MUNISS – Inter-University Student Competition
The main goal of this project was to design particular arrangements to improve the quality of life of the older population of the city. Our project should mainly focus on the development of the accommodation for groups of seniors. It is also possible to extend the project and include other aspects of living in the city.
In our project we relied on the National action plan for the support of a positive ageing process from 2013-2017, whilst focusing on the elderly who find themselves in an economical or any other kind of social struggle; For instance, those who rent an apartment and are constantly dealing with high levels of stress due to the dependence of their lifestyle on rental fees. Therefore, they may be interested in finding alternative ways of accommodation. The main point of our project is not to separate seniors from other social groups, but on the contrary, try to integrate them. Hence, we referred to international experience of creating more living opportunities for elderly people. First of all, we based the project on the model of collective residence and co-housing. We took into account socio-demographic research and Brno city planning. The knowledge and the forecasts obtained from other countries had also a large weight in the elaboration of the solution we wish to suggest to the city of Brno and its senior citizens.
Students involved in the project:
Adéla Chroboczková, Mariia Solomatina, Dominika Vlčková, Daniel Kupsa, Nela Faltusová, Anna Václavová, Lenka Jobánková
