Diseño de un centro día para el adulto mayor en el municipio de Floridablanca

Abstract

The design of a Centro día for elderly people seeks to solve the problem presented over the last years, social and architectural difficulties. In this way, this proposal is trying to find a relief for these users throughout architectural spaces suitable for their needs that also contribute to the development of the society in general and improve the life quality of those people. This project was planned to give elderly people opportunities for aging with autonomy, independence and dignity.The design of the current project is structured from an inner courtyard which plays an important role in the configuration of the whole building, it is consider the central axis and from there the rest of the spaces were created and organized. The strategy and all efforts were made based on the ventilation and natural lighting of the building. The project was partially developed from two theoretical references: The principles of Mies Van Der Rohe taking as reference the visual and spatial continuity (transparency), dynamic spaces (Flexibility) and the esthetic of the materials. All of this together with the organized system of court generate free, open and semi-open spaces based on the needs demanded by older adults.