Use Environment-psychological Factors To Guidance The Design Of Outdoor Space Of Apartments For The Elderly

With the rapid growth of aging people,coupled with demographic changes in family structure,retirement has become a urgent social problem that should be solved.Apartments for the elderly as an important part of the social pension,which provide service for the elderly,is the homeland for some elderly who live in Apartments for the elderly enjoy rest of life.Outdoor space of apartments for the elderly is an important venue for the elderly living activities,it affects the quality of life who lived in apartments for the elderly.However,most of domestic apartments for the elderly just focus on indoor facilities,and ignore to provide good outdoor space environment.Good outdoor space environment conducive to the promotion of the elderly to participate in outdoor activities,conducive to the health of the elderly,conducive to the interaction between the elderly,conducive to the elderly mental health,conducive to improve the quality of life of the elderly.At the same time,it also shows the human caring of the society,embodies the spirit of the people of the text socialism.Based on the three aspects of evaluation standards of environmental psychology,ecological environment,physiological,psychological,the psych-ological construct outdoor space environment factors,including a sense of beauty,a sense of intimacy,a sense of security,a sense of freedom,a sense of comfort,a sense of belonging and sense of the times seven aspects.The definition of environmental psychological factors,to determine the scope of the study,as the theoretical basis to analysis outdoor space of the apartment for the elderly.Then,through questionnaires,combined with interviews and field observations to know about the outdoor space psychological evaluation criteria for the elderly.Based on the needs of the elderly for the elderly apartment tendency outdoor space,it can order the seven environmentally psychological factors depend on the importance of apartments for the elderly outdoor space.Then,use the successful case of design practices at home and abroad as well as I have been involved in the analysis,to explore the methods how to design outdoor space of apartments for the elderly.