Updated Outline

Adapting Homes
EDDT 231 - Applied Research Outline

Project

How can an older home be adapted to be more handicap accessible and at what point does it become unfeasible?


Method

1. Defining the situations when it would be preferred to modify an existing house


2. Examine key areas that need modification for chosen case study house


3. Compare case house to researched adaption challenges


4. Discuss researched available solutions


5. Theoretically apply solutions to case house


6. Generalize findings for application purposes


7. Make recommendations for similar cases

Special Problems

1. At what point where modifying an existing home should be compromised for building a new house?


2. How do different handicaps change the modifications that need to be done?

Also

1. How can the principles of the American Fair Housing Act and Canadian FlexHousing be used to create better modification solutions?

Information Sources

Heylighen, A. (2008). Sustainable and inclusive design: a matter of knowledge?. Local Enviroment, 13(6), 531-540.

Imrie, R. (2004). Disability, Embodiment and the Meaning of the Home. Housing Studies, 19(5), 745-763

Renzi, J. (2008). Accessibility makes for a movable feast. Architectural Record, 196(7), 180-180.

Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation. (1999). FlexHousing: Homes that adapt to life’s changes. Ottawa.

Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation. (2000). FlexHousing: The professionals’s guide. Ottawa.

Alonso, Fernando. (2002). The benefits of building barrier-free: A contingent valuation of accessibility as an attribute of housing. European Journal of Housing Policy 2 , 1, 25-44.

Lansley, P., McCreadie, C., & Tinker, A. (2004). Can adapting the homes of older people and providing assistive technology pay its way?. Age and Ageing, 33, 571-576.

Friedman, A. (2002). The Adaptable House: Designing Homes for Change. McGraw-Hill Professional.