Journal of the Korea Furniture Society (한국가구학회지)
- Volume 23 Issue 4
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- Pages.342-354
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- 2012
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- 1226-3109(pISSN)
A Study on Furniture Layout Characteristics According to Space Control Behavior in Housing Area - Focused on Survey of Furniture Layout in Apartment -
주거공간의 공간조절행위에 따른 가구배치특성 연구 - 아파트의 가구배치 실태조사를 중심으로 -
- Cheon, Hye Sun (Department of Furniture Interior Design, Kyungmin College)
- 천혜선 (경민대학교 가구인테리어디자인과)
- Received : 2012.09.19
- Accepted : 2012.10.17
- Published : 2012.10.25
Abstract
This study aimed at acknowledging characteristics of space usage and suggesting orientation of space planning and furniture designing that meet various residents' demands correlating with residential area, furniture and family members by doing fact finding of volume of the furniture in medium/small sized apartment. The contents of the study are "experience of functional remodeling," "a number of bedrooms correlating with a number of family" and "furniture arrangement of each space and characteristics of space utilization" based on forty six cases. Followings are results of the study. 1) It was acknowledged that the function of space relating to family members largely depends on furniture arrangement correlating with age of children. It is needed that flexible planning of residential area to meets growing children and various family demands. 2) Functional remodeling requires furniture rearrangement attended with the remodeling. Thus, it is required that ideas in more simple and efficient furniture designing and consideration of construction environment embracing that ideas. 3) It can be acknowledged that the most demanding matter to enjoy satisfied and comfortable life in residential area is the matter of storage area. It is also understandable that the matter can be worse by time going by and the change of living pattern. Therefore, it is required that the consideration of enough storage area compatible with its function of the room and the planning of built-in furniture for storage.