Tesis ini membahas mengenai sejauh mana ruang luar bermanfaat bagi peningkatan kualitas hidup lansia. Lansia yang telah mengalami penurunan fisik dan non-fisik tanpa disadari menjadi - terperangkap - di rumah mereka sendiri. Penurunan factor fisik disinyalir sebagai penyebab utama kaum lansia - terperangkap - di dalam rumah mereka. Padahal beraktivitas di luar ruangan tidak hanya baik bagi kesehatan lansia, tetapi juga bermanfaat untuk meningkatkan interaksi sosial. Diperlukan elemen-elemen desain dengan kriteria tertentu untuk mendukung lansia beraktivitas dengan aman dan nyaman meski di luar ruangan. Elemen-elemen desain yang dibutuhkan dan yang perlu dihindari keberadaannya. Namun, penataan ruang luar itu sendiri dirasakan belum cukup untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup lansia. Ruang luar berkaitan salah satunya dengan akses. Pencapaian lansia dari rumah menuju ruang luar juga menjadi sangat penting. Jika berbicara mengenai akses maka akan terkait dengan alat transportasi. Peningkatan kualitas hidup lansia, akan lebih tepat jika dikatakan sebagai penataan sebuah kota, dibandingkan hanya penataan sebuah ruang luar itu sendiri. Oleh karena itu, dibutuhkan kerjasama antara pihak berwenang yang mengelola ruang luar tersebut, alat transportasi publik, dan pemerintah yang mengatur penataan sebuah kota.

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The focus of this thesis is about how far outdoor environment give benefits for the elderly quality's life. Unconsiously, elderly that have been physically and nonphysically decreased their ability have become 'trapped' in their own home. Physical decrease has become the mayor cause of the elderly for being 'trapped' in their home. By doing activity in outdoor is not only making the elderly healthy but will also increase their social interaction with neighbours and friends. It requires the element design with specific criteria to support the elderly's activity to feel comfort and safe even in outdoor. Element design that is needed and needs to be avoided by its existence. But, the design of the outdoor environment itself was not enough to increase the elderly quality's life. One element of the outdoor environment was access. How the elderly would go from their home to the leisure facilities is also become an important thing. Talking about access then it would closely related to transportation. To increase the elderly quality's life would be more appropriate as a regulation of the city, compare to the regulation about the outdoor itself. That's why it requires the cooperation between the authority who run's the outdoor, the public transportation, and the government that regulates the city.