ABSTRACT
As an importance of pedestrian-friendly environment and easy access to urban plaza is taken into account for users, urban plazas are tending to be reconstructed to meet those needs.
This study aims to find a way to revitalize the use of urba...
ABSTRACT
As an importance of pedestrian-friendly environment and easy access to urban plaza is taken into account for users, urban plazas are tending to be reconstructed to meet those needs.
This study aims to find a way to revitalize the use of urban plazas in Seoul. In order to achieve the goal, this study examined the accessibility to urban plazas through analyses of pedestrian circulation around the plazas and surveyed the satisfaction of users on of the plazas. The study was performed using several research methods.
First, by using the Space Syntax centered on Sejongno intersection, the pedestrian circulation system of the area surrounded by the three urban plazas (Seoul Plaza, CheongGye Plaza and Gwanghwamun Plaza) was examined to access accessibility opportunities. Second, the actual pedestrian behaviors were examined by measuring the pedestrian volume. Third, the satisfaction level of the users on each urban plaza was analyzed through the survey of actual users. The results were compared and analyzed to find ways to revitalize the practical use of urban plazas.
The results of the study showed that pedestrian system accessibility has about 83% explanation power for the variables which are correlated to each other(F=780.312, P=0.000). The pedestrian circulation system has significant impact(r=.317, P<.01) on the walking status of the actual users and accessibility to urban plazas. In addition, the satisfaction of the users was different depending on the plaza and turned out to be influenced by the awareness of the planning factors of urban plaza such as accessibility and composition. On the basis of these findings, this study proposed that a plan should be found that gives satisfactory level of accessibility to and composition of urban plazas.
This study implicates that future research should review objective data from related various fields of studies other than landscape factors that conventionally considered in landscape architecture to support the validity of existing studies. Furthermore, it expects that multifaceted research come along to improve the life quality of urban residents. As a result, this study can be used as the basic data on which such further research into planning a sustainable city.
Keywords: 도시광장(Urban Plaza), 공간구문론(Space Syntax), 보행동선(Pedestrian Circulation),
접근성(Accessibility), 만족도(Satisfaction)