Research On The Design Strategies For The Outdoor Contact Space In Residential Area For The Elderly

At present, our country has already entered the aging society which will last along time. This is an important national conditions of China in the21st century. Withthe increasing number of elderly population, people began to pay close attention to thequality of life of the elderly.However, the current majority of our residential outdoorenvironments are designed without considering the elderly’s needs, resulting in thelack of proper community exchanges in their daily lives.This article takes the Tianjin community case investigation as a foundation,discussing the current communication space design problems for the urban elderly inresidential area. Aiming to identify the causes of the problem, it proposed the rightdesign goals, the basic elements and design method, trying to theoretically explore theway and method to solve the problem, providing a reference for future design practiceand reference, thereby improving the living space environment for the elder people,promoting the generation of the elder people outdoor activities, enhancing the qualityof life for the elder people.The paper starting by propose question analysis question solve problemto launch the elaboration for the writing mentality: First chapter: proposes the topicbackground, the writing goal, the research technique, as well as the correlationtheories research and so on; Second chapter: through the way of practice investigation,using the method which combines "field trip" and "questionnaire", discovers defectsand shortcomings of the current outdoor contact space design for the elderly in Tianjin,and carries on the analysis to the existence question; The third chapter, conclusionobtains which according to the diagnosis, identifies the influence factors of the elderlyresidential outdoor contact space design, launches the analysis and the elaborationfrom the main body factors and the objective factors; The fourth chapter, profits fromthe Tianjin Vanke crystal city community senior citizen outdoors contact space designcontent and the method, absorbs its advanced design experience; The fifth chapter,proposes the basic design requirements, the fundamental element and the designmethod for the elderly outdoor contact space in residential areas, start discussion onthe design strategies of the outdoor interactive site for the senior citizen’s seat restspace, active space, transportation space and so on, The sixth chapter, summarizes thewhole paper, and carries on the forecast of the trend of development and the prospectsof development for the space design to the elder people, then forms a set of completepaper writing frame. The paper uses the theoretical analysis and the practice investigation, thesynthesis use the literature reads, on-the-spot investigation, the questionnairesurvey, the family interview and many kinds of investigation and study method.Targeted to solve the current problems in outdoor contact space design method for theelder people in residential areas, and through the advanced experience model and theconcrete question analysis, forms a set of complete paper writing system, arrives at amore rigorous, comprehensive and rational subject conclusions.