(Background and Purpose) A form of shared housing, known as “social living,” and established around single-person households for young people, has emerged as a new residential trend. Community spaces in shared residential facilities are very impor...
(Background and Purpose) A form of shared housing, known as “social living,” and established around single-person households for young people, has emerged as a new residential trend. Community spaces in shared residential facilities are very important in social living. Thus, this study aimed to promote the quality of life in young single-person households in shared residential facilities. By looking at advanced overseas cases and analyzing domestic cases, we hope to identify future improvements and help to create highly satisfying social living spaces in both private and public spaces. (Method) This study included an advanced analysis of foreign and domestic cases. As for the domestic case analysis, after extracting spatial elements through the analysis of prior research papers, the case sites were selected, and the community space characteristics of the case site according to the framework of the analysis were comprehensively analyzed. The results of the analysis derived from these facts could find improvements for social living of shared dwellings and present improvement measures. (Results) Through the analysis of prior research papers, we derived four social living community space characteristics: shareability, culturality, supportability, and communication. In addition, two detailed characteristics were derived for each characteristic. A comprehensive analysis of the case site showed that, first, all four of the case sheets were well implemented in the realization of accessibility. Second, in terms of communication, residents were found to be self-reliant and friendly in the activities creating cultural contents. Third, in terms of culture, there were no case sites that embodied both amusement and sensibility. Fourth, advanced facilities aspects were generally insufficient, indicating that they have the most room for improvement in the future. (Conclusion) As a result of deprived success factors and implications through analyzing advanced overseas cases, success factors and implications were derived, and social programs and pleasant physical environment that reflected the social relationship-oriented community, the mind of passion and collaboration, and lifestyle were the main factors affecting the satisfaction of social living among residents of shared residential facilities. The public spaces in social living are centered on a community space. In social living, sharing of spaces is not just mere sharing of space, but also of spaces where community activities take place. However, the physical environment of the social living in Korea is still “sharing.” It is expected that the creation of a highly satisfying social living spaces in both private and public will be possible if the comfort of personal privacy can be guaranteed by implementing advanced facilities.