| Title |
A Study on the Behavior of Space Usage of Westerners' Housing in Korea |
| Authors |
Jang Sang-Ock ; Shin Kyung-Joo |
| Keywords |
planning Westerners' housing ; behavior of space usage ; entrance ; bathroom ; laundry |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to investigate the behavior of space usage for planning Westerners' housing in Korea. For this study, survey and depth-interview method were used for data collection. The questionnaires were distributed to 190 Westerners who currently reside in Seoul and Busan of Korea in October 2002 and March 2003. The number of respondents analyzed in the study was 76 in total. The depth-interview was conducted on 11(15%) of the respondents. The main items of the questionnaire asked about their behaviors and demand of the entrance, bathroom and laundry on housing in Korea. The major findings were as follows: 1) Most of the respondents took off their shoes at the entrance and store shoes in the shoe cabinet. Westerners followed the custom of taking off shoes inside the Korean houses. They appraised the good characteristics of Korean houses were the entrance and shoe closet. 2) In the bathroom, Westerners requested enough storage space and bathroom fixtures that meet their body size. Accordingly, these request should be considered. 3) The Westerners wanted clothing related work to be done in the laundry; therefore, this area should be large enough to place a washer, dryer, and ironing board. Also, our results can contribute to future study on the improvement of Korean houses and point to the good characteristics of Korean houses that may be pass down to the next generation. |