Seoul has been changed and developed continuously based on long history and culture and receives attention as a future cosmopolitan city today. Traces of urban development process accrued for long time can still be seen everywhere in downtown and are ...
Seoul has been changed and developed continuously based on long history and culture and receives attention as a future cosmopolitan city today. Traces of urban development process accrued for long time can still be seen everywhere in downtown and are taking role of enhancing diversity of urban environment. As concerning healthy city images as future cosmopolitan city, the importance of diversity and publicity of elements composing urban environment is recognized, and the asset value in our urban environment is newly highlighted and the necessity for its preservation is recognized.
Yongsan area formed urban structure centered on open port and railway station during open port period and Japanese colonial era and has shared urban development and changing process up to now since liberation. Yongsan bordered to Han River and Namsan north and south is located at the center of Seoul geometrically and its role and importance as a symbolic central space of future cosmopolitan city such as Yongsan Park, Yongsan international business quarter, etc becomes higher in modernized area by Han River and Yongsan Station. However, the reconstruction method by total demolition being processed in Yongsan area plows under existing urban structure and memory which are historical and cultural traces of Yongsan. Also, high rise high density multipurpose building complex creates uniform scenery in this area and reduces publicity and diversity of urban environment as decreasing connectivity with surrounding area by closed environment.
Preferentially, it needs to find historical and cultural environment elements around Yongsan-gu Hangangro-dong Samgakji intersection area where is excluded from the large scale development currently underway in Yongsan and confirm the its value as sense of place and preservation necessity. The first is about physical elements such as street, lot shape and buildings and the second is popular culture created on the center of object site and cultural elements such as meaning, role, etc of the object site in urban development process. The third is human elements such as community sharing memory with presently acting society and local residents in object site. These three elements show spatio-temporal continuity of object site and have historical cultural value and maintainability.
As next step, it needs to check physical characteristics and actual problems of object site by status report. Streets in the object site are representative characteristics formed in modernization process and maintained until now, and they are important factors in connectivity with surroundings. Picture frame stores on Hangang main streets show intactly traces of gallery street formed in 60~70th, and the large open space used as streetcar garage is used for warehouse purpose. But the warehouse site at the center of object site decreases connectivity with surroundings by privatization, and can be confirmed problems of poor residential environment according to building deterioration and walking safety by mixed traffic flow.
Based on reports of physical, cultural, human elements and status, it is to clear the direction and purpose of this study. The first is to find preservation method of historical cultural environment through elements realizing sense of place around Samgakji intersection area, and the second is to preserve urban environment, induce activation of local communities and enhance connectivity with surroundings as realizing design suitable for open space, building arrangement and existing urban structure. The last is to induce balance between profitability and publicity through optimum size arrangement and proper use plan based on above two purposes.
The specific plan and design of this study are as follows. At first, as accepting road network already formed around object site, it is to preserve the context of existing city. At second, it is to utilize existing facilities and spaces cherishing memory of urban development process as public facilities. At third, it is to plan arrangement and usage suitable for characteristics of main lines and side lines. At fourth, it is to secure connectivity with surroundings as arranging existing local communities and economic activity elements in main street. At fifth, it is to plan for emphasizing regional identity and activating local communities through specific planes on open space such as environment creation, program construction, etc. At sixth, it is to plan optimum size and usage for the balance between publicity and profitability and healthy urban environment creation through development.
This study is to clearly recognize problems of development in progress around Yongsan area and confirm preservation value and necessity after discovering historical cultural elements in the object site, Hangangro-dong Samgakji intersection area. Also, the suggestion by this study is meaningful in securing historical cultural diversity in Yongsan area which takes function and role as an international business city and confirming possibility and necessity of urban space realizing publicity.