The demographic aging and the evolution of lifestyles require new strategies to promote the well-being and active aging of elderly. Active aging depends on many factors: some of these are related to objective data such as physical environment, others are personal elements; it is important to improve environmental physical factors to encourage personal attitudes to the green spaces in use. To design a small sustainable restorative green space in Milan, Italy, restorative garden design criteria are summarized in the first section of the paper and both social and environmental sustainability are considered. The methodology section describes the co-design process and how it was applied to include dierent older user groups in the design of the area. In the results section authors apply a taxonomy based on the four properties of restorative settings according to the Attention Restoration Theory by Kaplan (compatibility, being away, extent, fascination): this provides a unified system to classify users’ expectations and to describe the final project. The proposed co-design process combines social and environmental sustainability, as it provides designers an insight about the user’s experience in nature. Such information can be fruitfully integrated with professional competences about comfort aspects and environmental protection in order to improve the whole design project.

Sustainable Co-Design with Older People: The case of a Public Restorative Garden in Milan (Italy) / N. Fumagalli, E. Fermani, G. Senes, M. Boffi, L.G. Pola, I. Paolo. - In: SUSTAINABILITY. - ISSN 2071-1050. - 12:8(2020 Apr 01). [10.3390/su12083166]

Sustainable Co-Design with Older People: The case of a Public Restorative Garden in Milan (Italy)

N. Fumagalli
Primo
;
E. Fermani
Secondo
;
G. Senes;M. Boffi;L.G. Pola
Penultimo
;
I. Paolo
Ultimo
2020

Abstract

The demographic aging and the evolution of lifestyles require new strategies to promote the well-being and active aging of elderly. Active aging depends on many factors: some of these are related to objective data such as physical environment, others are personal elements; it is important to improve environmental physical factors to encourage personal attitudes to the green spaces in use. To design a small sustainable restorative green space in Milan, Italy, restorative garden design criteria are summarized in the first section of the paper and both social and environmental sustainability are considered. The methodology section describes the co-design process and how it was applied to include dierent older user groups in the design of the area. In the results section authors apply a taxonomy based on the four properties of restorative settings according to the Attention Restoration Theory by Kaplan (compatibility, being away, extent, fascination): this provides a unified system to classify users’ expectations and to describe the final project. The proposed co-design process combines social and environmental sustainability, as it provides designers an insight about the user’s experience in nature. Such information can be fruitfully integrated with professional competences about comfort aspects and environmental protection in order to improve the whole design project.
urban green spaces; community garden; biophilia; landscape design; urban regeneration; attention restoration; focus group; elder; co-design
Settore M-PSI/05 - Psicologia Sociale
Settore AGR/10 - Costruzioni Rurali e Territorio Agroforestale
   Green Space for active living: older adults perspectives
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