VII. CASE STUDIES IN SWITZERLAND

Evaluation to the situation of today

(介護施設 現状況への評価)

Today we have lot of care facilities deadens on your symptom and needs. These are very useful to adapt to the situation of elderly people. However do we miss something ? The case study will focus on the existing projects in Switzerland that will show a matter of the isolated and integration with the society. It is mean that those projects suggest a possibility of the design to have good contact with your family , friends and a chance to know new friends such as a society. Under the needs of the elderly people they are many types of care facility. Their good point is that you can choose a place for your care levels and perhaps you can live with your family or live in a place where has well equipment. But is there place which is integrated with whole this point of needs? For the future, we have to improve exiting project and next new project. The case study will analyze positive point and negative point that we could use as a knowledge for the project.

This case study will chose four kind of Assisted livings in Switzerland that are related a definitions of Avril. First one is Protected housing in Canton Vaud which is in the list of Protected housing of canton Vaud.The sound one is named Net Age where is located in suburb of Lausanne, Third case study is Adapted Housing where is located in close to the Lausanne station, the last one is the medicated housing in Basel. The last of case study, it will reach to the summary that will explain the character of the design aspect and the location of the projects. All of the pictures of case studies were taken by Kosuke Osawa. Using the explanation from the architect or the foundation of the care facilities. Moreover, we did some interview and visiting the site and entered into the project.