공주시 구도심지역 공간구조 분석에 관한 연구

Abstract

(Background and Purpose) In addition to the resources kept as the old capital of Baekje, the old downtown of Gongju City holds various historical values ​​and stories, such as modern buildings from the Joseon Dynasty and Japanese colonial period. In order to revitalize the deteriorated old downtown, the city of Gongju has recently invested a lot of budget to carry out various urban regeneration programs, but the effect is still insignificant. The aim of this research is to analyze the old urban center of Gongju City in the perspective of its spatial structure, reexamine the direction of urban regeneration which is currently underway, and induce implications for activation of the old urban center. (Method) First, using the space syntax program, this research does the wide area analysis of the urban center of Gongju. Using the values of space syntax indicators of major roads, this research examines overall connectivity, control value, and integration levels of the urban area. Next, for more detailed analysis, this research divides the area into two parts: the old urban center south of the Geum River and the new urban center north of the river. And, this research does the more concrete and smaller area analysis. (Results) Given that the old urban center has a larger number of unit spaces than the new one, the latter has higher mean values of connectivity and integration than the former one, which may means that the spatial structure of the latter is composed of more straight line roads, and that the former is composed of more organic road systems and shorter unit spaces. (Conclusions) First, one of the reasons why the old urban center, while it contains various historical and cultural assets, has not been well developed lies in its urban structure. Second, the wider area analysis found that ‘Geumbyeogro’ Street in the north of the river is the most essential street which is high in connectivity, control value, and integration levels, and the three bridges connecting the northern and southern parts of the city (‘Gongjudaegyo’, ‘Geumganggyo’, and ‘Baekjaekeundari’) are the spaces connecting the two areas and high in integration. Third, the smaller area analysis forms a cross-shaped spatial structure relatively high in integration, connectivity, and control levels around the ‘Jungdong Gyocharo’ [crossroads] where ‘Woongjinro’, the street cutting the old urban center from south to north and ‘Mooryeongro’, the street cutting it from east to west meet. Forth, to improve accessibility to the old urban center on the south of the river, it is urgent to revise the ‘Geumganggyo’. The curved road in the section between the ‘Gangnam Gyocharo’ at the south of ‘Gongjudaegyo‘ and ‘Beodeunamugil Gyocharo’ can be considered to be made into a straight line street.