Since I have not explained my
thesis, here is my latest abstract followed by a series of random
thoughts....for you to figure out....
The
Baby Boomers are coming! The Baby
Boomers are coming! Well, coming of
age. It has been almost 70 years since
World War II. At its conclusion, after
the high of victory combined with new found economic prosperity, the victorious
soldiers returned (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) and a boom in births erupted in
the United States. This period of increased birth
rates is defined by Encyclopedia Britannica between 1946 to 1964, and decades
later it is now poised to create significant challenges for the design of the
contemporary built environment. As the healthcare industry develops a
better understanding of how to handle and care for the mounting” population of
aging citizens, architecture needs to be equally as progressive in its
strategies for design. Not only is there
a need for more health care facilities in the United States, but also
facilities and communities to house and support a doubling in population of
people over 65 by 2030 to 70 million as stated by Nancy Lisbon in 2006. The following paper will examine research and
precedents that inform a new approach for the design of senior housing with
affordability and amenities leading the research.
The
discussion of designing this new benchmark for senior living begins with
affordability and progresses into New Urbanism
with ideas rooted in compact, walkable communities. Senior citizens can intentionally live in these
urban environments due to the proximity of a wide variety of activities and
services and short travel distances to the surrounding people; interlaced with
this strategy is the chance for revitalization of the larger community through
a much needed boast to the local city economy and government. With a mixture of
mid-rise apartments, landscaped streets and activity centers, a new “cityscape”
environment will enhance not only the resident’s lifestyles, but the local
fabric of an urban infill.
As
we work through our classes and studios, most of us will be thinking of ARC 532
Global History and the structure model and wondering, "If You Built
It" will it look like something a third grader did or a master's
student? So we all need to work with
some vigor to make a presentable project.
Mine is dealing with Inca stonework while others are "Planning
Designs for Daylight" within buildings of
the Non-western architecture along with the "Wind Towers" of
the middle east. Such is the "Life
of a Saluki Architecture Grad Student" and some may ask "Why Did I
Decide to Continue My Education at SIU?"
For me, something a stay-at-home dad can to fill time and to get a job,
but "Ethically Speaking" "My Experiences in Graduate School Thus
Far" have been fun, exciting, hard and frustrating all at the same
time. With "Lessons Learned So
Far", I have better presentation and computer skills as well as "Stretching
the Definition of the House" and learning about different eras of
architecture such as "Brutalism" and what it means to have varied
"Thesis Case Studies" to support your body of work.
Sources:
http://www.siuarchitecture.blogspot.com
Definition:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/47555/baby-boom
Lisbon,
N. (2006). The Sad State of Affordable Housing for Older People. Generations, 29(4), 9-15.
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