Abstract
Korean society has been facing a low birth rate, and now it becomes a serious social problem. Main reason causing a low birth rate in Korea, is that many Korean parents have a hard time to find nannies or daycare centers to take care of their babies, while they are at work. Now that is the one of the urgent problem that Korean government and the town and the city government should find the solution for. In France, the birth rate and the rate of the female economic activities are much higher than any other countries. It is because of the French government has been paying so much attention on building the social systems for childcare and their education. The main parts of the childcare systems and the education systems are supporting the daycare center financially and organizing the proper management systems. This study is to analyze the how the buildings of the French daycare center has been planned in terms of the architectural types and the characteristics of their spaces. This study will be organized as listed below: 1) The study how the daycare centers have been organized in France, 2) Analyzing the characteristics of the daycare center buildings in terms of the special arrangement by surveying the examples chosen for this study, 3) Analyzing the different architectural types happening in the various city contexts. This study can be a backup material for the necessity for building more daycare centers. Also it can work as a reference of planning the better daycare centers for children under three and provide a standard for a Korean government.