lost in space: Architecture and Dementia

Published by Birkhäuser 2014

lost in space

Architecture and Dementia

Edited by: Eckhard Feddersen and Insa Lüdtke

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783038211204

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Contents

About this book

Architecture faces a new challenge

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.

Combines research findings with practical applications
Published by the authors of the successful design atlas Living for the Elderly
With a contribution by Jonathan Franzen (My Father's Brain)

Author / Editor information

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

Insa Lüdtke is an architect and journalist.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Prologue Jonathan Franzen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Rediscovering Space Dementia as a chance to renew our approach to architecture Eckhard Feddersen and Insa Lüdtke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
architecture and space
Learning, Remembering and Feeling Space Eckhard Feddersen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Architecture Should Be Self-Evident and Comprehensible Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Change of Scenery: One Space – Different Impressions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Sonnweid House Extension of a Nursing Home Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Haaptmann’s Schlass Care and nursing home for the elderly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
House of Life Nursing home Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Lost A cultural analysis of the relationship between space and dementia Ralph Fischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Individual and Society
Dementia as a Cultural Challenge Andreas Kruse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Dementia – Forms, Research and Prognoses Bente Heinig, Markus Zens and Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Dementia – An Illness with Many Repercussions Interdependencies between the family, care services, caregivers and residents Michael Schmieder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Alzheimer’s – Fate or Challenge? Wolf D. Oswald and Monika Wachter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Music in The Therapy of Alzheimer’s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Dance and Cognition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Midmost – Living with Dementia Ann Heylighen, Iris Van Steenwinkel and Chantal Van Audenhove Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
House and Courtyard
Layers of Living On the anatomy of the house Insa Lüdtke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Typological Grids Sustaining the familiar through the full cycle of life Susan Black Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Light Perception and health David McNair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
Architectural Space, Acoustics and Dementia Richard Pollock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Norra Vram Nursing Home Norra Vram Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Hanna Reemtsma House Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Gairola House Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
House of Sense Memory Beth Tauke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Block and Quarter
A Neighbourhood for a Lifetime Urban neighbourhoods for the elderly and people with dementia Dieter Hoffmann-Axthelm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Meaningful Outdoor Spaces for People with Dementia Annette Pollock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Kahla Housing for The Elderly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Zollikofen Nursing and Care Centre for The Elderly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Home for The Elderly and Library Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
Vialonga Elderly Day Care Centre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
De Hogeweyk Village for people with dementia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Urban Game-Board Dementia and urban game design perspectives Eleni Kolovou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
Town and Country
Mapping Dementia How can we prepare for tomorrow? What do we need to plan for? Sabine Sütterlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Towards a Dementia-Friendly Hospital Gesine Marquardt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Finding Home in Central Station Uwe Rada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Land Custom Station Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
Lingang New City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Dementia, Local Municipalities and Public Space Insights and perspectives Peter Wißmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
About the authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
Reference literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Illustration credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: architects, urbanists, interior designers, clients, local authorities, general interested public
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 80
- Coloured Illustrations: 320
Keywords: Architecture; Dementia; space; urbanism; age

eBook

Published: September 5, 2014
ISBN: 9783038211204

Hardcover

Published: September 15, 2014
ISBN: 9783038215004