<< Age friendly cities: Metropolitan Living for Tomorrow >>
Coordinators
Year 05 Albena Atanassova.
Year 05 Eleni Economidou.
Year 05 Yiotis Tsangaris.
Year 05 Aayu Malhotra.
Atelier
[Re] map and Contested peripheries.
Themes
Social sustainability in age friendly cities.
Lifetime neighborhoods.
Long-term habitation.
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Image compilation courtesy of WHO and VOP.
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Agenda
Attributable to the urbanization
of 80% of Europe, people tend to spend up to 90% of their daytime activities
indoors. The continuous demand for comfort and better life quality causes
social mobility, resulting in a significant growth in land consumption and destruction
of greenfield and the countryside., The social
implications in such schemes remain ambiguous, even though the clarity in addressing
good design qualities and environmental performance was increased since the
1960s .
Taking into account provision for new types of residences,
where people’s needs would be satisfied over an individual’s lifetime, in
what we refer to as ‘’lifetime communities’’, has now become a definite and
imperative need.
The event reflects on the nature
of long-term habitation within the modern metropolis through the analysis of a
suggested site in Northern Manchester. The aim is extending the understanding
of scale and also, the use of theories and approaches to urban design for a
constantly growing population. Initial research and data gathering methods
will be implemented towards establishing a group strategy for the selected
site. Collaboration with local community groups of different ages and
background will further inform the overall concept towards a design proposal
for a lifetime community within the metropolitan context.
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Collaborator
Kerenza McClarnan –
the role of older people in society in collaboration with VOP (Valuing Older
People) Manchester City Council http://smallthings.org.uk/creative-ages-2/
Andrew Ruffler, RIBA
North West – initiative on what does architecture mean to different age
groups, potential for RIBA Hub venue and RIBA members involved in discussion
on age friendly cities.
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Production
A series of visits to
the chosen site, accompanied by discussions with the local community. These will
inform a group strategy based on the age friendly cities framework in accordance with WHO (World Health Organization).
The final output will be the production of a model/installation of the chosen
area, accompanied by exhibition boards (in the form of storyboards ?),
recording the development of a final proposal (followed by booklets recording
each student’s ideas’ development)?.
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Mastercrafts
Research +
Development – understanding of given place and discussing possible frameworks
for the chosen site within the age friendly cities agenda. Introduction to
the scales and particularities of an urban design project.
Networking – working
along with the community towards a holistic strategy.
Gain a holistic view
of the notion ‘age friendly city’
Experimentation with
3D volumes
Collaboration/interaction
with people outside the school – reflection on people’s needs.
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