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Rebranding the silver market - The alteration of Huis Davidtsz from institution to place of living
Dissertation MInt(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2014
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/32785 Rebranding the silver market - The alteration of Huis Davidtsz from institution to place of living Jekot, Barbara P. margaux@dmvnel.co.za Karusseit, Catherine Nicholson, Margaux Elderly Ageism Transgenerational design Universal design UCTD F14/4/524/gm Dissertation MInt(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2014 Places designed for the elderly tend be stigmatising, which is predicated in its medical engineering background. The institutional nature of these places accelerates decline as it negatively impacts on the health of its residents, physically and psychologically disabling them. Spaces that support the wellbeing of residents can be identified by the presence of three characteristics: a sense of control over ones environment, a sense of access to social support and access to positive distraction. Huis Davidtsz is a frail care facility, located just west of Pretoria’s central business district, which has housed elderly people since 1968. The interior environment of Huis Davidtsz is dull and disabling and for this reason is selected as site for design intervention. In order to re-design Huis Davidtsz into a psychologically supportive environment the aforementioned characteristics of supportive space are translated into architectural design. Four elements of architectural space: floor, wall, ceiling and window, are manipulated to create an intimacy gradient. This gradient humanises the institution by establishing a range of spaces and a sense of territoriality. The unforgiving threshold between intimate and public space is moderated by subtle spatial indications of levels of intimacy. This provides Huis Davidtsz with the seven levels of intimacy associated with domestic spaces, enabling individuality and choice. The result is a comfortable and secure place for living. Architecture MInt(Prof) Unrestricted 2013-12-10T08:42:29Z 2013-12-10T08:42:29Z 2014 2013-12-09 Dissertation Nicholson, M 2013-12-09, Rebranding the silver market - The alteration of Huis Davidtsz from institution to place of living, MInt(Prof) Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32785> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32785 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Elderly Ageism Transgenerational design Universal design UCTD F14/4/524/gm Rebranding the silver market - The alteration of Huis Davidtsz from institution to place of living |
| title | Rebranding the silver market - The alteration of Huis Davidtsz from institution to place of living |
| title_full | Rebranding the silver market - The alteration of Huis Davidtsz from institution to place of living |
| title_fullStr | Rebranding the silver market - The alteration of Huis Davidtsz from institution to place of living |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rebranding the silver market - The alteration of Huis Davidtsz from institution to place of living |
| title_short | Rebranding the silver market - The alteration of Huis Davidtsz from institution to place of living |
| title_sort | rebranding the silver market the alteration of huis davidtsz from institution to place of living |
| topic | Elderly Ageism Transgenerational design Universal design UCTD F14/4/524/gm |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32785 |