A study on the design of the public spaces in elderly apartment based on the demands of Three Types

With the progress of society and the economy, the Chinese population inevitably has an aging tendency. In this situation, the issue of aged providing becomes a focus that attracts all attention of the society, and elderly apartments have gradually become one of the most important forms of housing endowment. As a crucial part of the elderly apartment, public spaces are used for the elderlys activity and association, and it should consider the elderlys demands while designing. Depending on the differences in the elders somatic function, the elder could be classified into three types: self-care, device-helping, and nursing-cared. Furthermore, their demands for public spaces in the elderly apartment are different according to the different characteristics of the Three Types. This paper will analyze cases of elderly apartments at home and abroad and summarize their design methods of public spaces, then combine with the present situation in our country, put forward the design strategy of public spaces in elderly apartments of the Three Types, according to the characteristics of the elder, and provide a reference for the optimization of the public spaces in the elderly apartment.