• Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.103-110
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• 2012

Interior Coordination is the activity of making characteristic living space by planning and harmonizing various interior elements. In modern society, the taste and needs of the residents are getting varied and segmented, and the role of interior coordination is getting more important because that reflects cultural codes and trends and satisfies residents' needs. This study aims to investigate awareness and needs about interior coordination targeting apartment residents, and to provide fundamental data that could attribute to the planning of unique and diverse residential spaces. Methods of study include the literature research and the empirical study. Elements of interior coordination were extracted through the literature review, and the questionnaire was developed using these elements. And then a survey was carried out targeting apartment residents of Busan. The result shows that most of the residents were much interested in interior coordination, and they recognized it's importance. They wanted to plan and select the elements by themselves, but were passive in actual execution because of the difficulties in execution methods and economical conditions. There were certain differences between the styles of their own houses and the preferred styles, but they did not try actively to reconcile the differences. Therefore, various methods of interior coordination should be developed and proposed which are easy and effective for actual execution, and various media should be provided by which residents could easily get informations on design elements. Also, the concept and method of interior coordination should be considered from the very first stage of residential planning, and the replacement and modification of interior coordination could be easily done according to the change of life cycle and life styles.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.75-88
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• 1998

This study designed to explore the patterns of housing life-styles and the characteristics of apartment housing residents and to examine the relationships between housing life-styles and the characteristics of apartment-housing residents. The data for this study was collected by questionnaires administered to 278 homemakers living in apartment housing over 20s pyong(66$m^2$) in the Kwangju area. The major findings of this study can be summarized as follows; 1. Housing life-styles were grouped into 9 sub-categories : the Anbang-centered, the dining-centered, the pursuit of conspicuosness and conformity, orientation to change, the pursuit of orderliness, the pursuit of decoration, orientation to community, pursuit of individuality and the orientation to a natural environment. 2. Housing life-styles were significantly different according to age, educational background, and employment status of homemakers, occupation of the primary income provider, family-life cycle stage, total household income, and housing size. (Korean J Human Ecology 1(2):75~88. 1998)

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.279-289
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• 1995

The purpose of this research was to analyze the residential environment of the middle aged apartment-residents in seoul as a part of collaborative study on family life issues of them. the sampling area was divided tin to kangnam and Kangbuk according to the residential location and upper middle group and lower middle group according to the size of the apartment unit. The data were collected from 307 fulltime housewives with at least one child in a junior or senior high school. Housing circumstance was generally adequate to the middle aged apartment-residents in seoul. the findings supported the family housing adjustment theory well. however, the results showed that the housing policies should reflect to the various housing demands on the structure type, size, and tenure of dwelling, unaffordability of low income renters, and stabilizing the housing price as well as expanding the housing mortgages for the middle aged to prepare for one's own aging.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.11-21
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to investigate the variables related to the propensity of the residential mobility among the Rental Apartment Residents in Gwangju. A total of 303 housewives living in the rental apartment in Gwangju completed a structured questionnaire during Aug. 19-30, 2000. The major findings were as follows. 1. The Rental Apartment Residents were more likely to move rather that to stay. 2. The level of the general housing satisfaction was not high(2.92). 3. The significant variables that influenced on the propensity of the residential mobility were size of the house, satisfaction of the management services, duration of the residence, age of the housewives and general housing satisfaction. In future research, the variables related the housing satisfaction have to be sought respectively and the index of the housing satisfaction and the propensity of the residential mobility have to be made.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.115-124
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• 2000

The purpose of this research is to examine residents' needs for shared community spaces and to explore the relationships between these needs and characteristics of consumers such as age and employment status of the homemakers, family life cycle stage, occupation of the primary income provider, housing size, and homeownership. Statistical data were compiled to determine frequencies and percentage distributions, and subjected to General Linear Model and Duncan-test analysis.Most residents wanted to utilize the basements of their complexes for storage space. Further interest was shown for shared community spaces that would be run by residents themselves, such as vegetable gardens, indoor playgrounds for children, senior citizen's activity rooms, walking paths, study rooms, and lounges. Female residents under 45 years old were likely to express needs for storage spaces for bicycle, and multipurpose rooms for meetings and family events. Female residents with jobs were more likely to desire shared community spaces than full-time females residents were. These findings imply the need for consideration of diverse plans rather than uniform ones. This results can be usefully applied to develop new apartment housing for different social class residents.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.21-30
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• 2002

Considering the present development situation of domestic apartment complexes, the development of environment-friendly apartment complexes is very important issue in Korea. At this point of time, it is very meaningful to understand the domestic development trend and the actual condition of environment-friendly apartment complexes and examine various problems about this and the possibilities fer development. Thus the purpose of this study is to accumulate basic data to establish planning direction and pertinent planning factors or the environment-friendly apartment complex for sustainable development. It is believed that the role of the related aspects such as administration, construction companies, designers and residents must be redefined in order to manage such problem. Planning factors for environment-friendly apartment complex should be developed systematically and more fit to the natural environment and residents in the aspect of district and community.

• Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.305-310
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• 2008

In Korea, a movement for founding space for women has been popular to improve the individualistic living environment. However, Consideration for male is laking in housing space. The purpose of this study is to: 1) analyze living status, using behavior of housing space, and actual state and need for male space, 2) plan apartment unit focused on specialized features for male residents. The study collected data from 108 men who were 30 years and older. The result of the study show that men were in need of consideration for a life of leisure, homeworking and household chores in dwelling space. Besides, most male residents didn't have their space even though they wanted it.

• Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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• 1992.11a
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• pp.63-72
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• 1992

The main purpose of this study is to contribute to the plan of apartments suitable for desired of residents in apartment in the future, by examning both their satisfaction with the present LDM\K(Living, Dining rooms and Kitchen) space and preference for LDK in the future with homemarkers residing in apartments. The concrete purpose of this study is (1) to examine the condition of apartments actually used by these residents, (2) to analyes their satisfaction with the function of LDK space and factors effect on their satisfaction to areas, (3) to examine the pattern of LDK space desird by the residents in apartment and factors having an effect on the pattern by areas.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.45-54
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• 1993

The purpose of this research Is to suggest the main cause related to the apartment residents satisfaction on the interior landscape, especially, the difference of the interest degrees in the interior landscape according to the existence of the constructed interior landscape space, the interior landscape place, and the present condition of the interior landscape, and find out there lationship among them. As a result, the necessary data far the desirable derection of the apartment interior landscape will be presented. Generally, it appeared that the residents had much interests in interior it interior landscape but a poor knowledge and little experience, and that the amount invested was insufficient. There was much discontentment among the residents with the whole interior landscape. The residents didn;s expert much effect of the constructed interior landscape because there was little difference in the general matters according to the existence of the constructed interior landscape, the interest degrees in the interior landscape, the interior landscape place, and the present condition of the interior landscape.

• Journal of The Korean Digital Architecture Interior Association
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.31-37
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• 2008

Community facilities in apartment complex have been developed through construction companies' needs for housing development and differentiation combined with a intense marketing competition among housing construction companies. But, It is the fact that the construction companies have planned the community facilities without considering on residents' needs for housing environmental amenity and preference. Therefore, this study investigated the space composition and the present usage of community facilities and surveyed to get concrete information regarding the residents' satisfaction with the proposed community facilities plan. It is the conclusion that the residents request a convenient and comfortable facilities similar level with those in the outside sports complex and the operating programs.