The Influence of Memorial Architecture Spatial Characteristics on Regional Identity – Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Perceived Value and Place Attachment – CAI TIANTIAN Advisor : Prof. Yoon Gab-geun, Ph.D. Department of Design, Graduate Scho...
The Influence of Memorial Architecture Spatial Characteristics on Regional Identity – Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Perceived Value and Place Attachment – CAI TIANTIAN Advisor : Prof. Yoon Gab-geun, Ph.D. Department of Design, Graduate School of Chosun University As the demands for urban regeneration, public memory construction, and regional cultural identity continue to increase, memorial architecture has gradually developed from a single commemorative facility into a complex spatial system that integrates exhibition, education, reflection, public participation, and urban connection. Memorial architecture not only accommodates historical events, collective memory, and social emotions, but also influences users’ perception and understanding of history, culture, place value, and regional meaning through spatial organization, spatial experience, and public activities. In this context, examining the relationship between the spatial characteristics of memorial architecture and regional identity is meaningful for deepening research on memorial architectural space and improving the quality of public memory spaces. This study focuses on the spatial characteristics of memorial architecture and establishes perceived value and place attachment as mediating variables, with regional identity as the outcome variable. Based on this structure, the study constructs a research model of “spatial characteristics of memorial architecture–perceived value–place attachment–regional identity” and analyzes the influence mechanism through which memorial architectural space contributes to the formation of regional identity. Drawing on related theoretical studies, this study classifies the spatial characteristics of memorial architecture into five dimensions: continuity, placeness, symbolism, publicness, and experientiality. It then analyzes users’ cognitive, emotional, and value judgment processes in memorial architectural spaces from the perspectives of perceived value, place attachment, and regional identity. The study first conducts a literature review to systematically examine the concepts and relationships among memorial space, memorial architectural space, perceived value, place attachment, and regional identity. Based on this review, the research model and hypotheses are established. Subsequently, representative cases of memorial architecture in Korea and China are analyzed through comparative case analysis. This process summarizes the functional spatial systems, spatial organization methods, and expressions of spatial characteristics in memorial architecture. Through this analysis, the study identifies major factors through which memorial architectural space influences users’ cognitive and emotional experiences, and provides a theoretical foundation and analytical framework for the empirical research. In the empirical research section, users who had experienced memorial architectural spaces were selected as survey respondents, and data were collected through a questionnaire survey. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS statistical methods. The analysis included descriptive statistics, reliability and validity analysis, correlation analysis, influence relationship analysis, mediation effect analysis, and group difference analysis. Through these procedures, the structural relationships among the spatial characteristics of memorial architecture, perceived value, place attachment, and regional identity were verified. The results show that the spatial characteristics of memorial architecture have varying levels of influence on perceived value, place attachment, and regional identity. In particular, placeness, symbolism, and experientiality were found to play relatively important roles in users’ spatial cognition and emotional formation processes. Perceived value and place attachment also performed mediating roles in the relationship between the spatial characteristics of memorial architecture and regional identity. This indicates that value perception and emotional connection formed through spatial experience constitute important pathways in the formation of regional identity. In addition, the group difference analysis showed that users’ demographic characteristics and visit experiences produced certain differences in the evaluation and perception of memorial architectural spaces. By integrating spatial characteristics, value perception, and emotional relationships, this study expands the theoretical discussion on the relationship between memorial architectural space and regional identity. It also presents the influence mechanism through which memorial architectural space contributes to the formation of regional identity in a more concrete way. The findings can serve as theoretical grounds and practical references for memorial architectural spatial planning and design, the creation of public memory places, and the construction of regional cultural identity.