21th century is an era of culture. Modern people are pursing the improvement of the life quality by the different lifestyle from the past. As the time putting the life quality above everything came, the consumption of the cultural activity began and p...
21th century is an era of culture. Modern people are pursing the improvement of the life quality by the different lifestyle from the past. As the time putting the life quality above everything came, the consumption of the cultural activity began and people are looking for a space for the cultural life such as exhibition/performance, and for various activities such as shopping. The taste of consumers who were culturally, artistically stimulated in these various spaces is becoming various gradually and their concern for the design is increasing. In the Hongdae area, the identity of Hongik University and the art-related activities were formed naturally and the spaces such as the art supply store, workroom, and gallery were formed. Afterwards, people could associate Hongdae area with the ‘street of art’ due to a lot of artists. However, in 2000s, many artists left Hongdae area because of the high rent caused by the commercialization. Artists who could establish the identity of Hongdae area left.
Also, the places which introduced the artistic elements called mural are not managed well and left alone with wastes. More and more people do not think of Hongdae as a town of artists and a place for artworks. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to carry out the place branding by using the elements of space marketing for finding the identity of Hongdae Street. It is a goal of this study to suggest a space to the backward part in Hongdae Street. Various programs are going to be planned as well as the participation of citizens. Therefore, the success factors of the culture art space of the backward region were apprehended through the literature survey and the case survey. Second, the necessary space would be suggested by drawing the improvements through the analysis of the problems in Hongdae area. In Yeonnamdong, a neighboring area, the space which was a railroad in the past was renovated into a park to attract many tourists’ eyes, and Seoul Bukgeori is recently being created on the street between Hongdae and Yeonnamdong.