| Title |
A Study on the Relationship between the Activities of Children and Spaces in the Orphanage |
| Keywords |
Orphanage ; Cottage ; Activity ; Residence Type |
| Abstract |
Children of three-to-eighteen-years-old have been brought up in the institution (Orphanage) for several reasons such as family dissolution, divorce and poverty since the Korean War of 1950. The Cottage, where these children are housed and brought up has dining room, library and bedrooms, plays as a significant social interaction place as well as study. Psychological aspects of children are being observed distracted and differentiated to some degree according to the sizes of bedroom floor spaces ranging from 2.3 square meters to 9.0 square meters per child. Since the most facilities were built during the 1950-1960s period, most of the cottages are now in the condition of being rebuilt or remodelled. This study was conducted to obtain some basic data necessary for design of spaces in the orphanages by examining the relations between the activities of children and residence types.
Results of this study are summarized as follows; 1) The residence types of orphanage are divided into three; Type A(with a one- room dwelling unit and with a bathroom, a kitchen, a dinning room, etc. shared), Type B(with sleeping rooms, a living room, and a bath room forming dwelling unit and with a kitchen, a dinning room, etc. shared) and Type C(with sleeping rooms, a living room, a bath room, a kitchen and a dinning room forming a dwelling unit). Type A accounts for 47.4%. Type B and Type C are observed to account for 45.6% and 7.0% respectively. 2) For Type A, it was revealed that four to ten children live together in a room of 12.9～23.1㎡. (Average 2.1㎡ per child for Type A was offered, though 3.1㎡ and 4.8㎡ were offered for Type B and Type C respectively. This shows that Type A is in a much poorer condition than Type B and Type C.) It is required to review this result taking health environment and living effect into consideration. 3) In Type A and Type B, all children in each orphanage have a meal together in a dining room detached from dwelling space. Therefore, it will be necessary to reorganize dining spaces into a variety of units depending on age or living groups. 4) Because living space and studying space are mixed, it will be necessary to provide another studying space separated from living space. And then it will be also necessary to provide a space for play or rest between the two spaces. |