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Deane Simpson

Young-Old

Urban Utopias of an Aging Society

Young-Old examines contemporary architectural and urban mutations that have emerged as a consequence of one of the key demographic transformations of our time: population aging. Distinguishing between different phases of old age, it identifies the group known as the “Young-Old” as a remarkable petri dish for experimental forms of subjectivity, collectivity, and environment. In investigating this field of latent urban and architectural novelty, Young-Old asserts both the escapist and emancipatory dimensions of these practices.

Young-Old examines contemporary architectural and urban mutations that have emerged as a consequence of one of the key demographic transformations of our time: population aging. Distinguishing between different phases of old age, it identifies the group known as the “Young-Old” as a remarkable petri dish for experimental forms of subjectivity, collectivity, and environment. In investigating this field of latent urban and architectural novelty, Young-Old asserts both the escapist and emancipatory dimensions of these practices.

Winner of the DAM Architectural Book Award 2015
Winner of the National Urban Design Book Award 2016

“this book is an important piece of research on architecture and urban design for the ageing welfare society.”
– Nordic Journal of Architecture

 

Author(s): Deane Simpson

Design: Studio Joost Grootens

17 × 24 cm, 6 ¾ × 9 ½ in

576 pages, 553 illustrations

hardback

2015, 978-3-03778-350-4, English
Urban Development
CHF 40.00
Out of print

Studio Joost Grootens: Young-Old from Studio Joost Grootens on Vimeo.

Deane Alan Simpson

Deane Simpson is an architect and professor of architecture, urbanism and planning at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen where he leads the masters program Urbanism and Societal Change. Educated at Columbia University and ETH Zürich, he has previously taught at the AA London, and the ETH; and previously practiced with Diller + Scofidio. His research addresses contemporary urban and architectural conditions, exploring themes such as: the spatial conditions aligned to the transformation of Nordic welfare systems; the urban implications of large-scale demographic transformation; social and environmental sustainability within urban and regional settings; and problems related to the securitization of public space. Drawing plays a central role in these explorations.Publications include: “Young-Old” (2015); “The City between Freedom and Security” (2017); “FormingWelfare” (2017); “Atlas of the Copenhagens” (2018) and “Architectures of Dismantling and Restructuring” (2022).