Happy Senior Living

65+ Best Living Concepts

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https://doi.org/10.7480/spool.2019.2.4370

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2019-12-31

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Vol. 6 No. 2: Energy Innovation #5

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Happy Senior Living: 65+ Best Living Concepts. (2019). SPOOL, 6(2), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.7480/spool.2019.2.4370

Keywords:

toolbox, dwelling, building, elderly, attributes, living

Abstract

In developed countries, the share of the elderly (65+) is growing quickly. In the Netherlands it might reach 25 to 30% of the population by 2040 (see Figure 1). We design best living concepts for the elderly, based on a research in their residential preferences. Our novel methodology combines insights from social sciences and architecture. A stated choice experiment retrieves the willingness-to-pay of the elderly for a set of relevant attributes of the dwelling, building and location. The attributes with the highest valuation are used as an input for a flexible architectural design.