이강희(Lee, Kang-Hee) ; 류수훈(Ryu, Soo-Hoon)
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2024.40.7.71
After retirement, elderly people engage in various activities such as hobbies, social interactions, and community involvement to maintain their
living conditions. The number of elderly individuals is rapidly increasing, prompting the government to urgently provide related facilities and
welfare systems. Among these facilities, elderly welfare centers serve retired individuals by offering spaces for community and social
communication. However, local governments struggle with planning the appropriate building size and required functions for these centers.
Currently, most elderly welfare centers are created by remodeling existing buildings, leading to mismatches in required functions and building
sizes. Therefore, clear criteria are needed to determine building size and functions during the early planning stages. This study offers an
approximate scale for deciding building size and functional requirements, based on a survey of building synopses, functions, and usage in
elderly welfare centers across 22 local governments in Kyungbuk province. The results revealed that there is a proportional but low-slope
relationship between population size and center area, indicating that as the population increases rapidly, the center building area does not
grow correspondingly. The average unit area per 1,000 people for a center building is 29.4 ㎡, with a median value of 19.1 ㎡. For every
1,000 elderly people, the average unit area is 146.2 ㎡, with a median value of 97.6 ㎡. For administration, the unit area per 1,000 people is
approximately 7㎡for the general population and 30-50㎡for elderly people. For welfare services, the unit area per 1,000 people is about 3㎡
for the general population and 15㎡for elderly people. For physical recovery, the unit area per 1,000 people is approximately 0.7㎡for the
general population and 4㎡for elderly people. For social education, the unit area per 1,000 people is about 7㎡for the general population and
34㎡for elderly people. These results provide a basis for estimating the size and functional area of welfare centers during the early planning
stages.