This week in interior design we learned about the housing life cycle. The housing life cycle determines stages in your life from infancy to old age, there are 4 stages. The definition of housing is a structure built for people to live in, there are many different types of housing but we all need the 5 physical needs and 5 psychological needs. The 5 physical needs are shelter, sleep, food prep, storage, and safety. The psychological needs are love, belonging, privacy, creativity, identity.
The life cycle has 4 stages of life are age young adult around the age of 22, when you are graduating college and starting your work career and your own life. The next stage of life is called young families this around the age of 33 and this is when you buy your first house usually and start your family or have young kids. After that comes the stage called launching this is around the age 42 this is when your kids may be leaving for college. The last stage is called empty nester this is aroung the age 75 when you will be wanting to downsize and maybe move into an assisted living. Your housing choices relates to life cycle because of three things, family style, budget, lifestyle.
This is the type of housing you would most likely live in at the age of 22. It would fit my personal needs the best because I plan on going to a 4 year college so at the age of 22 i would just be getting ready to graduate, i wouldn't be making a ton of money yet, so I would most likely share an apartment with some friends. It would be located near my school and depending on how many people you want to live with you can get a 2 bedroom 3 or even a 4 bedroom apartment. Living in apartments is very realistic at this age because you just have yourself to worry about
This house would be a house for young families around the age of 33. At this age I would hope to be married and have my first kid so I wouldn't need to much space yet. I would be moving from the inner city to out in the suburbs and the location would depend on where jobs are located. This house would be realistic because it is smaller and would be the perfect fit for a young growing family like I would have at this time.
At the age of 42 I would have needed and upgrade because the kids would be bigger and we would need more space, we would be making more money so we could afford a more expensive house than when we started. At this age I would love to live on any lake, and have a lot of space not have very close neighbors. I think this would be realistic because you would have older kids they would be having friends over you and your husband will be making more money so you can afford it
At the age of 75 I would see myself living somewhere up north on a lake. I would want to live up north so my kids and grandchildren would have somewhere to come visit on weekends and summer vacation. It is very realistic because my grandparents are around 70 and they live on the lake in a 5 bedroom house so I think it would be better than living in an assisted living.
I have learned about the housing needs for all ages and I hope I can have these types of houses when I am older!
