Pattern 40
Old People Everywhere
Context Identifiable Neighborhood14 · Life Cycle26 · Household Mix35
Problem
When older people are moved into separate homes and enclaves, they lose daily contact with the young — and the young grow up without the closeness to old age that belongs to every life.
Solution
Scatter housing for older people throughout the whole community, among the young, instead of concentrating it in separate homes, so that old and young stay woven together in everyday life.
Usage Old Age Cottage155 · The Family75 · Network of Learning18 · Children's Home86 · Settled Work156 · Vegetable Garden177