In housing design, the possession of many kinds of electric home appliances EHA and the supply of home automation(HA) are considered as new additional design criteria to develop the shape and area of kitchen and working space. This study attempts to f...
In housing design, the possession of many kinds of electric home appliances EHA and the supply of home automation(HA) are considered as new additional design criteria to develop the shape and area of kitchen and working space. This study attempts to findout the character of the possessins and usage of EHA and the HA. For this purpose, the field survey with the questionnaire and observation has been carried out based on 77 households by housing types (apartment and detached house).
Findings are as follows :
(1) The households have many kinds of EHA and the possession rate of them is very high.
Also, the user preference for larger size of EHA such as refrigerater and washing machine is one of the usage characters of EHA. But, these characters of the possession and usage of EHA have not been considered on the design of kitchen and working area, so the misfits have many problems which are the narrow working space, the lack of storage space, the dead space and the inefficient working circulation in those areas.
(2) The households require and recognize the HA as the important home equipment for the home security, the home control and the home management. But the practical usage rate is very low because of the supply system that the HA has been furnished by housing developer not user. So, the user education to give the information and instruction about HA is needed.