*3.2.2.2 Areas for working and learning*

As described in Section 3.1, housing has been gaining importance as a place of working and learning. Considering such recent situations, we have selected "areas for working and learning" as a spatial element. After that, we have determined the key variable and its desired value as "places in the home" and "in or near the living/ dining room and kitchen area," respectively. In addition, the above-mentioned survey conducted under the COVID-19 pandemic has also supported the appropriateness of this space planning. The answers to the questionnaire have included two types of needs: (1) want to work in a larger living room, (2) want to work in a space or room for exclusive use [29]. Accordingly, in **Figure 4**, we have partially overlapped the "areas for working and learning" with the "living/dining room and kitchen area."
