lost in space (eBook)

Architecture and Dementia

Eckhard Feddersen, Insa Lüdtke (Herausgeber)

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2014
224 Seiten
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
978-3-03821-120-4 (ISBN)

Infos

How can we provide good spatial orientation for people with dementia?This question is addressed extensively in a selection of professional essays and projects that also carve out specific requirements for various disciplines. The book is a useful guide to all disciplines involved in design and planning but also to friends and family memebers.

Eckhard Feddersen is an architect specializing in building forchildren and the elderly.

Insa Lüdtke is an architect and journalist.

Autor

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Eckhard Feddersen is an architect specializing in building forchildren and the elderly.

Insa Lüdtke is an architect and journalist.

Inhalt

Content 5
Lost in Space 7
Prologue 9
Rediscovering Space< subtitle/>
Architecture and Space 13
Learning, Remembering and Feeling Space 15
Architecture Should Be Self-Evident and Comprehensible< subtitle/>
Change of Scenery: One Space – Different Impressions< subtitle/>
Sonnweid House< subtitle/>
Haaptmann’s schlass< subtitle/>
house of life< subtitle/>
Fischer, Ralphlost< subtitle/>
individual and society 53
dementia as a cultural challenge 55
dementia – forms, research and prognoses 62
dementia – an illness with many repercussions< subtitle/>
alzheimer’s – fate or challenge? 70
music in the therapy of alzheimer’s< subtitle/>
dance and cognition< subtitle/>
Heylighen, Ann#Van Steenwinkel, Iris#Van Audenhove, Chantalmidmost – living with dementia 86
house and courtyard 91
layers of living< subtitle/>
typological grids< subtitle/>
light< subtitle/>
architectural space, acoustics and dementia 110
norra vram nursing home 114
hanna reemtsma house 118
gairola house 122
house of sense memory 126
block and quarter 135
a neighbourhood for a lifetime< subtitle/>
meaningful outdoor spaces for people with dementia 146
kahla housing for the elderly 154
zollikofen nursing and care centre for the elderly 158
home for the elderly and library 164
vialonga elderly day care centre 170
de hogeweyk< subtitle/>
urban game-board< subtitle/>
town and country 185
mapping dementia< subtitle/>
towards a dementia-friendly hospital 194
finding home in central station 200
land custom station 204
lingang new city 208
dementia, local municipalities and public space< subtitle/>
About the authors 218
Reference literature 220
Acknowledgements 221
Illustration credits 224

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.9.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 80 b/w and 320 col. ill.
• Verlagsort: Basel/Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: Age • Architecture • dementia • space • Urbanism
• ISBN-10: 3-03821-120-6 / 3038211206
• ISBN-13: 978-3-03821-120-4 / 9783038211204