Nordic network for research on older people's housing
Nordic network for research on older people's housing meeting the 4th-5th November, 2010.
place: School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Seminar room A1.
Theme: housing for the elderly people as built environment in a societal perspective.
Day 1. 4th Nov, 13:00-18:00, open sessions for network participants, participants in the KTH extension course, invited practitioners, and students at the School of Architecture, KTH.
13:00-13:15 introduction network meeting by associate professors Catharina Nord and Magnus Rönn.
Aim: to raise the question of housing for the elderly people as built environment in a societal perspective.
13.15-13.30 “Introducing differing approaches towards elder care in Germany and Sweden, and some words on the European network for housing for the elderly people”.
Introduction by associate professor Cecilia Henning.
13:35-14:35 “Ageing in Germany, New Concepts of Integrating Housing, Care and Social Support in Small Scale Areas (Quartierskonzepte) - including architectural issues.”
Lecture by Holger Stolarz, architect and gerontologist
Link: http://www.isa-platform.eu/Housing-Care-and-Social-Supp.82.0.html
15:00-15:45 “Architecture for the frail elderly; Design concepts, typology and development: A Swedish perspective”.
Jan Paulsson, prof em. Chalmers University of Technology. Gothenburg.
15.50-17.15 Participant open discussion on previous presentations, led by associate professors Catharina Nord and Magnus Rönn.
Day 2. 5th Nov, 09:30-13:30. Sessions open for network participants, participants in the KTH extension course.
Day 2. 5th Nov, 09:30-13:30. Sessions open for network participants, participants in the KTH extension course.
09:15-09.45, ”Patterns of ageing in sheltered housing, experiences from a study in Norrköping”
Catharina Nord, associate professor, NISAL, Linköping University.
09.45-10.00, Coffee break parallel to discussion
10.00-10.45, “Swedish architecture competitions focusing on assisted living, a national mobilization to improve built environments for elderly, frail people and the technology for elderly program”.
Representative from the Swedish Institute of Assistive Technology (Hjälpmedelstitutet, HI).
10:45-12.00, Network discussion – how do we contribute to an improved milieu for ageing in society. Including short leg stretch.
12.00-12.15, “The TESS-NH instrument, short manual”
Jonas E Andersson, tekn lic, School of Architecture, KTH
12.30-13.30 Lunch at Östra Station
The seminars are arranged within the course Architecture for an ageing Society and in collaboration with the research network at Linköping University.
For further information or participation registration,
please contact Jonas E Andersson, PhD Fellow/ course responsible.
Email jonas.andersson@arch.kth.se
Participation is free of charge, but it necessitates a reservation beforehand. Please send mail to jonas.andersson@arch.kth.se