북한의 조립식 건축의 도입과 ‘평양속도’의 탄생

Abstract

Starting from 1958, the urban planning of Pyongyang underwent much change. The atmosphere of purges in the construction sector as a result of the August Faction Incident came to an end, and the Pyongyang concrete block factory was completed in 1957, commencing production. the adoption of prefabricated architecture methods based on the “standardization of design, mechanization of construction, and industrialization of building material production” starting from 1958 led to changes in the time spent on construction, and research for more efficient housing construction was actively underway. Consequently, in terms of design, standard design and housing section planning were newly researched and developed, while in terms of construction, a flow of stairs style construction method was researched and developed. Additionally, in terms of building material production, lightweight concrete was researched, and all of these methods were applied to the urban planning of Pyongyang. Even to this day, ‘Pyongyang Speed’ is highlighted as the greatest achievement since the postwar recovery and shares a common thread with the advancements of such prefabricated building methods. The incredible claim of completing a single house in 14 minutes wasn’t simply dismissed as a myth because it was based on the architecture engineers who had to produce results for the industrialization of construction and prefabricated architecture during the period of the Five-Year Plan for economic development.