| Title |
Study on the Spatial Characteristics forming 'Place Attachment' in Child Care Facilities - By Focusing the analysis of Senda Mitsuru's Child Care Facilities - |
| Authors |
Mun, Jae-Eun ; Lee, Kyung-Sun |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK_PD.2018.34.11.33 |
| Keywords |
Place ; Place Attachment ; Child Development ; Play Environment ; Child Care Facility |
| Abstract |
During the course of play, children gain special experience in a place where they can explore their surrounding environment and feel emotional stability. This experience of attachment to the place of play is very important in that play can serve as a measurement of the child's growth and development. Therefore, the environment surrounding the child should be understood as a meaningful place that affects a child's life beyond the place of play. The purpose of this study is to propose a spatial planning method where the formation of place attachment is considered in the design of child care facilities, as this is where preschool children spend much of their early formative years. The research methods are as follow: First, we surveyed the relationship between child development and place attachment through literature reviews and found that the factors that form place attachment were summarized as accessibility, complexity, segmentation and nature friendliness. Second, we examined the spatial characteristics of Mitsuru Senda, a Japanese architect who has been intensively studying children's play environments, as well as the characteristics of children's play proposed by his academic research. Finally, we analyzed the relationship between the spatial characteristics supporting play shown in Senda's work, and the four factors of place attachment formation and proposed a planning method for space design applicable to child care facilities. |