- Title
- The design of a retirement home: bridging the gap for the elderly generation through the design of a retirement complex in the heart of a growing city core located in Walmer, Port Elizabeth
- Creator
- Watson, Robin Anthony
- Subject
- Adult day care centers -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Design and construction
- Subject
- Nursing homes -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Design and construction
- Subject
- Older people -- Dwellings -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Planning
- Subject
- Old age homes -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Design and construction
- Date Issued
- 2016
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MArch
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39185
- Identifier
- vital:35054
- Description
- This treatise has been developed from a combination of a specific programme and site related issues. The project centred around the design of a new retirement complex in Walmer, Port Elizabeth. The specific urban condition is of particular interest as the site is centrally located at a meeting point of three different spatial urban conditions, namely commercial, institutional and suburban residential. The programme developed from the need to develop a new typology of elderly housing for the growing elderly population in Port Elizabeth in order to address the often overlooked issues of the existing typologies. These issues were looked into, leading to the understanding that the existing retirement options available within Port Elizabeth are based on the functional separation of the different levels of care required by the elderly in establishments that are isolated from the greater community and are, in some cases, institutional in nature. However, when looking at models for retirement facilities available within other contexts, it is clear that new and innovated models have been developed which have advantages over these 'traditional' establishments. This treatise aims at developing a retirement model within the suburb of Walmer that supports a variety of unique residential options and comprehensive services that meet the needs of recently retired persons who remain active, as well as frail residents. The identifiable challenge is the establishment of an architectural model that provides its occupants with privacy and identity while allowing them to integrate with their environment and avoids the need to move as they grow older.
- Format
- iv, 142 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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