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Louis I. Kahn: The Institutional Discourse and Urban Regeneration - Based on the Two Pamphlets Published in 1943 and 1944 -

루이스 칸: 시설의 건립을 통한 도시재생의 모색 - 1943·44년 저작을 중심으로 -

  • Han, Sang-Woo ;
  • Baek, jin (Department of Architecture & Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • 한상우 (서울대학교 대학원) ;
  • 백진 (서울대학교 건축학과)
  • Received : 2020.12.18
  • Accepted : 2021.03.11
  • Published : 2021.04.30
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Abstract

This study analyses two different pamphlets co-authored by Louis I. Kahn and Oscar Storonov in 1943 and 1944. Kahn and Storonov interestingly suggest to the layman each strategy of urban regeneration through the process of neighbourhood planning rather than just slum clearance, such as establishing governance and neighbourhood institutions for an old neighbourhood located within the city centre. Several findings from the analysis are as follows. First, the neighbourhood and institution must have the local residents' concern and participation to achieve sustainability. Above all, governance is necessary to build a transparent communication process between subjects. Second, a group of experts- architects, city planners, engineers, etc.- should not neglect their role and duty of grounding the foundation for the renewal and renovation of the institution. The institution, built without any consideration, was inevitably disregarded by society. Finally, to achieve sustainable urban resilience, a virtuous cycle of education needs to be established. Planning a neighbourhood and city is for the future generation; therefore, children and adolescents need to prepare and be educated in the various roles and responsibilities that urban life imposes by implementing 'civics' in the curriculum.

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