| Title |
A Study on the Semiotic Analysis of a Streetscape |
| Abstract |
The aesthetic order of a street as a medium-space between architecture and city defies a systematic analysis. A streetscape is formed not only by physical factors but also by architectural environment and interacting human behaviors. Thus, such factors of a streetscape could be regarded as signs to communinicate the cultural phenomena.-The study aims to test a technique derived from syntactic and semantic analysis by applying in to three streetscapes chosen in Seoul city.The study concludes: 1)the sign-space of a street is expressed by a system of signs such as a system of words; 2)although the number of architectural elements in the architectural sign is finite, the architectural language can be infinitely produced by manipulating the basic elements.It seems obvious that the semiological application-study of the whole rather than its components-shows the potential of illuminating the ever-elusive characteristics of a streetscape. |