Age-friendly city design criteria centers of social interaction with the concepts of space and culture approach to mental health

Attention to the role of the elderly in the urban planning and architecture on the one hand and the realization of the age-friendly cities, the main priorities in the process of planning and architecture. Evolutionary social context and changes in age structure of the population changes in the aging urban population, also focuses on this. Meanwhile, addressing the issue of "mental health" of the main psychological needs of the elderly in this study, with an emphasis on mental health theories and theories of urban design and architecture is done. Tries to measures designed to increase the space in the old centers of social interaction social interaction is discussed. The theoretical basis of this study, based on the idea of "y Gasset" and "field theory of Kurt Lewin was". The method of "descriptive" in the theoretical literature and research methods "meta-analysis" in discussions with the Data theories and studies, including the library and documentary benefited. At the end of several strategies in order to achieve the first stage of age-friendly cities and recommendations on measures designed to improve the mental health of the elderly in the second stage agreement has been mentioned.