Urban DevelopmentFlexi, Julia and Greta

Entire inhabitant: 1.808.48965+ : 332212

Household with children: 17185518 and younger: 274863

Hamburg

Age-Based Living Considering the living needs and

living conditions of the relevant age group in society

Aged-Based Living

self-determined

living

aged-based facilities

Requirements: age, ability to care for themselves, habits, vocational responsibilities

Age groups• Young Adults (Singles, students,

youth-commune)• Families• Household of the elderly

Young Adults

Young Adults• Live in simple conditions (‚the

cheaper the better‘)• Either they live alone or in

residential communities/commune• Lots of sparetime activitys• Good traffic connection

Youth commune• In assisted living communitys a

family-like daily routine dominates -> work sharing• Educaters are taking care of

school, health and contact with parents and friends

Families

Families• Families get in contact with other families - familiar and loving social environment• Enlarged infrastructure - expectations: good shooping facilities,

schools, kindergarten or playgrounds• Cheap habitation - quiet and safe location

Elderly

Elderly• Want flats that are age-based estabished (f.i. inivation is

provided)• Care inivation is provided• ‚self-determined living‘• Freedom is important• Old people want to live in their old surroundings till death• Preferred: their familiar flat matched the service offenders• Suburban flat with good cultural and leisure activities• Service offenders to ease the daily life• Neighborhood activities are unimportant• Exception: ‚younger‘ elders can/want live in commune

Problem: age-sets drifting apartSolution: cross-generational living

• Age-sets are stick with one‘s kind (the elderly, families and the youth)

• Sociologists found out that generational overlaping living is the solution

• Generational overloping living promotes communal life

• Is a modern, alternative form of living as age and health precaution

Sourceshttp://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/regional/regional.phphttp://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/38760/data/dokumentation-der-fachtagung-wohnen-im-alter-2007-11-26.pdf