| Title |
The Restoration of Gaeksa and Maintenance of Gaeksa Sites in Historic City Centers of Korea since the 1950s |
| Authors |
이소미(Lee, Somi) ; 전봉희(Jeon, BongHee) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2025.41.7.301 |
| Keywords |
Historic Sites; Gaeksa; Restoration; Urbanization; Historic Landscape; Historic City Center |
| Abstract |
During the Japanese colonial period, Gaeksa sites underwent significant modifications, losing their original form as a premodern administrative
facility, and were converted to modern facilities. With subsequent urban development, these sites stayed at the core of modern city centers.
This study examines the restoration pattern of Gaeksa sites in relation to their urban environments. Since the 1980s, the scope of restoration
has expanded beyond the conservation of physical structures of each heritage to include broader redevelopment of Gaeksa complexes and
their surrounding areas. This study classifies the restoration of Gaeksa sites into five types and categorizes the historic city center into four
types. The analysis reveals that Gaeksa site restoration in Bu-mok developed cities, characterized by high urban density, tend to follow the
Urban Historic Environment Association Type, whereas Gaeksa sites in Gun-hyeon declined cities with lower urban density primarily adopt
the City Wall Restoration Type. This suggests that the restoration of Gaeksa sites is not limited to individual buildings but is pursued as part
of the broader historic urban landscape, which reinstates the Gaeksa sites as integral elements of the Eupchi landscapes that characterized
administrative centers in the Joseon Dynasty. |