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Interlace: Designing An Inclusionary Architecture For Alzheimer's Sufferers, Alexander Fashinasi
Interlace: Designing An Inclusionary Architecture For Alzheimer's Sufferers, Alexander Fashinasi
Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year
This thesis intends to address the increasing challenges the Alzheimer’s disease poses for our growing American population. The research begins by looking at the brain as a combination of components which make up the individual. Following this, the research compiles information on the Alzheimer’s disease and its symptoms, followed by an analysis of the built environments effects on the condition.
Through analysis of precedent cases and the combined Alzheimer’s research, I chose to propose an experimental community in which those with Alzheimer’s can live a life with greater autonomy while simultaneously slowing the progression of the disease. I place this …