Entrée principale:

Metzger, Christoph, 1962- author.

Titre et auteur:

Building for dementia / Christoph Metzger ; translated from German by Rae Walter.

Publication:

Berlin : Jovis, [2018]
©2018

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-156).
Rethinking architecture : Phenomena ; Movement in the room ; WIndows as a promise ; Sleep and memory -- Roads and paths through life : Roads ; Material ; Images ; Home ; Childhood ; Walking -- Bodies in motion: stimulations : Swimming ; Bodies ; Motion -- Age and orientation : Recognition ; Memory work ; Magic mountain ; Orientation ; Room planning ; Research into aging -- Cognitive skills : Degrees of similarity ; Complexity: reduction ; Compensation as a process ; Gestalt and abstraction ; Cognition in a state of flux ; Communality of the senses ; Dementia and perception ; Spatial awareness ; Gestalt theory and spatial perception ; Perspective and color ; Multisensory rooms -- Localization of acoustic events in space : Sound direction ; Life without acoustic orientation ; Rooms provide orientation ; Orientation in the room ; Structure and pattern of hearing in the room ; Hearing loss ; Signal recognition in the field of sound ; Cognitive training ; Memory - remembering - action ; Memory ; Remembering ; Action -- Types of housing for the elderly : Development of care facilities ; Bases ; Precursors and first generation ; Second generation ; Third generation ; Fourth generation ; Fifth generation ; Future-oriented local authority policies and sixth generation -- Multisensory architecture : Situation ; Forms of housing: infrastructure: types of buildings ; Intuitive legibility ; Home comfort ; Quality of structures and materials ; Age-related changes in perception -- Assistive systems and smart homes : Systems ; Building technology ; Services ; Safety in old age ; Emergency systems -- Private and public spheres : House and room ; The building as an urban center ; Tables, beds, and chairs ; Windows and doors ; Changing environments ; The house as a home -- Inclusion or exclusion : Visual axes and opportunities ; Location and planning ; Center and circle ; Periphery as an opportunity ; Political understanding -- Prospect of an architecture of the future : Lifelines ; Topoanalysis ; Navigation ; Movement and neuroplasticity ; Physical experience of acoustic events.
Text in English, translated from German

ISBN:

9783868594782 (English edition ; paperback)
3868594787 (English edition ; paperback)

Sujet:

Barrier-free design for people with mental disabilities.
Barrier-free design for older people.
Older people Dwellings.
Aging Environmental aspects.
Architecture Psychological aspects.
Accessibilité aux personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle.
Architecture et personnes âgées.
Vieillissement Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture Aspect psychologique.
Architecture and Planning.

Vedettes secondaires:

Walter, Rae, translator.
Walter, Rae translator.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 300719
Cote: BIB 246938
Statut: Disponible