Research on Elderly Apartment Interior Design Based on the Concept of Universal Design. Taking One Sample Room of Huichen Elderly Apartment in Beijing for an Example

Abstract

The elderly apartment pension mode has extensive development perspective, and the elderly apartment interior design conforming to the old people's physical and mental characteristics is a key link to promote the mode. Huichen elderly apartment in Beijing acted as the research object in this paper which explored from the angle of universal design based on the analysis of the importance of universal design concept applied in elderly apartment interior design. The result showed that the interior design of Huichen elderly apartment in Beijing meets the basic principle of universal design, and the beneficial exploration in terms of universal design in Huichen elderly apartment was concluded in order to provide the elderly apartment interior design with the method guidance and the strategic reference. With the increasingly serious population aging problem and the miniaturization development of family structure in China, How to properly solve the problem of the elderly endowment is becoming imminent. To meet the demand of the elderly increasingly rich material life and spiritual life, a new type of pension mode is coming into being, which is called as the elderly apartment pension mode. In this mode, the elderly can get comprehensive service, such as basic necessities of life, medical service, cultural education, sports, psychological counseling, assisted-living facility, legal advice and social participation etc.(1-2). It's worth noting that the life quality of old people is greatly improved and the pension burden of their children is reduced in some degree and the possible conflict between the elderly and their children can be avoided in the elderly apartment pension mode. What's more, this mode is coinciding with the sustainable development of building a harmonious society for us. However, elderly apartment interior design meeting the old people's physical and mental characteristics just is the key link to improve the national acceptance for the elderly apartment pension and promote the elderly apartment pension mode, and at present, the research literature about the elderly apartment interior design is very rare.