Presentation at the workshop in Aarhus may 26, 2009 - arranged by the Central Denmark Region and teh city of Shanghai

1. senior citizens of tomorrow
>>> demands and needs for care
facts:
-more senior citizens
-older senior citizens
-healthier senior citizens
-wealthier senior citizens
-better educated senior citizens
-technologically more competent senior citizens

2. great changes
in the composition of the population
”Denmark becomes more grey and wrinkled...”
the composition of the Danish population will
change drastically the coming decades...
number of Danish citizens older than 65 years:
2009: 875.000 / 5.516.000 > 16%
2042: 1.540.000 / 5.950.000 > 26%
- source: DR/Statistics Denmark May 2009
during the same period, the number of active
working citizens aged between 25 and 64 years is
expected to fall by 9%.

3. demands & needs
real needs hairdresser
laundry
dining place with room for guests
sports/exercise/physiotherapy
private residence
doctor
accommodation for guests
pastoral care
transportation facilities
culture
social interaction
nature
shopping hobby music
quality of life

4. technology as a partner
Continuous technological conquests, with more logical and intuitive implementation of intelligent sy-
stems, will help as well the senior citizens as the nursing auxiliaries and relatives in the future.
Senior citizens of tomorrow have to get accustomed to labour-saving technologies becoming a natural
part of the daily round.
Automatic robots and systems will take over more of the nursing auxiliaries’ tasks:
-cleaning robots
-personal care, e.g. intimate hygiene when using the lavatory
-intelligent equipment and installations
-integrated control of indoor climate, automatic medication, food temperature, etc.
At the same time the intranet-based interaction in the same intelligent systems will allow you to auto-
matically handle senior citizens’ influence on their own everyday life:
At the same time the intranet-based interaction in the same intelligent systems will allow
you to automatically handle senior citizens’ influence on their own everyday life:
-when consulting a doctor, hairdresser, physiotherapy, etc.
-when registering guests for eating or spending the night
-when establishing intern as well as extern communities of interests
-when coordinating participation in extern events
Interactive systems will be developed in order to meet with specific needs of different user groups. As
an example by using systems as Nintendo Wii, one will be able to simulate sports, interact with other
games and music, etc. through physical stimuli.

5. functions & spacial needs
sensual / therapeutic garden
guest room
living room
store/depot for aids
private
hall and appliances
greenhouse / vegetable
toilet /shower
laundry garden
bedroom
balcony
workshops physiotherapy
kitchenette exhibitions
petanque
mutual area cuisine
gymnasium
kitchen garden
hairdresser sport events
station for joint cars
café / resturant theatre
mini golf
playstation swimming
internet café
public
koncerts
workshops
cinema

6. the residence
hall:
wardrobe
storage
bedroom:
spaciousness
room for a double bed
plenty of wardrobe space
possibility of merging with
living room living room:
space for guests kitchenette:
working-/dining table clarity
good lighting (day-/artificial light) a few cubboards
space on the walls for pictures sink + fridge
bathroom:
possibly divided
into two
balcony/garden:
spaciousness
easy accessibility
cover / shelter

7. building typology - examples
public private the residences’ outdoor
areas residences mutual areas spaces
The biggest challenge lies with the organization of the buildings/
the building process. It is possible to work with several different
typologies; dependent on what demands and priorities applies
for each individual building.
Common to the different typologies is the centrally placed
common area, which is the coupling of the building. As well in-
ternally as with its surrounding context.
For all typologies applies that the organization must create a
compromise between an airy structure, with a good contact to
the surrounding outdoor areas, as well as a compact organiza-
tion with short internal distances.
#1 junction The residences are placed in relatively compact bodies, which
are joined with the central, public areas.

8. building typology - examples
public private the residences’ outdoor
areas residences mutual areas spaces
#2 embrace The residences embrace the central, public area.
#3 terraced houses The residences are terraced across the central, common areas

9. building typology - examples
public private the residences’ outdoor
areas residences mutual areas spaces
#4 cirkular The residences are organized within a circular building-body,
which is penetrated by the central, common areas.
#5 vertical Residences and common areas are organized within a vertical
structure.

10. senior citizens of tomorrow
>>> demands and needs for care
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