Authors Lim, Yea-Ji ; Lee, Yeun-Sook
DOI https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK_PD.2019.35.9.77
Page pp.77-88
ISSN 1226-9093
Keywords Child; Families with children; Communal housing; Pattern language
Abstract This study started with the aim of creating a parenting environment for raising children as a solution to the problem of low fertility. Communal housing is a type of housing where professional childcare environment and lives of family with children can be achieved in community space. It is an environment that supports the development of the child and life of family. However, there is no guidance system for planning such an environment. Therefore, this study aims to develop a pattern language for communal housing of families with children. The research method comes in two steps. First, the documents that provided pattern language and design guidelines about the environment of child and families with children were analyzed. Second, experts specialized in child education, women and family, environmental design were interviewed. As a result of analysis of characteristics of derived pattern language, convenience, safe·feeling, comfortability in residential unit, movement, safe·feeling, convenience in intermediate space convenience, safe·feeling, control in community space were high. The pattern language of this study grafted the items that have proven to be important over a long period of time and the environmental design concepts for families with children in the community space. So it enabled differentiation from existing pattern language or design guidelines.