, dictated primarily by medical and physical concerns. Not so with Naud &amp; Poux Architectes' facility in Villejuif, France, whose solid and distinctive design accommodates the needs of dependent elderly people, while looking more like a home than a hospital.</p>