Research On Function Configuration And Teaching Space Design Of Xiamen City-level And District-level Universities For The Aged

With the acceleration of the aging progress in China,more and more attention from the society and government has paid to the aging issue..University for the aged is the main platform for the aged education,which will satisfy the spiritual and cultural needs of the elderly,as well as the important channel for improving the life quality and promoting the continued socialization of the elderly.At present,the function and space of the university for the aged cannot meet old people's demands.Therefore,the study of the buildings of the university for the aged is very urgent.In this paper,taking the Xiamen city-level and district-level universities for the aged as the case,combined with domestic and foreign relevant theories,this paper conducts researches of the current using situation of the university for the aged and old people's using situation of the dormitory and classrooms in the perspectives of the physical and psychological needs of the elderly,and their behavior.And then it sums up the limitations of the current space,function and streamline of the university for the aged.Based on the quantitative analysis of the research results,it is found that the most prominent problem of the aged university is the classroom space,which is very urgent to be solved.As the main space of the university,it has the highest use frequency.Aimed at the classroom space,it is of great importance to improve the learning environment for the aged students.Therefore,in the principle of aged-oriented,composition,and variability,it conducts systematic research of the classification,design requirement,using number,and the function configuration of the classroom in the old people university.Besides,it has sorted out the layout and area index of nine kinds of classroom in the university for the aged in Xiamen.Based on the internal function configuration of the old people university,with the combination with the State laws and regulations and regional needs,it puts forward three kinds of function configuration,including basic configuration,the recommended configuration,optional function configuration,so as to meet thedevelopment requirement of the university for the aged in different stages.According to aged students ' potential functional requirements for activities,participation and shows,health care,leisure,catering and others,it comes up with the design strategy of function compound,so as to meet different functional needs.It carries out in-depth researches on two aspects of compound of teaching space with three kinds of facilities,including caring facilities,arts and sports facilities,and medical facilities respectively.Therefore,it can optimize the overall function,and maximize the efficiency of each function.This paper is expected to enrich the study of the university for the aged in theory,and to provide a basis and reference for the functional configuration and teaching space design in Xiamen and beyond in the future.