Innovative Design of Elderly-oriented Wardrobe Based on Inclusive Culture
SHU Quanfa1, XIONG Tingting2, QI Ruiwen2
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(1)College of Architecture and Art, Ningbo Polytechnic, Zhejiang Ningbo 315800, China; (2)College of Architecture and Design, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
In order to improve the general situation that the current wardrobe is difficult to meet the actual needs of the elderly and strengthen the barrier-free operation experience of elderly users, the work aims to propose an innovative design of elderly-oriented wardrobe based on inclusive culture to improve the inclusiveness of household storage products. Firstly, based on the literature research, the actual needs of the elderly were collected, and then the representative needs of the elderly users were screened and classified based on KJ method. Secondly, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to establish the hierarchy system of the needs of the elderly, and the standardized weight of the needs of the elderly users at all levels was calculated. Finally, the design strategies of elderly-oriented wardrobe were obtained and the practical cases were planned. The inclusive culture proposed in this study can effectively meet the actual needs of current elderly users, improve the inclusiveness of products for elderly users, and provide a theoretical and practical reference for the development of elderly-oriented storage products.