Possibilities for Empty Nest House of the Era of Whole-House Heating Completion

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K04430
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 23030:Architectural planning and city planning-related
• Research Institution: Muroran Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: MAJIKINA Tatsuya 室蘭工業大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (80333657)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 西尾 洸毅 八戸工業大学, 工学部, 講師 (30845764) ; 山岸 輝樹 日本大学, 生産工学部, 准教授 (50736155)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 子供室 / 子供の巣立ち / 住宅 / 部屋利用

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Japan, where people rarely change their place of residence after purchasing a house, the use of children's rooms after they leave the nest is considered to have a significant impact on the quality of housing, such as in old age. This study tries to understand how former children's rooms are used after children leave the house, and what kind of attitudes parents and others have regarding the future life cycle of their children. The results of the survey showed that immediately after the child leaves the nest, the room is largely related to the child's life cycle (marriage, employment, etc.), but after that, the room tends to be used according to the needs of the parents, such as sleeping in separate rooms.

Free Research Field

都市計画・建築計画

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

住宅購入後に住み替えの少ない日本では、子供の巣立ち後の部屋の活用は、老後などの住宅の質に大きく関わると考える。研究では巣立ち後の元子供室利用の様子、また子供の今後のライフサイクルに関し、夫婦などがどのような意識を持つか、その一端を捉えた。調査の結果、巣立ち直後は、巣立った子供のライフサイクル（結婚や就職など）と大きく関わるが、その後には夫婦の別室就寝などの要求に合わせて使われる傾向が見られた。