Incorporating designers’ ideas in developing a collaborative prototype for supporting age-friendly kitchen co-design in Chinese gated communities

Chen, Yijun, Gao, Aohan, Wulff, Federico ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7469-1954 and Clark, Sam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-5162 2025. Incorporating designers’ ideas in developing a collaborative prototype for supporting age-friendly kitchen co-design in Chinese gated communities. The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design 28 (5) , pp. 1060-1082. 10.1080/14606925.2025.2535849

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Abstract

China has prioritized Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) to support ageing in place. Gated communities, a primary housing type of HCBS, are where many urban Chinese older adults will spend their later years. This study examines home kitchens in gated communities and advocates for a collaborative design prototype for all participants in co-design to enhance older adults’ well-being. Design ideas were gathered from interviews with 100 Chinese architectural and interior designers specialising in residential spaces, leading to the development of Evaluation Indicators (EIs) and Design Knowledge by literature review. Building on EIs and Design Knowledge, a 3D interactive model allows designers, community committees, authorities, contractors, and older adults to interact in the kitchen co-design process, enabling intuitive feedback and iterative improvement of EIs and Design Knowledge. As the first phase in a series of studies, this prototype will undergo further validation in real-world co-design settings.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Architecture Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	1460-6925
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	12 August 2025
Date of Acceptance:	14 July 2025
Last Modified:	27 Nov 2025 15:34
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180387

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