Main entry:

Simpson, Deane, author.

Title & Author:

Young-old : urban utopias of an aging society / Deane Simpson.

Publication:

Zürich, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers, [2015]
©2015

Description:

575 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiely color), plans (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Preamble -- 2. Population Aging And Retirement -- 3. Young-Old -- Contextual Sociodemographic And Urban Documentation -- 4. Young-Old Urbanism -- 1. The Villages Of Florida -- Urban Documentation -- Constructed Urban Realities For The Young-Old -- 2. The Urbanizaciones Of The Costa Del Sol -- Urban Documentation -- Solar Paradises Of International Retirement Migration -- 3. Huis Ten Bosch Of Kyushu -- Urban Documentation -- Teleported Urbanisms Of The Young-Old -- 4. The Senior Recreational Vehicle Community Of The US -- Urban Documentation -- Nomadic Networked Urbanism Of The Young-Old -- 1. Young-Old Urbanism -- Comparative Urban Documentation -- Aggregations -- 2. Between Emancipation And Escapism.

Summary:

"Young-old" examines contemporary architectural and urban mutations that have emerged as a consequence of one of the key demographic transformations of our time: aging populations. Distinguishing between different phases of old age, the book identifies the group known as the 'young old' as a remarkable petri dish for experiments in subjectivity, collectivity, and environment. In investigating this field of latent urban and architectural novelty, "Young-old" asserts both the escapist and emancipatory dimensions of these practices. Richly illustrated with drawings, maps, and photographs, the volume documents phenomena ranging from the continuous, golf-cart-accessible urban landscapes of the world's largest retirement community in Florida and the mono-national 'urbanizaciones' of 'the retirement home of Europe' on Costa del Sol, to the Dutch-themed residential community at Huis Ten Bosch in southern Japan

Resources:
Table of contents
04

ISBN:

9783037783504
3037783508

Subject:

Visionary architecture.
City planning.
Utopias.
Older people Dwellings.
Communal living.
Architecture.
Architecture visionnaire.
Utopies.
Communes (Contre-culture)
visionary architecture.
utopian literature.
utopias.
communal living.
communes (social)
Elderly.
Stadt
Bevölkerungsstruktur
Wandel
Äldre.
Idealstäder.
Retirement communities
Older people Housing.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289226
Call No.: BIB 231512
Notes: Project: Dear Architect
Status: Available