아파트 거주민의 사회적 관계 활성화를 위한 공유공간 연구 - 동탄2신도시를 중심으로 -

Abstract

(Background and Purpose) Korea is the 10th largest nation in the world from an economic viewpoint, but in terms of national happiness, its happiness index is at the bottom of the OECD member nations. Numerous studies dealing with Korea's low happiness index from an economic perspective. However, those dealing with it from a policy viewpoint are still insufficient. Based on “desire fulfillment theory” and “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs”, this study focuses on the happiness fulfilled by social relationships, and determines which living environment vitalizes the community by researching the policies and analyzing the condition of common use spaces. (Method) Focusing on living environment, especially apartment complexes, this study presents a process of community formation by researching previous studies about community facilities. It is assumed that the community becomes vitalized through daily contacting activities, outdoor physical activities, social contacting activities, and formal residents' association activities and informal social activities. To analyze the composition of the common use space in apartment complexes, this study is limited to Dongtan 2 New town, which has many apartment complexes newly built in the past three years. Apartment complexes are categorized based on the number of households, apartment complex layout is analyzed, and an on-the-spot survey is conducted. Both quantitative and qualitative evaluations are adopted. The former evaluates the amount of space provided according to the process of community formation, while the latter is conducted based on the adequacy of space arrangement and diversity of services, not the absolute area of each space. (Results) The evaluation revealed that most of the apartment complexes have insufficient elements that increase the opportunity for face-to-face contact among the neighbors in the space of daily contacting activities, which is the stage at which the community is formed. In addition, as the size of the apartment complex is smaller, there is a lack of space for formal social activities and informal social activities, so several mediums to support the community and provision of various services are needed. (Conclusions) Since the activation of the common use spaces is decided not by the size of the apartment complex or the number of resident community facilities, but by the quality of space layout plan and diversity of functions, the mandatory installation facilities and additional facilities (rest, hobbies and sports facilities, etc.) should be arranged so that they can function organically, and appropriate services should be provided. It is expected that interest in and research on community vitality of apartment complexes will continue, and based on this, an effective plan for community vitality in the public sphere will be prepared.