고령 친화 공원 디자인 개발-인천 구월 근린공원 중심으로

Abstract

(Background and Purpose) Korea is at the cusp of becoming a super-aged society. The researchers have been studying the aging society and city design for three years. In the first year, we laid the groundwork for research and compiled key research findings. We developed an elderly friendly city design guideline in the second year and the guideline was applied to a park in 2018. The main goal of this research is to develop city design guidelines for the elderly city residents. Incheon’s Namdong-gu is already preparing for the aging era through conscientious city and public design. This researcher anticipates municipal development through design and construction at the target site, and the main goal of this research is to verify the effectiveness of our academic research through practical application. (Method) The core of the design process is the inclusion of users to verify the guidelines. The content of an expert-crafted survey was verified and adjusted through a user workshop. The researchers applied the guidelines for elderly friendly park design, again verified through user workshops, to sites recommended by local governments. (Results) The most inconvenient factor of public parks for the elderly is the safety issue arising from their walking speed. Elderly residents who use walking aids, canes, wheelchairs, or other means of assistance wish to walk separately from others. They also have special needs for walking in winter, including heightened sensitivity to changes in temperature. The elderly need park amenities that help protect their body temperature. Visual information systems can also be problematic for the elderly due to confusing content, excessive information, and the legibility of that information. Sentences must be simple and large, with easily noticeable colors. Facilities must be arranged for easy communication, and careful consideration must be made for the provision of shade near important facilities. Facilities must feature open spaces with high visibility and increased ease-of-access for safety and crime prevention purposes. Among the park facilities, the safety features of bathrooms, especially, are important. After three years of academic research, the researchers derived specific research results for information system design, park design, and urban design for elderly people. However, it is regrettable that all of these findings cannot be published here due to limitations of the paper.(Conclusions) A happy city with an elderly person does not just mean safe care in the building. We must support their culture to survive in outer space.