Semester 2 2017 Studio 9
Design for Ageing:
Retirement Apartment Development in Clayton South
Hing-wah Chau
Studio Outline:
The 2016 census reveals an ageing Australia. Older adults aged 65 now represent 16% of the overall population and will project to be 25% in 2042. To address the need of the ageing population, this studio will use the retirement apartment development in Clayton South as the site for investigation. Through the engagement with the developer, Cedar Woods, retirement living design specialists and practising architects, students are required to explore the potential of the site, carry out site analysis, prepare group master plans, examine building typologies, undertake sustainability studies, which lead to their individual final design presentations. Postgraduate students studying the subject ‘Innovations in Property” will be involved in this studio for design brief development, financial feasibility and marketability analysis.
Research Themes: age-friendly living environment, building typologies for seniors living, sustainability, health and well-being.
Studio Leaders
DR. HING-WAH CHAU is the Melbourne Early Career Academic Fellow in Architectural Design and the Senior Tutor of Masters Design Studios at the University of Melbourne. He has been teaching architectural design at the University of Melbourne since 2011. He has more than ten years of professional practice in Hong Kong as a registered architect, working in an interdisciplinary working environment and involving in different types of projects, ranging from small public structures, public housing to large infrastructural development.
Learning Outcomes:
- Design for an age-friendly independent living environment
- Innovative building typologies of affordable retirement apartments for seniors living
- Sustainable master plan and architectural design for health and well-being
Field Trip
DATE: Week 1
ST1/09 Monday 6:15pm - 3:15pm, MSD Room 238
ST2/09 Thursday 3:15am - 6:15pm, MSD Room 238
