A Study on the Current Trends of Cyber Apartment for Vitalizing Communities

커뮤니티 활성화를 위한 사이버 아파트 구축 현황에 관한 연구

Fast economic growth resulted in fast industrialization and metropolitanization. At that time, housing was supplied in large quantity, and the apartment became a dominant type of housing in Korea It is partly due to the high population density. But, large quantity supply of apartments caused a lot of problems. One of the biggest problems is decomposition of traditional communities. As interest about quality of life grows since the 90's, the recovery of communities is getting an import assignment that should be solved. Architects investigate ways of arrangement and community facilities planning. off-line Communities might be substituted by or supported with cyber communities through the use of IT technology. The construction of cyber apartment is getting popular by the governmental incentive in 1999. At first, the infrastructure has been constructed, and then the current emphasis in on forming the information community to provide various service.