| Title |
Housing Culture for the Design of Water-Using Areas in regard to Cooking, Washing, and Bathing |
| Authors |
Cho. Sung-Heui ; Park. Soo-Been |
| Keywords |
Housing Culture ; Space Usage Behavior ; Water Usage ; Principle of Space Organization |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this research is to find cultural design principles through the meaning and use of housing in regard to cooking, washing, and bathing. A historical and behavioral study was performed to link the past and the present. The meaning and use of places for cooking, washing, and bathing were grasped by literature review. In order to figure out principles of space organization for those activities, a questionnaire survey was carried out. The main findings are as follows. (1) The kitchen, as a major place for cooking, becomes a center of dwelling space by facing to the livingroom. (2) In the past, washing the clothing was carried out outside of a house because it was considered dirty. After modernization, it was not easy to place a laundry in a house. Today in apartments design of spaces for house chores related to laundry needs to be developed according to meaning and use of those spaces. (3) Traditionally, bathing was considered to be clean. At present, the bathroom becomes a space not only for bathing but also for taking a rest. (4) Principles of space organization related to water usage in housing were identified in the classes of dirty/clean, and of edible/not edible. |