Research On Architecture Design Of Apartment For The Aged In Xi’an

Aging of population is a major problem of the world in21stcentury. Since1999,our country stepped into aging society, the feature of growing old before it grows rich ismore apparent. On the background of accelerating aging of the nation, the State Councilenacted the policy of9073, determined the pension guidelines consist of based onaging at home, supported by community services, supplemented by aging in institution.The residential building for the aged is various. apartment for the aged is a kind ofresidential building for the aged, and has the characteristic of the aged not only canhave independent residential unit as needed, but acquire all sorts of service and care,and isn’t out of existence in society, which meets the requirement of residentialproblem raised by aging condition in China, and is given much attention by most of theaged. However, the idea, business model and architecture design of apartment are stillmessy. Many infrastructures for aged which are called apartment for the aged occur,and are severe enough to affect the attitude and recognition of the apartment for theaged by the aged. So the research on the apartment for the aged has importantimplication for solving the increasingly serious pension problem.The aging population of Xi’an has reached1255.8thousand in2009, the share oftotal population is14.99%. It’s predicted that Xi’an will go into rapid aging periodbetween2015and2030. However, the characteristics presented by infrastructures foraged of Xi’an are that most of facility is institutional form, but independent apartmentfor the aged is few. In this case, firstly the paper confirms the related conceptions, research subjects and content. Secondly, the paper takes some apartment for the aged athome and abroad and the living part for the aged in facilities for the aged as researchobject, summarizes them from the point of function composing, dwelling design,interior detail design and so on. And with comprehensive investigation andquestionnaire, start with activity characteristics and living requirement of the aged, thepaper analyzes the problems existed in the apartment for the aged (or the living part ininstitutions for the aged), and sums up the design strategy of apartment for the aged inXi’an, which contains design principles, function and dwelling design. And take theapartment for the aged of30thneighborhood in Qinchuan welfare district as designpractices, the paper wishes to provide some references to architecture design of theapartment for the aged in Xi’an in future.