{"id":1579,"date":"2018-03-20T14:17:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T14:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grupo.us.es\/hac\/?page_id=1579\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T08:16:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T08:16:25","slug":"healthy-architecture-and-the-ageing-population","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grupo.us.es\/hac\/en\/what-we-research\/healthy-architecture-and-the-ageing-population\/","title":{"rendered":"# Healthy architecture and the ageing population"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>HEALTHY ARCHITECTURE FOR AGEING POPULATION<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With our research comparing people in their sixties and seventies to people above the age of eighty, we aim to define and develop their maximum quality of life, taking into account the practical knowledge of their ways of life, needs and housing requirements.\u00a0People who maintain optimal functionality, that is, autonomy and personal independence, have a better quality of life compared to those in situations of dependence.\u00a0<\/span><b>Adequately planning the environment and physical surrounding for the ageing population<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is vital in achieving these objectives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The research in this field focuses on three aspects: the study and development of the\u00a0<\/span><b>salutogenic model,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 the\u00a0<\/span><b>model of heritage in health<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and the creation of\u00a0<\/span><b>maps or labelling in the area of assets in health<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. From this point of view,\u00a0<\/span><b>well-being<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is one of the main objectives of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/grupo.us.es\/hac\/en\/home\/healthy-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Healthy Architecture<\/b><\/a><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0which focuses on two basic elements: feeling well and working properly. Therefore, architecture has the ability to influence how people relate to their environments, creating scenes that favour a health way of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well-being is intimately linked to the ways living organisms interact with their environments, which produce a series of stimulants on the body that manifest continually and subconsciously and that have a cumulative effect on the living organism. Light, temperature, sound, materiality and the ability to generate community spaces constitute tools or project material for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/grupo.us.es\/hac\/en\/home\/healthy-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Healthy Architecture<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We can extend the findings and results obtained from research focusing on elderly peoples\u2019 environments to the rest of society with the consequent added value that such work entails.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; src=&#8221;http:\/\/grupo.us.es\/hac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3806e1_476b8035a3eb4454adcd92f249a9a2a5_mv2.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; show_bottom_space=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|||&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grupo.us.es\/hac\/en\/what-we-research\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 52pt;\">\u00ab<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HEALTHY ARCHITECTURE FOR AGEING POPULATION With our research comparing people in their sixties and seventies to people above the age of eighty, we aim to define and develop their maximum quality of life, taking into account the practical knowledge of their ways of life, needs and housing requirements.\u00a0People who maintain optimal functionality, that is, autonomy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1565,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=\"1\"][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"3.0.89\"][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"3.0.89\" background_layout=\"light\"]<\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ARQUITECTURA SALUDABLE Y<br \/> ENVEJECIMIENTO POBLACIONAL<\/strong><\/h3><p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\"3.0.89\" width_unit=\"off\" use_custom_gutter=\"on\" gutter_width=\"2\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\"][et_pb_image _builder_version=\"3.0.89\" src=\"http:\/\/grupo.us.es\/hac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3806e1_476b8035a3eb4454adcd92f249a9a2a5_mv2.jpg\" show_in_lightbox=\"off\" url_new_window=\"off\" use_overlay=\"off\" always_center_on_mobile=\"on\" force_fullwidth=\"on\" show_bottom_space=\"on\" align=\"right\" custom_padding=\"10px|||\" \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"3.0.89\" background_layout=\"light\"]<\/p><p class=\"font_8\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">El desarrollo de estudios e investigaciones comparativas entre la tercera y cuarta edad, con el prop\u00f3sito de definir y desarrollar su m\u00e1xima calidad de vida, influye en el conocimiento pr\u00e1ctico de sus formas de vida, necesidades y demandas habitacionales.\u00a0Las personas que mantienen una funcionalidad \u00f3ptima, es decir, autonom\u00eda e independencia personal tienen una mayor calidad de vida frente a situaciones de dependencia.\u00a0<strong>Proyectar adecuadamente el entorno y medio f\u00edsico destinado al envejecimiento de la poblaci\u00f3n<\/strong>\u00a0es fundamental para conseguir esos objetivos.<\/p><p class=\"font_8\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">La investigaci\u00f3n en esta l\u00ednea est\u00e1 centrada en tres aspectos: en primer lugar, en el estudio y desarrollo del\u00a0<strong>modelo salutog\u00e9nico;<\/strong>\u00a0en segundo lugar, en el\u00a0<strong>modelo de patrimonio en salud<\/strong>\u00a0y, por \u00faltimo, la realizaci\u00f3n de\u00a0<strong>mapas o etiquetados en el territorio de activos en salud<\/strong>. Desde este punto de vista, el\u00a0<strong>bienestar<\/strong>\u00a0es uno de los objetivos principales de la\u00a0<strong><em>Arquitectura Saludable<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0que se centra en dos elementos b\u00e1sicos: sentirse bien y funcionar correctamente. Por tanto, la arquitectura tiene la capacidad de influir sobre el modo en el que el ser humano se relaciona con el entorno, creando escenarios que favorezcan un modo de vida saludable.<\/p><p class=\"font_8\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">El bienestar est\u00e1 \u00edntimamente ligado a la forma en la que el organismo interact\u00faa con el medio; \u00e9ste produce sobre los cuerpos una serie est\u00edmulos que se manifiestan continuamente, de modo no consciente, pero que tienen un efecto acumulativo sobre el organismo. La luz, la temperatura, el sonido, la materialidad o capacidad para generar espacios de colectividad constituyen herramientas o material de proyecto para la <em><strong>Arquitectura Saludable<\/strong><\/em>. 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