Assignment on Students and Home
Added on 2021-06-14
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STUDENTS AND HOMEExamining Home Experience toStudent HousingYingmin Chen18379316
Interim Dissertation Proposal
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES With a research focuses on socio-cultural factors and the aspects of architecture of student housing, the theories of student identities and sense of belongings guided the student housing design framework of the current study. By giving this purpose, this study is based on following objectives:-Identify the meaning of home for students-Investigate the social-culturalfactors that influence the housing experience of students-Investigate architectural aspects that enable students to transform a temporary living environment into a homeTHEORETICAL BACKGROUND LITERATURE REVIEWIntroductionIn recent decades, Australia’s student number is continuing to increase steadily. This is mainly attributed to the number of international students choosing to study in Australia is continuing an upward trend, due to the nation’s high education reputation and advanced educational systems (Australian Trade and Investment Commission, 2018). There were1.3 million enrolments generated by 0.36million of international students studying in Australia in 2015. This is 27.7 per cent of the student population is temporarily migrated and considered as ‘new arrivals’ when they first come into Australia. Due to the massive acceleration of international students’ arrival in Australia, Australian Trade and Investment Commission (2018) forecast the number of international student enrolments to grow from 0.65 million today to 0.94 million by 2025.This equates to a compounding annual growth rate of 3.8 per cent in the next 7 years in Australia. Therefore, the question arises is how to manage students’ needs of transition and adaption in new environment and what is appropriate home environment for these impermanent resident within the local community. Identity and HomeEveryone needs a place, which they can call home; regardless it is for one night, a term time,or for entire life. When students moving to a new place away from their parental home, they face difficulties in adapting new environment and feeling same at home. Many academic literatures have defined the meaning of home in different perspectives. Home is like identity, physical suitability, connectedness and haven to a person (2002, 238), it is something that goes beyond its physical structure. People are attached to their home
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