THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF THE WALLED-TOWNS IN CHOSUN DYNASTY OF KOREA

摘要

The walled-towns are the built-structures possessing their boundaries and territories for military and administrative affairs. The Eup-sungs, the Korean local walled-town in 16c., are the spatial archetypes and have formulated the historical planned-cores which have the unique genius loci and historicality. This paper aims to discuss the spatial structure of Eup-sungs. 1. Eup-sungs were generally located in the archetypical sites based on the spatial principles, the Yin-Yang and Five-Elements, the Feng-Shui. 2. The scales were the spot-scale from the comparison between the present and the past. It is area-scale now, but spot-scale before. 3. The road networks were the grid-iron system having the four directions basically. 4. The residential district had the archetypical patterns which had their boundaries, territories, clusters and segregations according to the social status. 5. The public facilities were functionally arranged by the principles of facilities' dispositions and zoning. 6. The enclosure-forms were the geometric patterns applied to the circles and squares basically. Therfore, the systematic and institutional frames are critical in the stage of the urban restructuring (renewal, rebuilding), which are the clear statements of obligation for the historic conservation and restoration within the related Acts.