신촌 연세의료원의 공간과 건축: 1957년 마스터플랜을 중심으로

Abstract

This study aims to trace the construction process and analyze the spatial and architectural characteristics of the master plan of the Yonsei University Medical Center and determine its meaning and value. Yonsei University Medical Center in Shinchon was opened in June 5th, 1962 after a 10-year construction process. The construction of Yonsei University Medical Center was begun with the construction of the Chest Hospital for tuberculosis treatment with support from the 8th US Army, and in 1957 the master plan of Yonsei University Medical Center was designed by the Detroit-based architectural firm Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. In 1962, Yonsei University Medical Center was officially opened; however the construction was ongoing until 1969, and it was not until 1969 that the three steps of development suggested in the master plan were almost achieved. The master plan of 1957 suggested discarding the former plan in which the Chest Hospital and the Severance Hospital were separately designed, outlining instead a medical complex consisting of a general hospital of the pavilion type and a medical school and nursing school as well as dormitories. Using the geographical condition with the hillside, each traffic flow was functionally disposed, and all the parts of medical facilities were connected by covered passages. All the buildings were designed with reinforced concrete modernism; however local materials, including granite and natural slate from neighboring mountains were also used, for example in the building of Yonsei University. The outpatient clinic building was dismantled in the 1990s; however the service and nursing wing (Jejunggwan) and the medical science building still exist and are used for their original function. Yonsei University Medical Center in Sinchon is the most representative general hospital of Korea of the 1950-60s; thus it is necessary to prepare for the preservation and renovation of the remnants of the original master plan.