Developing Smarter Homes for Elderly and Disabled People

Abstract

The Aim of this research is to propose guideline for the smart homes and highlight the needs of different types of disability or elderly requirements inside homes and what solution or application suit the case of the required person. The research also focuses on how architects should design homes that can suite elderly or disabled as all people will face elderly and some might have body disabilities in the recent future by following the international and locals building codes, by providing good design spaces, and by the help of smart technology and systems. Integration between design solutions and smart applications and systems was made to show what kind of design solution or smart applications suit each type of disability and elderly people.