Young-Old: Urban Utopias of an Aging Society

by Deane Simpson

Young-Old examines contemporary architectural and urban mutations that have emerged as a consequence of one of the key demographic transformations of our time: aging populations. Distinguishing between different phases of old age, the book identifies the group known as the "young old" as a remarkable petri dish for experiments in subjectivity, collectivity, and environment. In investigating this field of latent urban and architectural novelty, Young-Old...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3037783508
• ISBN13: 9783037783504
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.7" x 9.4"