Residential for the elderly : Geriatricos.

Residential for the Elderly provides an in-depth exploration an account of the most stimulating projects falling within the scope of the work examined in this volume: contemporary architectural projects helping to draw buildings closer to the residents inside through well-thought-out aesthetic applications and expansions of existing facilities. These buildings are studies in functionality and how projects have to adapt to programmes and requirements, and tailor to the type of care beign called for: high or low-level dependency, dementia, etc. Actions have been taken within established environments where landscaping and interiors must be protected and designed from a user's perspective. It is a true challenge to a profession aiming to recast spaces as dwellings and enrich and integrate environments into something other than institutions for medical assistance. This book should be read as a window onto a problem whose solutions, offered by architects from all over the world, include both research into the behaviour these environmens