DESIGN OF AGE-FRIENDLY QUARTERS

Abstract

The article describes the trends in demographic changes of the world’s modern population, which will affect its habitats in the future, among which are urbanization and population aging. The publication also describes main aspects of making cities age-friendly, according to research by the World Health Organization. It offers methods of improving the quality of third age citizens’ lifes by creating cohousing community urban rental apartments, using new approaches in the placement of social housing in the city structure and regeneration of existing housing estates on the example of implemented projects in Brussels and Manchester. The main aim of the article is to determine and characterize the most common problems of elderly around the world and to propose the ways of its solving by using new approaches in urban planning and architectural design. It considers the island type of social housing construction and structuring of its space in three levels, describes the importance of every inhabitant’s private space. This publication presents kinds of public spaces’ exploitation and its best location depending on functioning. The choices of transparent constructions and natural materials’ use in private zones’ separating are also given here. The article suggests ways of redeveloping neighborhoods, which have been declined over years by construction of new inclusive housing estates on the example of Collyhurst regeneration project.