Title :
Exploration of public facilities design in aging society
Author :
Xu, Xiaoyun ; Cao, Xinxin ; Jie, Li ; Yang, Dongmei
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Archit. & Art Design, Hebei Univ. of Technol., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
With the aging population increasing, the public facilities design has aroused more concern and research. The paper attempts to link with the backdrop of aging society to analyze the problems in existing public facilities design. It sets up the Design Concept “Centered on the Elderly, Balanced the General”; proposes the design principles of universality, security and easy of use; analyzes the color selection of public facilities design by a sample survey of old people and makes suggestions for public facilities design elements such as materials and new technologies, etc.
Keywords :
design engineering; ergonomics; public utilities; aging society; easy-of-use design principle; public facility design; security design principle; universality design principle; Materials; Senior citizens; aging society; public facilities design; the elderly;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Aided Industrial Design & Conceptual Design (CAIDCD), 2010 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yiwu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7973-3
DOI :
10.1109/CAIDCD.2010.5681826