Authors : Dagmar Kuta and Jan Ceselsky
Abstract: Dwelling is a fundamental human need, it is a complex social phenomenon, reflecting any change in transformation of society and economics significantly. Dwelling issue does not only include designing and construction of a dwelling place but also the housing policy, responding to problems and requirements of the society. The main objective of housing policies of all countries, regardless of political, cultural, social or economic differences among them is to provide their citizens with adequately good-quality and available housing. Housing, family, family or multi-family houses, residential environment, are topical and often discussed problems of the contemporary society. From the social and cultural view, user comfort plays a key role. When evaluating the complex quality of buildings from a wide array of sustainability criteria, the traditional assessment focuses on the economic issues, however, according to contemporary trends this is no longer enough. Therefore, we need to assess a building also from the social and cultural view, possibly during the whole life cycle of the building. Therefore, this study focuses on the facilities in blocks of flats and their influence on the overall user comfort in blocks of flats.
Dagmar Kuta and Jan Ceselsky, 2016. Survey US Ability and Spatial Effectiveness of Housing Facilities in Blocks of Flats in the Czech Republic. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11: 2414-2423.