The Design Of Tour-living Retirement Residence In Cheng-yu Area

The ageing population is one of the challenges in 21 st century. Since 1999, the Chinese population has been rapidly aging. As a result, the government keeps a focus on the issue, with the implement of a series of policies and the help of socialists. Thus the provision for the aged has been developing prosperously. At the same time, the aged are no longer constrained to the traditional home-based retirement, starting to plan for their retirement actively. With this trend, tour-living retirement becomes one of the most popular ways of retirement. Especially in Chengdu-Chongqing area, due to the serious condition in aging population, the pleasant natural environment and the developing infrastructure, the retirement industry has become the one the most important models all over the country, with a distinctive tour-living retirement rudiment.The spatial form for certain residence should adapt to the retirement mode in certain area. The object of the research is the tour-living retirement residence in Chengdu-Chongqing area. The research methods include the empirical study of relative projects, the data from mapping, the questionnaire survey for the aged, and non-structured interviews. The research combines literature review and relative designing practice, exploring the designing strategies of tour-living retirement residence in Chengdu-Chongqing area from three dimensions, i.e. macroscopic, mesoscopic and microscopic view. The discussion is exemplified by an authentic project, “Chenming?Eastern Suncity”, located in the heart of Dayin County.The thesis includes the following sections:Section One, i.e. Chapter One, is the introduction. This section introduces the research background, research aim and research significance. The research object is clarified. Relative literate and practices in China and some foreign courtiers are discussed. The structure of the whole thesis is also presented in this section.Section Two, i.e. Chapter Two, is a fundamental study of tour-living retirement residence in Chengdu-Chongqing area. This section presents an introduction to the aging population in Chengdu-Chongqing area, with a server aging condition, out-dated system for the retired and lack of instruction for a new system. It also examines the basic conditions of tour-living retirement residence in this area, including the SWOT analysis, distribution, main modes and the traits and trends of its development. The residences are divided into four types: Cottage experience residence, leisure residence, health care residence, and complex residence. After investigation in local residence, respective cases are briefly discussed for each type.Section three, i.e. Chapter Three and Chapter Four, is a construction of designing methods and strategies. From a macroscopic view, this section first discusses features of the location of retirement residence, with systematic analysis of typical cases. From a mesoscopic view, based on the classification and investigation of the residences, it examines the functional configuration, overall mapping arrangement, and outdoor environment design, with a conclusion of practical design strategies. From the microscopic view, the study draws a conclusion of four types of residence in Chengdu-Chongqing area, i.e. cottage experience residence, leisure residence, health care residence, and complex residence, and analyzes their spatial forms, spatial arrangements, and floor plans, with further discussion of the adaptation for the aged in designing individual buildings.Section Four, i.e. Chapter Five, is the analysis for specific cases. Based on the previous fundamental study and construction of strategies, this section presents an in-depth examination of an authentic project, “Chenming·Eastern Suncity”, further exploring the designing method discussed in previous sections.Section Five, i.e. Chapter Six, is the conclusion. This section makes a conclusion of the whole research, with an analysis of its problems and suggestion to further study.