A Case Study on Creating a Space in a Regional Community Through the Participation of Residents - Based on the project to create a community space in Siheung City -

Abstract

(Background and Purpose) The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the Comprehensive Plan for the Promotion of Public Design (2018-22) on May 2, 2018. This is the first court plan at the national level for public design policy, and the main content is public design that people can experience in their lives. Article 10 of the Act on the Promotion of Public Design establishes various measures to enable citizens to participate in public design based on the principles of implementing public design projects. It established a strategy for public design with a solid foundation and established a public design system led by citizens, such as revitalizing residents' councils and participating citizens. As a practical way to expand the participation of public design, procedures for convergence of opinions of residents and management of councils were introduced as public invitation examination requirements. However, the reality is that the completeness and sustainability of the project cannot be guaranteed through government-led or formal management. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to lay the foundation for a system that can expand citizens' participation in public design projects and policies through case studies on the creation of spaces in local communities through the participation of residents. (Method) First, the concepts and types of participatory designs were defined through existing prior research and consideration of related literature. Second, we conducted analytical research on three cases: complex community space, small library, and Samji Park. Third, based on the analysis and study of the three cases, we analyzed and presented the step-by-step process of creating a space for the residents' participatory community. (Results) Through prior research and literature consideration, it has been found that public design projects with resident participation are conducted in the form of government-led, resident-led, and cooperation. However, it was gradually confirmed that business promotion entities would change under the initiative of local residents for business satisfaction and sustainability. An analysis of the Siheung city Sinhyeon-dong project found that a step-by-step manual is needed so that residents can play a central role in local public design projects through the composition of residents' councils and cooperation of experts. (Conclusion) From now on, public intervention will be minimized with administrative support, and the sustainability of public design projects will be guaranteed only if the management body changes mainly to residents. In addition, the participation of residents in the whole process of the project, such as the selection, scope and method of the target site, shall be systematically operated. In future research, we hope that research on the process of community change will be carried out through public design projects promoted by residents, experts, and public officials as governance.