The purposes of this study are to analyze elements and methods that create urban images maximizing the value of a city and to apply methods that express urban images through the surfaces of downtown buildings in metropolitan cities. This study investi...
The purposes of this study are to analyze elements and methods that create urban images maximizing the value of a city and to apply methods that express urban images through the surfaces of downtown buildings in metropolitan cities. This study investigates the meanings, concepts and historical changes of urban images in theoretical ways and summarizes the elements of urban images in terms of social, humane studies, technological, scientific, ecological and geographical aspects using diagrams that shows the relations between the elements and urban characteristics. The organic relationship between the surface design of buildings and the construction of urban images is defined by connecting these urban image construction methods and application with the expression methods of the surface design of buildings. In addition, this study examines the types of urban environments with emotional expressions and symbolic expressions. This study also proposes a new design expression direction by connecting metaphorical elements such as rhythm, movement, transparency and ambiguity with one another in a ubiquitous urban environment so that citizens can emotionally recognize the sensual expression methods of the surface design of buildings such as texture, color, lighting, pattern, shape and movement.