Assisted Living Housing for the Elderly

Design Innovations from the United States and Europe

Victor Regnier (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

212 Seiten

1993
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-28423-9 (ISBN)

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Winner of the 1994 Progressive Architecture Award for Architectural Research "Victor Regniers work is one of the few significant additions to the research on one of the most important architectural challenges facing the design professions today: how to design supportive and attractive environments for our nations rapidly-growing, aged population. His research and writing challenge the profession to reconceive these environments as enriched housing rather than health care institutions. " Bradford Perkins, FAIA Partner, Perkins-Eastman and Partners "Victor Regniers new book should be read both for its approach to using environment-behavior research and for the lessons it has to offer about assisted living. The book is itself a prototype of inquiring process and design content. Its vivid examples and careful analysis significantly improve our understanding of the cross-cultural principals of prototype buildings. " John Zeisel, Ph. D Author, Inquiry by Design: Tools for Environment-behavior Research. "As the nation moves towards the development of a comprehensive health care system, it is clear that a major component of the plan will be alternatives to institutionalization.
Victor Regniers exemplary book clearly and cogently discusses the newest, most exciting, and most promising of these alternative housing/health care arrangementsassisted living. For such a new concept to receive detailed attention from such a seasoned researcher is fortunate indeed. It is must reading for professional and consumer alike. " Paul A. Kerschner, Ph. D. Executive Director The Gerontological Society of America

About the Author Victor A. Regnier, FAIA, holds a unique joint appointment between the Andrus Gerontology Center and the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He is currently Dean of the School of Architecture. Professor Regniers work combines research and practice in architecture with an understanding of how environments support the social and physical needs of special users. He has written several other books and has received awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects, Progressive Architecture, and the American Planning Association for his applied research activities. This work was funded by a Fulbright senior research award with additional support from six other organizations and foundations.

Precedents, Models, and Past Experience. The Purpose of and Problems with Housing for the Frail. Definitions and Principles. Enrichment Possibilities. Ten Case Studies. Conclusions. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.10.1993
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	221 x 289 mm
Gewicht	943 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Hausbau / Einrichten / Renovieren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Technik ► Architektur
	Technik ► Bauwesen
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Handwerk
ISBN-10	0-471-28423-8 / 0471284238
ISBN-13	978-0-471-28423-9 / 9780471284239
Zustand	Neuware