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Sustainable Urban Architecture and Ocean-based Solutions - A Focus on Responding to Rising Sea Levels With Ocean City Accommodations -

해양건축을 통한 지속가능한 도시/건축적 사례 연구 - 해수면 상승 재난에 대응하는 '순응' 방식의 해양도시를 중심으로 -

  • Cheon, Su-Kyeong (Dept. of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Yun (Dept. of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Yonsei University)
  • 천수경 (연세대학교 건축공학과) ;
  • 이상윤 (연세대학교 건축공학과)
  • Received : 2023.08.30
  • Accepted : 2024.06.18
  • Published : 2024.07.30
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Abstract

Global warming, which has accelerated since the 20th century, has led to significant rising sea levels, heavily impacting human society. To address this issue, various global initiatives, including marine urban planning, are being implemented. However, most current methods focus on migration and defense, requiring constant redevelopment and compensation. This study proposes a sustainable and monolithic compliance approach as an ideal architectural response. The study aims to identify architectural characteristics of marine cities that can respond to disasters by analyzing realized marine buildings. Ocean buildings, a form of compliance suitable for rising sea level scenarios, were viewed as an ideal response. To achieve this, 97 cases of marine buildings were investigated, and categorized into tourism, research, residential, non-residential, and marine cities or complex residential complexes. Their locations were mapped based on elevation and population density. Next, the architectural characteristics of marine city planning types were analyzed to determine forms responsive to rising sea levels. Cases along the coast and those with a total floor area of less than 10,000m2 were excluded, resulting in six primary marine city cases using the compliance method. This study aims to raise awareness of sustainable marine building practices and provides detailed data for future architectural research and technological development in response to rising sea levels.

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