Chrysikou, E;
(2019)
Why we need more compassionate architecture when designing for vulnerable people.
Health Estate Journal
, 2019
(10)
pp. 42-44.
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Abstract
The ageing of the population highlighted the need for inclusive and enabling societies. This created a market for new sectors of the economy to target products and services towards increasing personal autonomy and inclusivity. However, this article argues that the two alone do not suffice, despite medicine and IT constituting key areas that contribute to significant advancements to people’s health and autonomy. As long as the built environment remains our physical context, we do need buildings to be fit for purpose. Contrary, the current building stock limits opportunities for meaningful and autonomous lives, contributing to increased loneliness and isolation in old age, let alone problems of physical health.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Why we need more compassionate architecture when designing for vulnerable people |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.healthestatejournal.com/archive/2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | The article ''Why we need more compassionate architecture when designing for vulnerable people'' first appeared in the October 2019 issue of Health Estate Journal (www.healthestatejournal.com), the monthly magazine of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management, or IHEEM (www.iheem.org.uk). This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Built environment, ageing, architecture, inclusion |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett Sch of Const and Proj Mgt UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett Sch of Const and Proj Mgt > Bartlett Real Estate Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10082028 |
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