Young - old : urban utopias of an aging society/ edited by Deane Simpson.
Publisher: Zürich : Lars Müller, 2015Description: 575 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 26944ISBN: 3037783508 (hbk.) :; 9783037783504 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Retirement communitiesDDC classification: 307.336Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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'Young-Old' examines contemporary architectural and urban mutations that have emerged as a consequence of one of the key demographic transformations of our time: population aging. Distinguishing between different phases of old age, it identifies the group known as the "Young-Old" as a remarkable petri dish for experimental forms of subjectivity, collectivity, and environment. In investigating this field of latent urban and architectural novelty, 'Young-Old' asserts both the escapist and emancipatory dimensions of these practices. Richly illustrated with drawings, maps, and photographs, the volume documents phenomena ranging from the continuous, golf cart accessible urban landscapes of the world's largest retirement community in Florida and the mono-national urbanizaciones of "the retirement home of Europe" on Costa del Sol, to the Dutch-themed residential community at Huis Ten Bosch in the south of Japan. AUTHOR: Deane Simpson is an architect and urbanist teaching at the Royal Danish Academy School of Architecture Copenhagen and at BAS Bergen, where he is professor of architecture and urbanism. 250 illustrations
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