| Title |
A study on the plot transition and dwelling architecture of the old international settlement in Gunsan |
| Authors |
Yoon Do-Sun ; Hong Seung-Jae |
| Keywords |
Old International Settlement ; Plot Transition ; Dwelling Architecture ; Street pattern ; Urban Tissue ; Japanese dwellings |
| Abstract |
The characteristic and change of dwelling architecture of Japanese and plot transition were analyzed with the old international settlement in Gunsan. By learning about one side of modern history that was broken off in the historical form of dwelling and observing the dwelling environment that have been changing historically, it can be significant as the basic material of observing our dwelling today. Along with prior investigations and studies related to the late 19th century (opening of port period) urban dwellings, the urban tissue was analyzed through documents about the history of Gunsan city and other cities that were occupied by Japan. In addition, along with survey investigation based on the cadastral map, construction management register and aerial map, I also worked on drawing up dwellings and urban tissue. As for the time range, the urban tissue of Gunsan, before opening of port, and after opening of port from 1899 to 1945 during the Japanese Occupation, was studied. And, the urban tissue was studied up to the current 2002, where the plot transition is changing or continuously maintained. As for the district subjected for study, the established international settlement district of Gunsan during the early stage of opening of port, was established as spacial range, focusing on Yeonghwa-dong which was the center of international settlement district, which was abolished in 1913. This was the first district in Gunsan to be planned with grid streets structure, and this could be said to be the main dwelling that keeps the characteristic of Japanese dwellings. The old international settlement of Gunsan has become the center of urban tissue development of the current Gunsan, and the initially established street pattern influenced the form and plot of dwellings. The dwellings have been changing with correlation to the current plot. As the plot line is fixed according to the line divided within a long building(長屋), the form is changed through a small scale of subdivided plots combining, in the process of new construction by removing the existing structures again. The plot is changing of possessing one-way improvement only by facing the street, as the bare grounds (alleyway) disappeared. The dwellings in this district, long buildings or machiyas(町屋), have developed with precedent pattern according to the street, and the dwellings have developed in the direction of inner household. In addition, as for the dwelling space, there was change in the use and extension, due to the factors such as difference in style, change in life style and modernization of accommodation system. |