순천만 국가정원의 공간적 특성

Abstract

Suncheon Bay National Garden is located in Suncheon, Jeollanam-do. It was designated as the No. 1 national garden of the Republic of Korea on September 5, 2015. Despite its location in a small city and its implementation of a somewhat distant idea of the ecology, a nationally approved ecological garden was born. This designation is one of the follow-up actions from the successful operation of the 2013 Suncheon Bay Garden Expo. However, strangely, humanities scholars haven’t paid attention to this garden until recently. Therefore, this study examines the humane characteristics of the Suncheon Bay Garden focusing on its space. First, Suncheon Bay National Garden can be categorized into a type of theme park. This means Suncheon Bay National Garden deploys spatial and cultural characteristics which enable people to enjoy the contents. However, Suncheon Bay National Garden has a completely different feel and concept from other theme parks. In other words, the basic idea of ecology combines with the ideas of international culture, citizens and nations to create a main stream garden space that has been impossible until now. Suncheon Bay National Garden continues the context of classic spaces that implement various idealistic spaces and timely values successful throughout the history of the Korean Peninsula. Suncheon Bay National Garden is successful as it transforms the classical spaces of the Korean Peninsula into modern formations making its spaces seem both vintage and new. Suncheon Bay National Garden bears classical spaces in various forms such as the Buddhist temple, the gazebo, the royal palace and feng shui. This study is the first attempt to view Suncheon Bay National Garden in the perspective and methods of the humanities and to define its characteristics. Humane studies should be performed in various fields focused on public use, urban planning, ideology and non-daily life style.