Retrofits for Vertical Aging

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2021–00–00

Increasing urbanization has given rise to the phenomena of vertical aging: seniors downsizing into apartment buildings, co-ops and condos not originally built for seniors.

Working together with our partners at UHN’s Open Lab, this report studies this trend from a spatial stand point to understand the architectural characteristics of these buildings and how we might modify them to adapt to their new users.

Cite: Humanics, & UHN OpenLab (2020). Vertical Aging: The Future of Aging in Place in Urban Canada, Social Spaces (No. 3). UHN OpenLab.

http://verticalaging.uhnopenlab.ca/wpcontent/uploads/2020/09/SocialSpaces_20-09-16.pdf

︎ Kathleen Fu
︎ Jonathan Enns
︎ UHN OpenLab

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