支援舊市中心區高齡者在地生活發展之空間供給研究 –以台南市中西區銀同社區為例

Study on the Development of Local Living Space Supplied for the Elderly in the Old City Central Area –A Cast Study of Yin-Tong Community in Tainan City, Taiwan

回顧台南市舊城區域的公共空間發展，從清領時期的廟埕廣場至日治市區改正後開始出現行政機關、綠園等現代設施，一直沿用至今。面對舊市區人口組成高齡化變遷，檢視過去設置的大型公共空間，多數集中分布且高齡者步行可及不易。然而，考量老人身體行動能力衰退及貼近自家周邊活動的需求，社區內可用空間的掌握，反成為日常使用上重要的第一線。本研究嘗試從參與式環境規劃的角度，以舊城區內「銀同社區」為研究對象，藉由四年間駐地工作，陪伴社區組織媒合居民、店家及學校建構協力平台，推動多元的社區公共活動及媒合街廓內部各種可用空間釋出，醞釀適合巷弄居住特質的空間供給機制，支援高齡者外出公共參與。同時，亦能在保有舊街廓紋理脈絡的前提下，成為易於高齡者行動可及、小規模、分散式的據點。期望藉此研究提出能因應舊市中心區社區老人公共生活空間發展困境，並發展在地豐富多樣的生活內涵，回應在地老化的需求。

 

Reviewing the development of the public facilities policy in the Tainan city, the guide plan “City Renovation Plan” made by the Japanese colonial period has been applied for more than half century until now. Most public facilities are not aging-friendly because they were set in the surroundings of the administration buildings and become old and inaccessible now. Considered the declined mobility of the elderly people so that they are used to acting nearby their house, we find that the solution might be the usable open space in the community which is around users. In the viewpoint of the participative environmental planning, we have practiced in the “Yin-Tong community” for more than 4 years by establishing the relationship with the leader; the residents; the merchants in the community and by holding events for different purposes to reuse the abandoned places. As a result, this study found the operating mechanism and the ways to develop the accessible places for the elderly by reusing the abandoned open space in the community. Furthermore, the reusing also supplies aging in place and preserves the urban historical context instead of reconstructing the new facilities.