Hangzhou Apartments For The Elderly Outdoor Environmental Studies

Population aging is the inevitable result of social progress and economic development. As family structures have changed and people change the concept of pension, old age apartments have become more and more popular. The quality of old apartment environment have influence to the elder′s physical and mental health. Since retirement, aging, family structure changes, the elderly have many differents to young people in physical and psychological, this reflected in the living environment is that they have a broader and more subtle demands.Hangzhou has a higher degree of population aging, and hangzhou is the hige quality life city, however, part of the elderly living environment is not optimistic in present. Population aging has begun to attract the concern of various circles of society, a large number of apartments for the elder is currently being built.This paper from a people-centered perspective to Study of the elderly physical, psychological and behavioral change and its impact on the special needs of the living environment, use of behavioral observation and field research, surveys and interviews methods to make an investigation to several typical old apartments. Summed up personal profile and needs of older persons in the old apartment,and the advantages and problems of the environment of the old apartment. This paper based on the theory of environment behavior, human engineering, put forward specific ideas and planning proposals. This paper under the premise of research into how to take full advantage of the characteristics of hangzhou, made a tentative exploration of the patterns of older apartments siting and outdoor spaces design. Discusse the principles of old apartment landscape planning and design,they are the principle of safety and proper incentives,the principle of comfortable and sense of belonging, the principle of encourage communication, the principle of diversity and flexibility of provision. Induction the design points of road system of old age apartment, communication environment, exercise area , rest spase,etc. To provide information and guidance recommendations to design and construction of apartments for the elders in the futher.