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Variation in the Characteristics of Everyday Life and Meaning of Urban Housing Due to the Transition of Social Structure: Focusing on Articles Published in Lifestyle Magazines

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  • Hyun-ah Kwon

    (Department of Architecture, Mokpo National University, Jeollanam-do 58554, Korea)

  • Soomi Kim

    (School of Architecture, Soongsil University, Seoul 156743, Korea)

Abstract

The patterns and characteristics of everyday life have been changing according to changes in social structure. However, South Korean apartment complexes as a representative urban housing type are still based on the Western tradition of modern working-class housing, and have been commodified in the context of consumer capitalism. Therefore, this research explores the contemporary lifestyles that should be supported in urban housing by analyzing the articles of lifestyle magazines. Based on this analysis, we derived the changed patterns of contemporary lifestyles in terms of residents’ characteristics, the relationship between individuals and family, the relationship between house and workplace, and the pursuing direction of residential space planning. These results can contribute to discover the contemporary characteristics of everyday life and its lifestyle; define the changed meaning of urban housing; and reduce the gap between living space and their lives for urban and social sustainability.

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  • Hyun-ah Kwon & Soomi Kim, 2017. "Variation in the Characteristics of Everyday Life and Meaning of Urban Housing Due to the Transition of Social Structure: Focusing on Articles Published in Lifestyle Magazines," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-18, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:9:y:2017:i:8:p:1298-:d:105987
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    1. Hyun-ah Kwon & Soomi Kim, 2019. "Characteristics of Residential Space in Response to Changed Lifestyles: Focusing on the Characteristics of Residents and the Relationship between Individual and Family," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-22, April.

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