A Study on the Operation and Management Plan for Indoor Sports Facilities in Apartment Communities under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify characteristics and limitations of the operation of indoor sports facilities in the apartment complexes and identify the ways to improve management plan under the COVID-19 pandemic. As the research methods, a literature review and case studies with surveys were conducted. For details, the guidelines for indoor sports facilities of 6 countries were reviewed and a survey of 11 apartment complexes located in Seoul and Gyeonggi province was conducted. Major findings by this study are as follows. First, the facilities managed by resident autonomous management method need to assign social distancing coaches to follow the guidelines. This could compensate for the problems which led to the closure of the facilities due to the absence of the managers. Second, spatial solutions such as space rearrangement would be an efficient social distancing method for apartment community facilities, since it is hard for managers to fully control the situations due to the fact that the substantive owner of the facilities are residents. Third, it is necessary to standardize guidelines according to the operation method. Since autonomous management and entrusted management have different operational problems, guidelines should be established based on the limitations according to the management methods.