Abstract
This paper conforms to themes relating to the shaping of sustainable built environment. It tackles issues connected with the implementation of sustainable solutions in residential housing for senior citizens. It presents selected innovative implemented European projects of new buildings and modernisation projects of the existing development comprising the adjustment to the needs of the elderly and to the requirements of sustainable housing.
Highlights
Housing for senior citizens constitutes an important group of architectural projects due to the demographic processes we observe today
A considerable increase in the population of the oldest residents in the European Union states over two last decades has decided about a change in the senior citizen policy, economic policy, and about the need to adopt a new approach to the process of shaping spaces for this social group2
The senior citizen policy in the European Union is geared towards promoting the model which is the most expected by the elderly, namely a model of living based in staying in their own environment (Aging in Place)
Summary
Housing for senior citizens constitutes an important group of architectural projects due to the demographic processes we observe today. In the process of designing housing environment for senior citizens, special attention is paid to solutions fostering their activity and integration with the society, as well as to their expectations pertaining to their life comfort. The senior citizen policy in the European Union is geared towards promoting the model which is the most expected by the elderly, namely a model of living based in staying in their own environment (Aging in Place). The examples of housing for senior citizens presented below constitute an attempt on the part of designers at finding answers to the needs of this social group. The projects illustrated at the same time comply with the requirements posed before the contemporary housing pertaining to the implementation of ecological, energy-efficient, and sustainable solutions
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