According to reorganizing urban and industry structure, some of the downtown lose their own competitive power and fall behind. However the heart of a city still has its own potential asset and sometimes it has rediscover the value of it's potential as...
According to reorganizing urban and industry structure, some of the downtown lose their own competitive power and fall behind. However the heart of a city still has its own potential asset and sometimes it has rediscover the value of it's potential asset. So it is called as gentrification. For example, New York, Espana Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, club in the front of Hong-ik University, shopping area in Itae-won, the traditional housing town in Buk-chon. and Samchung-dong street is the voluntary case of gentrification.
Samchung-dong street is the old dwelling place by 1980s. But after 1990s, relaxing urban regulation restriction, it starts to be changed. Especially the gallery explained as a culture facility is main factor to remodel the area of Samchung-dong street. So now Samchung-dong street becomes the shape of a mixed used space.
The early stage of change, it is the gallery that is catalyst. And it has 4 roles of gentrification in Samchung-dong street. Firstly gallery has a role of incubator to activate the place of Samchung-dong through gallery by itself or together with each other. It leads to come in other gallery and position the place as a densely gallery district. Also it has a relation with the local area, gallery each other, and another district. These involve Samchung-dong street as a new character and make it cope with the situation of global environment threatening flexibly.
Secondly, gallery contribute to make the image of a culture and art street in Samchung-dong street. The Physical path and promoting the image by mass media so called art gallery street is easily consumed for many people. Samchung-dong has it's own brand and symbolized place.
Thirdly, the gallery as a culture industry impact not only galleries but also the related culture industry. Culture Industry harmonize with culture and art, manufacturing industry and business service. Through this, it has effect on the whole of urban situation. The gallery leads the facility shared with the product(for example frame, pamphlet) or with the customer(cafe, restaurant, retail shop). So it offer the power of the local growth and the basic asset of sustainable development.
Lastly, the gallery is the core to attract people to Samchung-dong street. People who wants to consume the place make a various of contents and then they attract the people again.
To sum up, the gallery to form the place as a culture art place is a key factor to change the character of local place, to make the image of local place, to organize the industry cluster and to spend the culture in place. it works as a catalyst in gentrification. Samchung-dong street has a good case showing the key factor of gentreification. For example, location and place character, gallery organization's effort, gallery relationship, gallery cluster and image forming etc.
The gentreification of Samchung-dong street has 2 meanings in urban planning. One is the gentrification process of Samchung-dong street, the other is the gentrification contents of gallery. First, among gentrification Samchung-dong street has rediscovered it's own value through mixing tradition and modern(fusion) and blending culture and art(convergence). Second, gallery is useful tool to gentrify the local area because gallery is easy to promote and commercialize the function of place, the value of place use, image of place.