Abstract
If we have gone through the first generation of housing design that pursued functional optimization, ergonomics, and circulation efficiency during the last century, now we are living in the second generation where more advanced goals, such as universal design, ubiquitous design, sustainable design, and environment-friendly design, are emphasized. Although this second generation of design focuses upon the wellness of humans in accordance with environment, it still has the attitude that a more precisely designed home can guarantee a better life. What lacks in this approach is the freedom of the body; it needs to make its own choice as to how to use a space. Thus, it is suggested in this paper that what is important in designing a home is to provide alternatives in daily lives so as to make a full exploration of a given space. These alternatives can be made by offering residents an interpretable space where they can figure out space usages and routs in a constantly changing context. Two spatial devices are discussed in depths as a way to realize this interpretable house: room-to-room enfilade and ring spatial structure. By investigating some existing house plans, it is illustrated how they can guarantee the freedom of the body, and thus alternatives for the flexible domestic life.
Highlights
Third Generation of Healthy Home MovementThe modernist movement in the twentieth century has left a functionalistic legacy that emphasizes the optimal programming of architectural space
If we have gone through the first generation of housing design that pursued functional optimization, ergonomics, and circulation efficiency during the last century, we are living in the second generation where more advanced goals, such as universal design, ubiquitous design, sustainable design, and environment-friendly design, are emphasized
The house planning in particular has moved towards a scientific realm where precise analysis and anticipation of economical human movement are sought. Technology has accelerated this movement further, making more efficient building environment that could cut away useless junks of space and combine functions by offering electrical and mechanical devices and installations. This modern movement of functional optimization, ergonomics, and circulation efficiency has made domestic space more tightly integrated in most parts of the developed world
Summary
The modernist movement in the twentieth century has left a functionalistic legacy that emphasizes the optimal programming of architectural space Following this trend, the house planning in particular has moved towards a scientific realm where precise analysis and anticipation of economical human movement are sought. Considering above situations, the main theme of this research has sprouted: the freedom of the body, or rather bodily choices in domestic life, which has been halfforgotten during the course of housing evolution It is not about the old concern for the flexible plan or the transformable house, but about the role of spatial settings in housing to liberate the bodily freedom to make a home interpretable. It is argued that this issue presumably would emerge as the central point in the third generation of healthy home environment
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