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A Field Study of Supportive Housing 'The Christopher' in New York, USA

미국 뉴욕시 서포티브주택 '더 크리스토퍼' 현장분석 연구

  • 이연숙 (연세대학교 실내건축학과) ;
  • 박재현 (연세대학교 심바이오틱라이프텍연구원)
  • Received : 2014.08.22
  • Accepted : 2015.02.17
  • Published : 2015.02.25
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Abstract

As the number of homeless is increasing, there have been worries for social burden and social insecurity, along with crisis in human dignity. The purpose of this research is to identify characteristics of a Supportive Housing (SH) project which is considered best practice in dealing with homeless problem. A field visit walk through observation and in-depth interview was utilized as the main research method. As results, overall management, spatial and service characteristics were delineated, and its meaning and uniqueness were discussed, as well as, comparison with Korean conditions. In conclusion, the characteristics of the Supportive Housing were more realistically revealed through a current field case to inspire to explore housing for Korea. Besides current concerns were linked and implication to Korean adaptation was suggested. This study is unique in that SH of USA is firstly introduced in such details.

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