INTER GENERATIONAL
BY JOSIAH EBERT
People of all ages inhabit architectural designs. With the elderly and youth populations expanding at a high rate, spaces of overlap require exploration at a programmatic and spatial level. By developing these spaces from multiple age-based viewpoints, barriers to intergenerational exchange can be mitigated and exchange can be supported rather than impeded by the space it occurs within.
MACRO
Micro
LIGHT QUALITY
DECISION POINTS MACRO
Micro
Micro
SPATIAL NAVIGATION
MICRO
Macro
ENGAGEMENT GRADIENT MACRO
MICRO
Macro
SOUND QUALITY Macro
MICRO
INTERPERSONAL DISTANCE
“Intergenerational professionals……. facilitate intergenerational communication and cooperation, while ignoring the environmental context in which behavior occurs.” - Vanderbeck
FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
“Interpersonal relations are always located in a place.” - Mannion
MAIN ENTRY
NAVIGATION
THRESHOLD
ENGAGEMENT
CHILD PERSPECTIVE
SENIOR PERSPECTIVE
STAFF PERSPECTIVE
NAVIGATION
THRESHOLD
OUTDOOR
ENGAGEMENT
EAST ELEVATION
SOUTHWEST ELEVATION
TOGETHER IN SPACE