Presentation by Serge Lefevere during the workshop From construction & concrete to valued smart ageing inspired by the PRoF consortium by Piet Verhoeve - AAL Forum 2015

1. “AAL
FORUM
2015”
Gent,
22
september
2015
Serge
Lefevere
(ARCHITECT-­‐CEO
DETOO
ARCHITECTS)
“FROM
CONSTRUCTION
AND
CONCRETE
TO
VALUED
&
SMART
AGEING”

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Our
Seniors
of
Today
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)

3. ++
Our
Seniors
of
Today
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)
“Aging in place” is growing older without having to move.
Our seniors do not want to be moved to another facility when their
health declines and their care needs increase.
They want to stay in a familiar environment, surrounded by
friends and activities that they have come to associate with
“home.”
Independent Living
Assisted Living

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Independent
Living
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)
Independent living is the ability to maintain one’s residence and
lifestyle without custodial or medical assistance.
A way to gauge someone’s ability to live independently is by
evaluating if they are able to perform activities of daily living
(ADL).
ADLs are the things we normally do on a daily basis, including
any daily activity we perform for self-care, such as bathing,
dressing and undressing, eating, transferring from bed to chair,
and back, using the toilet, walking (not bedridden).

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Assisted
Living
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)
Assisted living is for those who need some help in their daily
lives, but don’t require the medical care provided by a nursing
home or other institutional setting. It provides housing and
services when it is no longer safe or practical for an older adult to
live alone in his or her home.

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Keywords
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)
SUSTAINABLE CARE-PROCESSES
FLEXIBILITY INTERGENERATIONAL
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY SAFETY
FUNCTIONALITY DESIGN
ART ARCHITECTURE
MATERIALS ERGONOMICS VISIONAIR
WAYFINDING PRIVACY GELUID / AKOESTIEK
WELLNESS ACCESSIBILITY COMFORT
HEALING CHARACTER COLOR / SMELL
NON-STIGMATIZING VIEW AWARENESS
NATURE / ENVIRONMENT LIGHT / AIR QUALITY

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Our
Vision
. HEALING ENVIRONMENT
. EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN
.. RESEARCH
.. INNOVATION
. LEAN-LED DESIGN
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)

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HEALING
ENVIRONMENT
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)
“
I’ve
learned
that
people
will
forget
what
you
said,
people
will
forget
what
you
did,
but
people
will
never
forget
how
you
made
them
feel.
”
Maya
Angelou
(American
writer
and
poet
1928-­‐2014)

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EVIDENCE-­‐BASED
DESIGN
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)
“Emerging
evidence
base
from
past
two
decades
affirms
that
safety
&
quality
can
be
designed
into
construction
of
new
facilities.”
Prof.
Dr.
Roger
S.
Ulrich
et
al.
2004
Professor
of
architecture
at
Texas
A&M
University.

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EVIDENCE-­‐BASED
DESIGN
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)
Evidence-­‐Based
Design
Wheel
(Geboy,
L.,
2007.
Healthcare
Design
7(2):
41-­‐42)
Build
Single
Rooms
Reduce
Noise
Incorporate
Nature
Improve
Air
Quality
Encourage
Hand
Hygiene
Improve
Way-­‐finding
Reduce
Walking
Distance

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LEAN-­‐LED
DESIGN
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)
RE-THINKING SENIOR CARE
IMPROVING SENIOR CARE THROUGH DESIGN

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LEAN
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)

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Innovation
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)

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Open
Innovation
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)

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Integral
Thinking
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)

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Accessibility
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)

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Personalized
Residence
Of
the
Future
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)

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Personalized
Residence
of
the
Future
Serge
Lefevere
(DETOO
ARCHITECTS)

20. DETOO
ARCHITECTS
–
AAL
FORUM
2015
Thank you for your a,en.on
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