Title |
An Establishment of the Architectural Guidelines of Underground Space |
Authors |
Lee Gahng-Ju ; Sou Chung-Won |
Keywords |
Underground Space ; Passageway ; Shop ; Entrance ; Fire and Life Safety ; Amenity ; Architectural Guidelines |
Abstract |
The underground passage shops in city are vivid urban areas connected to subway lines. The core value of this underground passage shops is the thought of the public use of city. So, it is positively necessary to need some guidelines for making a common good environment. In fact, in comparison to its use, the notion of underground space does not fix completely yet. That is true even among professionals. In this aspect, the research defined the terms relating underground space. Another critical task in planning underground passage shops is the classification of their components. In this research, the 6 categories relating to design of underground passage shops were extracted as the categories of passageway, shop, entrance, fire proof, amenity, and the others. And they could be used as the basic tool for case studies and establishment of guidelines. Through the analysis of 8 cases -Diamor, Whity Umeda, Namba Walk, Namba Nan-Nan Town, Avetica, Coms Garden, Crysta Nagahori, Dojima- in Osaka city central area, the specific guidelines and considerations about a ratio of passageway area, a ratio of shop ares, an average area per shop, and a width of passageway were examined. Lastly, by synthesizing the above results, architectural guidelines of underground passage shops were established as their design categories. |