Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)
Online ISSN : 1881-8161
Print ISSN : 1340-4210
ISSN-L : 1340-4210
CLASSIFICATION AND EXTRACTION OF THE TYPICAL TYPE OF THE WELFARE CENTER FOR THE ELDERLY : A study on architectural planning of the welfare center for the elderly Part 1
Chika ISHITOBIAkiko SETOTomoko TANAKA
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2004 Volume 69 Issue 586 Pages 31-36

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The purpose of this paper is to extract of the typical type of the welfare center for the elderly. First, we classified 146 centers from five viewpoints. They are the user-range, the complex facilities, the activity leader, the population and the leisure environment. Then, we clarified the characteristics of institutions for every viewpoint. As a result, we found out that there were the great different characteristics according to what activity leader is. Last, we extracted five typical types of the center based on the population scale, the degree of aging and the activity leader.

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