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Korean Association of Architectural History (한국건축역사학회)
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A study on a reconstruction of Gwanghwamun and fluctuation of boulevard in front of Gwanghwamun

1960년대 광화문 중건과 광화문 앞길의 변화

  • 강난형 (서울시립대학교 건축학과) ;
  • 송인호 (서울시립대학교 건축학과)
  • Received : 2015.04.15
  • Accepted : 2015.08.27
  • Published : 2015.08.31
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Abstract

Gwanghwamun was dismantled and displaced to the east side of the palace, at that time, the Chosun Government General Building was constructed in the Gyeongbokgung palace. After the Korea war, it remained as a stonework as a result of the fire. In 1968, The Gwanghwamun came back in front of the palace. Then, why it was rebuilt in the 3rd Republic period? What was the reason for selecting concrete? Since the May 16 coup, the military regime had been utilized palace and surrounding urban space to show a visible practice of modernization. Attempting the combination of modern technology in the 1960s and traditional cultural property and reconstructing a city as a pretext called Cultural Heritage conservation was a typical mechanism of the 1960s. In this study, I start by assume that reconstructing Gwanghwamun(1968) was a part of project to change the surrounding urban space of Gwanghwamun than to preserve cultural assets. Two main contributions of the study are following. First, I collect availabe data on the reconstructing surrounding urban space of the Gwanghwamun and re-organize them in chronological order to make them as fragments of a map. Second, I analysis and identify the nature and phase of the Gwanghwamun reconstruction.

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