lost in space

Architecture and Dementia

Eckhard Feddersen, Insa Lüdtke (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2014
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
978-3-03821-500-4 (ISBN)

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Dementia presents immense challenges – both for individuals as well as for society as a whole. More than 35 million people all over the world currently live with dementia, a number that is expected to double by 2050. This also has implications for architecture and urban planning because dementia often affects people’s sense of orientation and their ability to perceive space. How can homes, apartments, public buildings, outdoor spaces, neighbourhoods and cities, as well as environments and infrastructure, be designed to meet the needs of people with dementia as well as those of their caregivers? And can a consideration of the problems of dementia lead to a better understanding of space that can improve architecture and the built environment for us all? This book addresses these and other questions in a series of professional essays that examine the specific requirements for different disciplines. In addition, international case study projects illustrate the breadth of current actual solutions. The book is intended as a guide for all those involved in the design and planning process – architects, interior designers, engineers, town planners, local authorities and clients – and as a reader for the users themselves: for people with dementia, their family and friends, and all those in their social environment.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.9.2014
Zusatzinfo	80 b/w and 320 col. ill.
Verlagsort	Basel/Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	230 x 290 mm
Gewicht	1265 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
Schlagworte	Age • Architecture • Architektur • dementia • Demenz • Orientierung • space • Urbanism
ISBN-10	3-03821-500-7 / 3038215007
ISBN-13	978-3-03821-500-4 / 9783038215004
Zustand	Neuware