Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine whether it is possible to plan public housing with dwelling units common to both the handicapped and the non-handicapped. The main conbinations of dwelling unit type for the non-handicapped on down-stairs and that for the handicapped on up-stairs are three sets of 2DK-3DK, 2LDK-3DK and 3DK-3DK. We appraised each pair of dwelling unit plans on down-stairs and up-stairs in three unit type sets. The former was appraised from the perspective for both the handicapped and the non-handicapped, and the latter from the perspective for the non-handicapped. The results are as follows: (1) The pairs of dwelling unit plan selected are six samples in 2LDK-3DK, three samples in 3DK-3DK and nothing in 2DK-3DK which are common to both dwelling units remarkably and belong to the highest level rank appraised. (2) The floor area level of selected dwelling units and those each room in those units are higher in 2LDK-3DK than 3DK-3DK. So, it is now suitable to design as the set 2LDK on down-stairs and 3DK on up-stairs for continuity between a dwelling unit for the handicapped and that for the non-handicapped. (3) The dwelling unit plans of 2LDK selected for the handicapped are classified two types. On down-stairs dwelling unit, the living room needed to wheelchair user is formed by joining together dinning-kitchen and the next room on up-stairs unit. The one plan type, with living room back from entrance, have a bedroom for the handicapped which is joined to living room, easy to looded in and close by sanitary. (4) The other type, with living room beside entrance, have a bedroom for the handicapped which is facing the south and joined to living room. One of these plans is joined a bedroom to sanitary and suitable for the more severe handicapped. (5) If the floor area of dwelling unit 2LDK is extended a little more, the best plan of the dwelling unit for the handicapped is completed by designing a bedroom for the handicapped which is facing the south, joined to living room and sanitary.
