This study aims to propose strategies for multifunctionalization and user-centered integrated design of underground spaces in apartment complexes, based on the necessity to reassess these spaces not merely as auxiliary facilities but as community spac...
This study aims to propose strategies for multifunctionalization and user-centered integrated design of underground spaces in apartment complexes, based on the necessity to reassess these spaces not merely as auxiliary facilities but as community spaces combining smart technology and safety. To this end, the study analyzes the current status of crime prevention design (CPTED), disaster prevention elements, and smart infrastructure integration from a design perspective, highlighting the importance of a behavior-based design approach. First, domestic and international literature and recent case studies were reviewed to identify trends in the multifunctionalization and complexification of underground spaces and to analyze user -centered environmental design elements. These findings were then synthesized into concrete integrated design directions, resulting in four core user behavior-based design strategies for underground spaces in apartment complexes : design strategies ensuring safety and psychological security, environmental and facility/disaster prevention design strategies, circulation, visibility, and community design strategies, and a feedback loop-based user-centered design strategy. This study is significant in that it provides both academic and practical design approaches to advancing underground spaces in apartment complexes into smart, design-integrated community platforms.