Abstract:Ayako NEMOTO-ーーーーーー* 1Kazuhiko OKAMOTO-ー * 2 Yasushi NAGASAWA-ーー* 3The purpose of this study is to investigate the space which has a role of encouraging users' independence in Self-Support Home. A variety of building types and capacities were found which relate with staff's concepts of supporting. As a result of comparing with a child welfare facility, we found it important to prepare enough public spaces for talking with staff as well as user's single room for privacy. Also, it is required to choose appropria… Show more
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