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An Investigation about Housing Attitudes of Korean Residents in American Apartment Houses

  • Yim, Mi Sook
    • Architectural research
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2005
  • When people encounter a new cultural housing setting, their housing attitudes are more changeable and complicated than when they enter a new housing environment in the same culture. The purpose of this study was to identify cultural impacts on housing attitudes, and to find the new design concepts based on the Koreans living experience in American apartments. Data were collected by the questionnaires of 125 Koreans who live in apartment houses in Pittsburgh. According to Korean common housing attitudes and transition by the time variable, the period of residence in the US, this research found that Korean residents' housing attitudes consist of unchanged cultural factors that have been the basic design concepts of Korean style apartments, changeable mixed factors that can be used to diversify Korean apartments, and changed desired factors that will be applied to new design concepts. Also, this research showed different housing attitudes by marital status and rent. This information may be helpful to Korean housing experts who have tried to improve apartments, and it is possible that American professionals can provide more suitable housing to fit minorities' unique living patterns in America.

A Study on the Formation of Urban Squatter in Korea and their Housing Culture from Socio-historical Point of View (사회사적 관점에서 본 우리나라 도시빈민의 형성배경과 주거문화 -한국전쟁 이후 집단이주민촌부터 외환위기 이후 신빈곤층 주거까지-)

  • Kim, Myo-Jung
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.79-88
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of the this study was to provide the basic information about the formation background of urban squatter and their housing state in Korea. This study was progressed on the basis of socio-historical point of view from after the Korean War to the present time. Therefore, this study considered the meaning of housing for urban squatter in the Korean housing history. For this study, the formation background of urban squatter was divided into five periods. The first one was the period of the policy on the mass migration (1955-1960) after the Korean War. The second period was the period of reproduction of deteriorated residential area (1960-1970) for the continuing mass migration policy. The third was the period of disbanding of deteriorated residential area (1970-1980) for redevelopment. The forth period was before the IMF (1980-1997) broke up the deteriorated residential area. The fifth period was after the IMF (1997-) produced the new poverty due to the unemployment and the business failure. Thus, such social change increased the number of urban squatter and created the new type urban poor.

A Study on the Form and Culture of Traditional House in Southeast Asia (동남아시아 전통주거 형태와 문화에 관한 연구)

  • Ju, Seo-Ryeung;Kim, Min-Kyoung
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.55-58
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    • 2009
  • Traditional pile-buildings in Southeast Asia has high utility. Their floors are lifted above the ground to stave off humidity in the house, increase the amenity and hygienic condition, fend off fierce animals or harmful animals like rat, and protect the house from being submerged in flood waters. Such traditional pile-buildings have Austronesian saddle-backed roof commonly, and are built through various techniques such as joining and mortising, without use of nails. The roof has a considerably large proportional appearance, and for this formal characteristics, the roof is symbolized as boat on occasions. The roof has dual structures or is lifted in some cases to facilitate the ventilation, and the wall is formed to maximize the ventilation. This housing types the hierarchy of foundation, housing space, and roof, which implies religious symbolism that human is above animal and God is above human. However, housing types in Southeast Asia have very different detailed form and culture, depending on the ethnic and religious characteristics. As explained above, this study examines the common aspects and diversity based on the form and culture of traditional housing of Southeast Asia and provides useful basic academic data.

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A Study on the Comparison and Characteristics of Public Standard Housing Unit Plan before and after the Independence from the Japan Occupation (광복전후(光復前後) 공영주택(公營住宅)의 평면비교(平面比較)와 변화특성(變化特性)에 관한 연구(硏究))

  • Yoo, Jae-Woo
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.11 no.2 s.30
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    • pp.23-35
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    • 2002
  • Even though there have been greate changes in the types and contents of the housing plan in Korea since the Modem age, it seems that the identity of traditional dwelling culture is still remains within it. The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics and features in the development of the 'Public Standard' Housing Unit Plan by comparing the differences and similarities in unit plans in housings built on Japanese occupation period and those built after the period. From the study, we can conclude as follows: 1. The public standard housing unit plans on both periods have shown the common features in the composition of their physical forms in the way that the front-row area still remains the traditional housing culture and the rear-row area reflects the desires of the modem lives. The structure of the dual-row unit plan appeared in the public standard housing plan was caused by the cultural acculturation in Japanese occupation period. 2. The public standard housing unit plans, however, show the differences in the contents and meaning in units plans with the them of the Japanese housing because of the cultural differences. These differences took placed autonomously through the change of housing plans in the modern time, and have the common features such that 1) the changes in the Maru-centered plan type differ in composition from the inner-corridor plan type used Japanese housing, and 2) the composition of the open-inner spaces in the double-row housing plan reflects the single-row outer open space In the traditional housing. All of these cultural progresses in the public standard housing unit plans was took place as the result of the inner-oriented and notional circulations derived from the modernity. However, the transformed unit plans still contains the identity derived from the variation of the traditional Korean building elements such as Maru and Ondol. In other words, those are the Maru-centered and composed housing plans with juxtaposition of the inner block and the outer block. As the conclusion, though the public standard dwelling unit plan has the similarity in the physical form, it is different in the cultural Identity and meaning from the public standard plans before the independence from the Japan occupation.

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Design Directions of the Housing Cultural Center Based on Experiential Marketing Elements (체험 마케팅 요소를 활용한 주택문화관의 디자인 방향)

  • Kim, Jung-Yoon;Lee, Hyun-Soo;Lee, Ju-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.113-120
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is an analysis about space of housing cultural center with the marketing based on experience. By changing housing market, housing cultural center is a place to give an information, added value, image of housing. Consumers who experience a housing cultural center have an effect on purchase an apartment. The image of enterprise is important to select commodities to consumers. Today, company's brand image and concept include womanish, worthy and, sensual those. Under these views, housing cultural center should have continuous culture spaces that provide various experiential chance for consumers. The methods of this study are an analysis of brand image, analysis and application of experiential elements for housing cultural center. The results of this study have five parts. First, in Sense part, there are presented the sense of sight, smell and touch include material's color, finishing material, sound and etc. Second, in Feel part, consumers feel friendly and comfortable to brand through synesthesia. And they have a liberal mind about brand. Third, in Think part, consumers can experience a brand's image as a subject of event or space. Forth, in Act part, consumer is acted to scale of a space and aim of exhibition. Finally, in Relation part, consumers can have relation each other who visit Housing cultural center. And they can joint for interchange of information, culture enjoyment. In conclusion, this study has a great value of graft marketing view on the planning of Housing cultural center.

A Study on the Possibility of Model Development from Traditional Han-ok to Urban Clustering Housing Model in Korean Context (전통한옥의 도시집합주거로 발전 가능성 연구)

  • Shon, Seung-Kwang
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.71-81
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    • 2008
  • A traditional Korean housing is a typical type which is contained life style, spatial organization and scape element of people who lived in Korea. In the hanok, people want to be live not only in human environment and traditional culture, but also modem urban housing as a high density. This article deals as follows: First, Hanok as urban housing would be composed in a housing lot, linear type layout, devide building, and cluster type. Second, Housing unit and configuration of Multi family housing can be used single story, second story, second story + single story, multi story and Hanok roofing. Thirds, structure of the building are traditional wooden, combined one of steel and wood or concrete and wood, and the building system in exterior and interior can be seperated into another system. Forth, Image of multi story Hanok A last, consistency of Hanok is not a repeat of an origin but application and creative aptitude of the origin, and multi family housing application of Hanok can be a trial creative.

The Influence of Early Government-sponsored Housing on the Modernization of Korean Housing: From Post-Korean War to Late 1960s

  • Jun, Nam-Il;Yang, Se-Hwa
    • International Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.147-157
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    • 2012
  • The construction of government-sponsored housing in Korea began in the early 1950s. Beyond fulfilling the housing shortage after the Korean War, it also impacted the development of housing in Korea. The aim of this study is to explore the construction and supply of government-sponsored housing and to discuss the positive and negative influences on the modern housing in Korea. In order to achieve the objectives, the pictures and floor plans, newspaper articles and the KNHC publications, which led the public housing supply from 1950 to 1960, were examined. Results indicate as follows: First, government-sponsored housing industrialized the housing production, which satisfied the volume need. The simplified floor plan and exterior, along with the western characteristics, created a new urban landscape. Second, the distinct characteristics of Korean housing were established. By emphasizing development and financial practicality, large scale housing complexes were built with simplified, characterless, and mechanical exteriors in a disconnected territory with neighbor district. Third, government-sponsored housing became the major accelerator to westernize the Korean housing culture. In conclusion, the principles of functionalism of government-sponsored housing have become the fundamental root of Korean housing since the war.

Use of Housing through Oral Life History of Korean Chineses in Harbin, China - Focused on use of housing, cultural assimilation and acculturation - (생애구술을 통해 본 중국 할빈지역 조선족의 주거의 사용 - 주거의 사용과 생활문화의 동화 및 문화접변을 중심으로 -)

  • Hong, Hyung-Ock
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.81-94
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    • 2010
  • This qualitative research was designed to explore the use of housing among Korean Chinese people in Harbin, China. Focusing on the use which based on the epistemology of housing adjustment, this was particularly designed to examine its cultural assimilation and acculturation on the way of life course, it employed the in-depth interview on the oral history of 5 interviewees in their 60s and 70s, individualized interviews were conducted from May 28 to 31 in 2010. Key findings were summarized as follows; 1. The free market reform in China resulted in privatization that allowed respondents to become homeowners, and the ownership was viewed as part of family asset centered upon a sense of solidarity. 2. Although homeowners in multi-story houses were responsible to decorate interior spaces, the common features in using interior spaces were found: entrance had no thresholds; kitchen was small, lack of storage cabinets, tile-flooring; washers were installed inside bathroom; and newly built apartment didn't have proper space to store Korean fermented foods. It was observed that housing adaptation outweighed housing adjustment. Those who used to live in Chinese houses with indoor-wearing-shoes or Russian houses with indoor-wearing-slippers were receptive to the use of dining table and bed, and the community heating system discouraged the use of individual electric water heater because of high electricity cost. 3. In daily life, eating habit wasn't much changed to the Chinese style, meals were shared, dish sterilizer was popular, and Kimchi fridge wasn't used. Because of the influence of the Chinese culture, such Korean traditions as ancestral rites and bedroom allocation tradition faded away, but traditional family values remained unchanged. In conclusion, Korean Chinese people experience normative housing deficits and adaptation selectively incurred. It's implied that residential design meets the needs resulting from the dual culture in terms of cultural assimilation and acculturation.