소형주택 모델하우스에 나타난 주거용 빌트인 가구의 계획특성

The Planning Characteristics of Built-in Furniture in Small-sized Housing

The purpose of this study was to analyze the planning characteristics of built-in furniture in small-sized urban type housing. A case study was used to analyze and classify the functional and formal characteristics of built-in furniture applied in urban type housing of Seoul in the first half of 2012. Findings of the study were as follows: (1) The most important characteristic of built-in furniture was multi-functional aspect which was focused on the combination of furnitures. The second characteristic was formal aspect which was focused on the rapidity of installation and dismantling, and ease of movement. (2) Most of built-in furnitures had multi-functionality as functional aspect by combination of some furnitures including beds, chairs, tables and clothes dryers, electronic devices such as refrigerators and washing machines, and the other residential space elements such as stairs and partitions. (3) The flexibility as formal aspect of built-in furnitures was divided into folding/unfolding, opening/closing, and moving/separating. This study shows that the combination of multi-functionality and flexibility of the housing built-in furniture will be more ideal in small-sized housing planning rather than relying on just one type.