在老年公寓的建筑设计中，有很多方面是与普通公寓不同的，也是需要完善和规范的，比如：在高级老年公寓中，各个功能空间的大小必须控制。因为老年人在生活中，虽然衣食无忧，可是在心理上容易产生孤独感，过大的空间容易使得老年人产生空荡荡的孤独感；同时使用空间也不能过小，因为老年人在生活中，行动是很不方便的，例如下蹲，下蹲后站立，弯腰，爬高等等。过小的空间会增加这种局促感，会使得老年人觉得很压抑，很不方便。
In the architectural design of senior apartment, there are many aspects that are different from ordinary apartment, but also need to be improved and standardized. For example, in senior senior senior apartment, the size of each functional space must be controlled. Because in life, although the elderly have no worries about food and clothing, they are easy to feel lonely psychologically. Too much space is easy to make the elderly feel empty and lonely. At the same time, the use of space should not be too small, because the elderly are very inconvenient in life, such as squatting, squatting, standing, bending, climbing and so on. Too small space will increase this sense of cramp, which will make the elderly feel very depressed and inconvenient.