THIẾT KẾ NHÀ CHO GIA ĐÌNH NHIỀU THẾ HỆ (AN TOÀN CHO NGƯỜI GIÀ VÀ TRẺ NHỎ

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Functional Design series. Today, we have another topic that many Vietnamese families will definitely encounter, which is design for many generations of families. And continue to accompany this series is the appearance of Mr. Trang Nhi Ha, Ryan. Thank you for continuing with the series. And today we will share with you a topic that both the British and the Ha family must have noticed in the design section, that is, we will have the appearance of the elderly, as well as the young people, and there will be a difference compared to normal apartments. According to Mr. Ha, what does a family of many generations need to pay attention to the most in design? I think the most important issue in a family with 3 to 4 generations living in the same house, the most important issue is the connection of everyone. Because sometimes the living time of all members is different, but there are times when the members have to sit together or gather together. Those areas are mostly shared spaces, people often sit together. For example, the kitchen and dining room are the areas where they live together with everyone. These areas, I think, are the most important areas that will make everyone feel closer to each other, and maybe in a period when they have rarely met each other, but can still share more, they will take advantage of this time to open up and connect with each other more. Especially the shared spaces, such as the playgrounds, for example, and the green trees, for example, the grandparents and grandchildren are definitely in the same tree. I think both generations really like such spaces. But there is a very important question, that is, the lifestyle will be different, which leads to each living space designed for each object to have its own personality. I have a small note, that is, we are seeing that the elderly will have the habit of going to bed early, while the young may be more active, and may go to school later. So if these two aspects of life are not well-designed in a family, it will often affect each other, even affect the health and sleep of the elderly. So, usually, for an apartment or a very small house, we can be flexible in terms of walls and ceilings, we can add the element of privacy, or the grandparents' bedroom is far away from the children's room, so it will ensure that there is no conflict with each other. In addition to the element of connecting the common areas so that everyone can meet each other, I think there is an important element that I usually see in the design of the common area, that is, there will be a kitchen and a dining room that can be connected to each other. That point will also help, for example, the parents can cook food, so that the children and the grandparents can sit down and play with each other. You can interact. You can interact, you can talk to each other. That is also a very important element. And the second issue, I think, I agree with you, the issue is the privacy of each member of the family because the time of expression, the living time of the objects will be different. Especially for the elderly, they will be very sensitive to sound, especially in the evening. In addition to the important elements, the common living element to create a common space, then the privacy element to ensure that the privacy for the elderly and children is distinguished, there is another element that is extremely important when we design for the elderly or third-generation households, that is, safety. Safety will be important for both the elderly and children. Do you have any ideas about this safety element? I think the safety element is an extremely important element, because for myself, for example, my family, the safety element is when families do not pay attention to the issue of space between the living room and the bedroom, for the toilet, the toilet area will usually be lower than 1-2 cm to prevent water from spilling out. It is usually like that, but this is very dangerous for families with elderly or children, it will lead to the fact that sometimes the elderly are blind or do not pay attention to the road, they slip or fall into such areas, it is very dangerous. We need to pay attention to the issue of space, limit the space or do something to keep it. The first point is that the problem is that the space will make the ratio of people, according to Vietnamese statistics, the ratio of people above 65 years of age, people from 65 years of age to fall due to the problem of falling, the ratio is only about 30-40% of the accidents that happen to the elderly, or for people above 80 years of age, more than 50% of them fall and the bones of the elderly will be broken, it is easy to break bones, break limbs, it is very dangerous. These points are usually fun for families when designing. Actually, that is the first thing to pay attention to, because it is extremely difficult for the elderly to fall, children can still fall quickly, but the elderly find it very difficult. In fact, it is the same with the floor, usually when we finish cleaning the house, the floor is very easy to slip and fall, so we choose the type of brick against slipping or wooden floor, choose the type that has a flat surface to ensure that it does not cause slipping for the elderly and children, children often play tricks, so the floor is also very important. But not only slipping, but also the noise, because there are wooden floors, due to the length of the floor, there will be a sound, for example, sometimes to lock in the room of the elderly, the sound may also affect the elderly, because they are very difficult to sleep, so that point is also very important. I heard about the night, I heard a lot of people, sometimes I can't sleep. Ok, about the design, the interior items, I also have some suggestions like this, usually the corner tables, I often make a small square corner, but it is for adults, for the elderly and children, just one fall can be very dangerous, so we should be flexible, make those corners to be curved, smooth, the sides are also softer, a little round curve makes us feel more comfortable and safer when using it. Then there are also decorative items, we have to limit items such as mirrors, when we don't have any definition on the wall or on the pillar, sometimes it is very dangerous, very easy to fall, especially children often play tricks, then decorative items such as chisels, need to be completely removed 100%, all of them are very dangerous. And I think that in the children's room, especially children under 2 years old, children are used to picking up small things, swallowing them into the throat, and easily get choked or have stomach ulcers, in many cases of stomach ulcers like that, we should throw away small things, or throw away all small things that can be easily swallowed, can be held, can be swallowed, and can be swallowed in the stomach, it is dangerous. Yes, because many houses also use things like mangoes, decorations, there are many, so it can be very dangerous. Especially the branches, we often put mangoes in to decorate, so we can notice that we can throw away all those mangoes to make it safe. And I would like to add a few more ideas, for example, our house, the street house, will have stairs, the stairs need to have a solid foundation so that the children can easily go up, and if the house has conditions, we can use a ladder, when there are 2 floors, up to 3 floors, for example. Even, for example, in my house, there is an elderly person, the elderly people are up to 80-90 years old, the house also has to attach a ladder, up to 1 floor, but also have to attach it, so the elderly can't go up on the stairs, or in the case that the elderly like to stay high, airy and less noisy, sometimes there are also sick people, elderly people in our house, who are really sick, sometimes have to use the stairs to move. Yes, that's right, sometimes they can't go up on their own. Now the stairs, there are some modern stairs, it is designed in the form of a flying staircase, the steps are separated by a gap like this, when they breathe out, the gap causes the feeling of falling, or the children step on it, fall into it, it is also very dangerous, so we can pay attention to limit the use of these types, no matter how beautiful it is, it is not suitable for children's age. In apartment buildings, as we know recently, there are many cases related to children, including the balcony, it is extremely important to pay attention to the height of the balcony, leading to the gap between the ceilings of the balcony, it must ensure that the children cannot climb over, and cannot pass through, that is very dangerous. As for the material of the interior furniture, how do we use friendly materials, for the surface, when, for example, children are sensitive, touching it must be safe, I can suggest that you can use ecological paints, this type of paint can really be assured, because it meets the standard of export to Europe, so this type of paint we can pay attention to, especially for children, because it does not affect the skin of the children. 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