Influence of High-rise Housing on the Continuous Residents Living in Rebuilt HUDC Apartments

HUDC的公寓楼建于1955-1964年，由于破旧，从1985年开始重建。但是，重建工作存在一些问题。租金上涨、现有社区倒塌、环境恶化等。本研究的目的是澄清居民对重建住房的评价，并提出理想的旧公寓改造方法。为此，我们于1995年11月设立了问卷调查。研究结果如下：1.许多原居民希望住在原来的地方，希望能住上重建后的房子。因此，在公寓改造中，不应该把“新来者”看得太重，而应该把“旧住户”看得太重。以前的居民中有很多老年人。因此，应该设计一个无障碍的居住环境。居民们很欣赏电梯，但他们觉得，由于建筑物的高度增加，人们不会像以前那样在自己居住的单元附近遇到另一部电梯。由于租金高昂，许多居民渴望继续生活，需要一些有效的政策来稳定他们在那里的生活。

HUDC's Apartment house constructed in 1955-1964 have been rebuilt from 1985 because of their deterioration. But, the rebuilding have some problems ... the rent increase, collapse of the existing community, and the getting worse of their environments, etc. The purpose of this study is to clarify the residents' evaluation of their housing rebuilt, and to suggest the desirable rebuilding method of old apartment houses.For this purpose, we set up questionnaires in November 1995. The results were as follows :1. Many former residents hoped that they lived in the same area and the rebuilt housing. So, in rebuilding of apartments, "the newcomer" should not be made much of, but "the former resident".2. There were many elderly in the former residents. So, a design of barrier-free housing environment should be desired.3. Residents appreciated the elevator, but they felt that people didn't meet another near their dwelling units as they used to do before, because of height increase of buildings.4. Many residents were anxious for their continuous living because of the high rent.Some effective policies are necessary for their stable living there.