| Title |
Housing Developments Formerly Known as the Northeastern Part of Kyeongseong or Seoul During the Japanese Colonial Period |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2022.38.12.217 |
| Keywords |
School Village ; Cultural Village ; Seoul City Wall ; Surburbs ; Residential District ; |
| Abstract |
This study examines the characteristics of housing developments from the 1920s to the 1940s in the northeastern region of Kyeongseong
during the Japanese colonial period. These residential districts had different developers and patterns by period. From the 1920s to the early
1930s, official residential districts and cultural housing complexes were created for the Japanese middle class by the Joseon
government-general and Japanese development companies. Compared to the housing development near Jangchungdan altar in southeastern
Kyeongseong during the same period, the lot and housing size of the residential districts were relatively small due to it being developed for
middle-class people working in nearby universities and schools. From the mid-1930s to the 1940s, residential districts were developed by
Korean developers and targeted the Korean middle and upper class. This differed from the Japanese residential districts regarding the shape
of the residential district, the direction of main streets, the size of the lot, and the type of housing. |