Age is just a number

By Andrea Dale Hareide

This diploma investigates how changing the way we design housing for the elderly can respond to the demographic shift, by proposing a shift from institutionalized, age-segregated housing to an age-inclusive and social way of living.

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Project type
Diploma project
Programme
Architecture
Year
2022

Supervisor:

Hanna Birkeland Bergh
Paul-Antoine Lucas

Through an architectural project focused on sharing and intergenerational relations, an alternative way of living for students in early adulthood with senior citizens in the later years after retirement is proposed. The goal is to enhance quality of life for two age groups particularly prone to loneliness in their current housing situations. By investigating different levels of sharing in an intergenerational housing community, the idea is to facilitate a social framework that can provide a safe, active, and lively everyday life for its residents.

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Contact

Andrea Dale Hardeide

Andrea Dale Hardeide / andrea@dalehareide.net

Published Dec. 12, 2022 8:20 PM - Last modified Mar. 20, 2025 5:21 PM