The aging of the population becomes an important issue for the socio-economic development in various countries and regions in the world, and China makes an active response to this problem in the level of the national strategy. This paper reviews the problems of the aging of the population in China and the development trend of the urban elderly care building design, along with the design experience and the main methods of the urban elderly care buildings in typical foreign countries, in response to the new requirements of the active aging with respect to the design of the urban elderly care buildings in China, based on the concept of the green buildings. The design strategy of the urban elderly care buildings is proposed from the aspects of optimizing the layout of the green space, and adopting the green technology and the green smart operation.

green building  /  urban elderly care building  /  design strategy  /  active aging