| Title |
The Change of Criteria for Judging Tallness in the 1960-1970s with Korean Office Buildings |
| Keywords |
Tall Building(Highrise) ; Skyscraper(Tallness) ; Office Building |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to trace the change of tallness standard in the 1960-1970s with Office Buildings in order to analyse properly the office buildings situated in the different times. For this reason, the study goes through examination of the diverse vocabulary related to the recognition of tallness, verifies conditions for tall buildings, collecting the clues from the magazines and newspapers. The results of this study are as follows; Firstly, Criteria for judging tallness in office buildings was formed in the mid 1960's in the compromising way between land value rise and technique innovation to pursue the economic feasibility. Secondary, visual sign, sense of emergency and administrative expediency each have their own criteria for tallness and imply the complex cognition of tallness between the professional group and the public. Finally, that gap between them tends to be larger as time because the criteria from visual sign is apt to increase easily. |