A study on the space organizing features for the wards of the specialized dementia hospital - focused on the public living space -

치매전문요양병원 병동부의 공간구성 특성에 관한 연구 - 공용생활공간을 중심으로 -

As the population of the elderly increases drastically year by year in Korea, this phenomenon is being a serious problem because of the increasing speed not having been showed ever all over the world. This thesis would propose the space organizing features for well-organized dementia hospital focused on the public living space. The way arranging each function is very important because values of the physical and functional accessibility have a wide range of value as each type of facility. Moreover, if the arranged function unit is the same as the territory of the space, it could be a good guideline on architectural planning.