抄録
The house, as an environment with which the elderly interact, is discusscd in this paper based an analysis of places (within the house) that the elderly prefer in their daily lives. The analysis focuses on the particular places in a room where daily activities take place and constitutes the study of a smaller scale environment than other previous studies have handled. Preferred places are categorized, by the purpose of activity at a given place, into 'JOUZA': a habitually preferred seating place where the elderly spend most of their time for multiple daily activities, 'KOZA' : a particular seating place for special activities, 'SEWAZA': a place where p]ants, fish, etc., are kept, and other places. Features of the environment that the elderly themselves construct in their housed are clarified by this analysis.
