• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Interior Design Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.66-70
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• 2004

With its rapid modernization and the unparalleled rate at which its society is aging, South Korea faces the need for a dramatic increase in its supply of nursing homes. Among the spacial components of nursing homes, residential units are considered as an essential part because the older person in nursing homes usually spend most of their time in residential units and the nursing homes are mainly composed of various residential units. It is necessary, therefore, to prepare a guideline for the plan of residential units in order to design the healthy and efficient nursing homes. This paper has first identified the concept of residential unit and analyzed 55 cases in the 51 nursing homes from 4 countries. On the basis of this analysis, architectural prototypes of residential units have been proposed and the architectural characteristics of them have been compared analytically.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.39-49
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• 2004

With its rapid modernization and unparalleled speed of aging, South Korea faces the need for dramatic increase in its supply of nursing homes. Among the spacial components of nursing homes, residential units are considered as an essential part because the older person in nursing homes usually spend most of their time in residential units and the nursing homes are mainly composed of various residential units. It is necessary, therefore, to prepare a guideline for the plan of residential units in order to design the healthy and efficient nursing homes. This paper has first identified the concept of residential unit and analyzed 66 cases in the 62 nursing homes from 4 countries. And 4 nursing homes in Korea have been surveyed for the in-depth study. On the basis of this analysis, architectural prototypes of residential units have been proposed and the architectural characteristics of them have been compared analytically.

• Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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• no.34
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• pp.96-105
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• 2002

Elderly care services are health, mental health, social health, and residential services provided to temporarily or chronically disabled older persons over an extended period of time with a goal of enabling them to function as independently as possible. And elderly care facilities such as nursing homes are places in which elderly care services have to be delivered effectively. It is, therefore, desirable to compose the space of elderly care facilities to meet the mental and physical abilities of frail elder people. This study has proposed the hierarchical space organization of elderly care facilities with an aim to fulfill the goals of them. Frail older people in hierarchically designed homes are anticipated to use the inner and outer spaces of care facilities as independently as possible in accordance with their physical and mental abilities.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• no.37
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• pp.345-368
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to compare care unit cost among large institutions, small group homes and independent living homes for disabled people. For this purpose, our study adopted cost-analysis method widely being used in the field of accounting. By the analysis on per-person and per-year unit care cost comparison, care cost of large institutions is estimated 15,000 - 20,000 thousands won, small group homes 10,000 - 11,000 thousands won and independent living homes 4,025 thousands won. By this study, discourse of 'larger size means economic efficiency' which is widely supported by politicians and bureaucrats has no grounds in the practice of Korean residential care services. This study is suggesting two folds. Firstly, small and community based homes should be preferred in the future provision policy of residential care homes for disabled people. Secondly, government grants for small community based homes should be increased to the level of amount provided on large institutions.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.89-99
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• 2014

The aim of this study is to represent the residential population distribution in Seoul, Korea more precisely through the dasymetric mapping method. Dasymetric mapping can be defined as a mapping method to calculate details from truncated spatial distribution of main statistical data by using ancillary data which is spatial data related to the main data. In this research, there are two types of data used for dasymetric mapping: the population data (2010) based on a output area survey in Seoul as the main data and the building footprint data including register information as ancillary spatial data. Using the binary method, it extracts residential buildings as actual areas where residents do live in. After that, the regression method is used for calculating the weights on population density by considering the building types and their gross floor areas. Finally, it can be reproduced three-dimensional density of residential population and drew a detailed dasymetric map. As a result, this allows to extract a more realistic calculating model of population distribution and draw a more accurate map of population distribution in Seoul. Therefore, this study has an important meaning as a source which can be applied in various researches concerning regional population in the future.

• Archives of design research
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• v.18 no.4 s.62
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• pp.247-256
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• 2005

This study investigated the status of kitchen of units in elderly housing facilities and the housing needs of residents. Compared with a lot of comprehensive and alternative studies on elderly housing facilities until now, specialized studies of behavior of elderly housing life and detailed dimensional study have hardly made. Therefore we intend to examine the status of kitchen planning on representative elderly housing facilities in Korea. As the methods of this study, we executed a field study into 4 representative elderly housing facilities in Korea. We visited each 2 units out of the outstanding 4facilities and surveyed the total 8 kitchens. Then we analyzed the space planning and kitchen furniture design of them and the state of kitchen commodities, and measured the kitchen equipment. In addition, we executed interview about satisfaction, preference, use from the residents. As a result, we could find out that depending on whether residents were sewed with meal offered from the facilities or not, the pattern of usage and commodities were quite different. It is necessary to supply the simplest spaces just for preparing some refreshment and tea are suitable. And for the self-cooking residents, much larger cabinets and utility rooms are additionally needed. Safety and functional aspect were quite well designed. Washing machines are usually built-in the kitchen cabinets, and residents are satisfied with this arrangement. We hope that the supplementary study about old people habit and behavior will be a good data of kitchen planning for Korean-type elderly housing units of facilities.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.19-28
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• 2012

The purpose of this research is to suggest design direction about common space of small sized residential units for elderly housing in order to construct desirable residential environment. This research examines spatial composition and the residents' behaviors in three different types of residential units at intervals of five minutes from 9:00 a.m. to 19:00 p.m.; and analyzes the characteristics of spatial use. The following is the result. The using rate of common space is influenced by the atmosphere of residential units more than healthy condition of the elderly; furthermore, the frequency of usage is also increasing highly as mush as forming the lively atmosphere. In order to form the animated residential environment, it is necessary to provide to various activities, such as cooking, eating, watching TV, leisure, hobby, rest, etc; and the space must plan encouraging relationship with other people. Moreover, it is required to consider to each of personal characteristics ingeniously, and manage to programs extending their durability in common space of elderly housing.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.319-324
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• 2004

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.199-208
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• 2016

This paper proposes renovation guidelines for impaired persons' facilities in Chungcheongnam-Do by reviewing the conditions of the facilities based on the standard and deinstitutionalization trends in foreign facilities. The facilities were located far from the downtown of cities. Therefore, education and adaptation programs are necessary for these people to return to society. Recombining the rooms for a living room-oriented unit considering the structure system of the facilities allows good adaptation to home-based living conditions for impaired people. The area per person will be increases by renovations to a living room-oriented unit that makes upgrades to near foreign standards, such as The USA and The UK.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.1694-1697
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• 2010

지능형 빌딩 시스템은 빌딩을 운영하는 다양한 단위시스템 정보를 통합하여 빌딩 거주자에게 쾌적하고, 안전한 생활을 할 수 있도록 운영하는 시스템을 말한다. 하드웨어적인 방법은 단위시스템에 비례하게 비용이 증가하는 단점이 있다. 소프트웨어적인 방법은 하나의 서버에서 정보를 수집하기 때문에 단위시스템에 통신량 증가로 인한 오류가 발생하면 전체 시스템에 영향을 미치는 단점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 소프트웨어적인 방법의 단점을 개선하기 위해서 부하 및 오류를 격리화할 수 있는 가상화를 이용하여 통합 관리 시스템과 인터페이스 관리 시스템으로 운영한다. 시스템의 구조는 통합 관리 모듈, 가상 관리 모듈, 구성 관리 모듈, 그리고 단위시스템 관리 모듈로 분리되며 제안 시스템을 사용함으로써 인터페이스 관리 시스템에서 발생하는 오류 및 부하로 인한 전체 시스템 오류를 축소시킬 수 있다.