| Title |
A Study on The Barrier Free Dwelling Standards of Domestic and Foreign Countries - Focused on Kitchen, Toilet and Bathing Room - |
| Authors |
Lee Ho-Sung ; Choi Chan-Hwan ; Lee Teuk-Koo |
| Keywords |
Standards of Barrier Free Dwelling Aged Elderly Housing ; National Standards ; KS P 1509 |
| Abstract |
This is the following-up study of 'A Comparative Study on The Barrier Free Dwelling Guidelines of Domestic and Foreign countries. -Focused on Entrance, Bedroom and living room-' published in the Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture in February, 2010, and the scope of the study was limited to kitchens, baths and toilets. Regarding barrier-free dwellings, the national standards operated by Foreign Eight countries -the United States, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, and China, were investigated and compared. Also, they were analyzed on the basis of 'KS P 1509 (Principle and recommendation for designing dimension of dwelling in consideration of the elderly)', and the commonness and difference about national standards between foreign and domestic countries were clarified. Accordingly, when designing barrier-free dwellings, the characteristics and commonness of design guidelines between countries, and the degree of similarity to domestic standards could be known more specifically. Therefore, it is thought that this study will help to supplement and improve the Korean standards of barrier-free dwelling architecture. |