Abstract
The purpose of this study is to define the characteristics of multi-family housing layout in Cheongiu city. The layout were classified into three types: parallel, courtyard and mixed. Of 43 housing estates constructed in the 1980's, the parallel types consist of 34 housing estates, representing 79%, the mixed types 8 housing estates (17%) and the courtyard types 1 housing estate (2%). The dominant form of housing layout during that period was the parallel type, followed by the mixed type. Of the 47 housing estates of the 1997s, the parallel types are 20 (43%), the courtyard 17 housing estates (36%) and the mixed 10 housing estates (21%). Of all of the 90 housing estates, the parallel layout takes 60%, followed by the courtyard type and the mixed type of 20%, respectively. The survey results indicate that the parallel layout is the most dominant form of the multi-family housing built in the last two decades in Cheongju. However, from the middle of the 1990's, there has been a steady increase in courtyard layout and there have been various types of mixed layout. It is claimed that the adoption of various form of housing layout reflects occupants'demand of more outdoor space leer community needs.