Zhengzhou City Apartment For The Old Design

As early as 1996,ZhengZhou had already ranked among the aging cities. With the aging degree gradually intensified, the family scale is becoming smaller and smaller(by the end of 2001, there had been 3.5 people per family in ZhengZhou), the number of the empty-net family and the nuclear family is continuously rising, an average family's economy and energy on supporting the aged at home are being weakened. As the result, the younger generation can't bear the heavy burden any longer, they are eager to get helps from the social facilities for the aged.As an important component of these facilities, apartment for the aged is in their good graces, because in which they can independently enjoy the habitable space , more good service , more good care and the family atmosphere. There have been 13 apartments in ZhengZhou. However,owing to lack of appropriate trade standards, there are many problems discovered by author during the investigation on the spot, mainly including:1. Their names fall short of their realities;2. They can't accord with Code for design of buildings for elderly persons(JGJ122-99) in some degree;3. Few of them can guarantee the aged's privacy;4. They are short of distinguishing features;5. They lack variety of social contact space for the aged. Especially , because the design train of thought is still followingthe conventional pattern of home for the aged, these apartments can't meet the aged's need for high quality and diversity. Therefore,the design research on apartments for the aged in ZhengZhou seems necessary and urgent.On the base of on-the-spot investigation , study and analysis of the aged's present housing and living condition in ZhengZhou,thisthesis is in accordance with some codes concerned , uses the related experience of other counties for reference and delves into the design principle ,type,space arrangement,dwelling size and indoor space design of apartment for the aged. The author has a good hope of giving it's construction and development in ZhengZhou some enlightenment and assistance in future.