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This study investigates the sustainable values of cafes established using idle industrial facilities that are a part of the cultural heritage of South Korea in terms of the characteristics of the architectural space and consumers’ space utilization. Twenty regenerative cafes in five regions were selected, and five of them were analyzed by comparing their characteristics with those of the conventional cafes. Unlike conventional cafes, regenerative cafes have architectural spaces that seem to be non-everyday and elicit a feeling of the passage of time. Users utilized these cafes as spaces for activities and experiences for long periods compared to conventional cafes. Consequently, regenerative cafes were found to contain sustainable values as complex networking spaces, as cultural heritage that can be experienced and as independent tourist destinations. Regenerative cafes have become unique differentiated architectural spaces utilized by several users.
Jun-Sik Eom; Sung-Hoon Yoon; Dai-Whan An. The Sustainability of Regenerative Cafes Utilizing Idle Industrial Facilities in South Korea. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4784 .
AMA StyleJun-Sik Eom, Sung-Hoon Yoon, Dai-Whan An. The Sustainability of Regenerative Cafes Utilizing Idle Industrial Facilities in South Korea. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4784.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJun-Sik Eom; Sung-Hoon Yoon; Dai-Whan An. 2021. "The Sustainability of Regenerative Cafes Utilizing Idle Industrial Facilities in South Korea." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4784.
This article explores the changing values of heritage in an era saturated by an excess of media coverage in various settings and also threatened by either natural or manmade disasters that constantly take place around the world. In doing so, we focus on discussing one specific case: the debate surrounding the identification of Sungnyemun as the number one national treasure in South Korea. Sungnyemun, which was first constructed in 1396 as the south gate of the walled city Seoul, is the country’s most acknowledged cultural heritage that is supposed to represent the national identity in the most authentic way, but its value was suddenly questioned through a nationwide debate after an unexpected fire. While the debate has been silenced after its ostensibly successful restoration conducted by the Cultural Heritage Administration in 2013, this article argues that the incident is a prime example illustrating how the once venerated heritage is reassembled through an entanglement of various agents and their affective engagements. Methodologically speaking, this article aims to read Sungnyemun in reference to the growing scholarship of actor-network theory (ANT) and the studies of heritage in the post-disaster era through which to explore what heritage means to us at the present time. Our synchronic approach to Sungnyemun encourages us to investigate how the once-stable monument becomes a field where material interventions and affective engagements of various agents release its public meanings in new ways.
Seunghan Paek; Dai Whan An. Reassembling Heritage after the Disaster: On the Sungnyemun Debate in South Korea. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3903 .
AMA StyleSeunghan Paek, Dai Whan An. Reassembling Heritage after the Disaster: On the Sungnyemun Debate in South Korea. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (9):3903.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSeunghan Paek; Dai Whan An. 2020. "Reassembling Heritage after the Disaster: On the Sungnyemun Debate in South Korea." Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3903.
Dai Whan An; Jae-Young Lee. Influence and Sustainability of the Concept of Landscape Seen in Cheonggye Stream and Suseongdong Valley Restoration Projects. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1126 .
AMA StyleDai Whan An, Jae-Young Lee. Influence and Sustainability of the Concept of Landscape Seen in Cheonggye Stream and Suseongdong Valley Restoration Projects. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (4):1126.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDai Whan An; Jae-Young Lee. 2019. "Influence and Sustainability of the Concept of Landscape Seen in Cheonggye Stream and Suseongdong Valley Restoration Projects." Sustainability 11, no. 4: 1126.
Seoul is a rapidly developing city that attempted to keep up with the swift rate of industrialization by constructing large buildings with short life cycles to provide basic urban facilities. Today, however, these buildings are obsolete, and Seoul has become a cultural city rather than an industrial one. Rather than destroying these old buildings, many seek to transform them into cultural facilities, thereby giving them location value. This study examines both international and domestic case studies to determine five ways that such revitalization endows these spaces with location value. Through this, the study demonstrates that providing historic buildings with traditional Seoul architectural and urban characteristics with location value creates a meaningful city in which traces of past industrialization coexist with the present. As Seoul continues to develop as a cultural hub in South Korea, this paper’s findings suggest directions for future urban design.
Jun Sik Eom; Dai Whan An. Regeneration of Industrial Facilities into Cultural Facilities in Seoul: Studying Location Value. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4778 .
AMA StyleJun Sik Eom, Dai Whan An. Regeneration of Industrial Facilities into Cultural Facilities in Seoul: Studying Location Value. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (12):4778.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJun Sik Eom; Dai Whan An. 2018. "Regeneration of Industrial Facilities into Cultural Facilities in Seoul: Studying Location Value." Sustainability 10, no. 12: 4778.
This paper examines 41 roadside commercial buildings of the Jongno region built in the 1950s–60s that received façade renovations between 2001 and 2017. The aim is to show the relations between the forms of renovation and the regionality of the commercial areas, which have been historically formed in the original city center of Seoul, as well as the relation of these connections to the sustainability of ordinary architecture. Because Jongno has been the city center for the 600 years following the Joseon dynasty, the region is still a center for politics, administration, economics, and culture. Specialized commercial areas exist in each region within Jongno, and each of these reflect their own regionality. Within such regionality, the roadside commercial buildings are adapting and changing to fit the times, and regionality is sustained through façade renovation of ordinary architecture. The façade renovations of roadside commercial buildings that reflect such regionality and sustainability do not involve redevelopment through overall demolition, which represents a loss of regionality and history and is conducted undemocratically; rather, the practice should be acknowledged for adding value as past heritage and the simultaneous incorporation of present and future values.
Dai Whan An; Jae-Young Lee. The 2001–2017 Façade Renovations of Jongno Roadside Commercial Buildings Built in the 1950s–60s: Sustainability of Ordinary Architecture within Regionality. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3261 .
AMA StyleDai Whan An, Jae-Young Lee. The 2001–2017 Façade Renovations of Jongno Roadside Commercial Buildings Built in the 1950s–60s: Sustainability of Ordinary Architecture within Regionality. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (9):3261.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDai Whan An; Jae-Young Lee. 2018. "The 2001–2017 Façade Renovations of Jongno Roadside Commercial Buildings Built in the 1950s–60s: Sustainability of Ordinary Architecture within Regionality." Sustainability 10, no. 9: 3261.
‘Relocation’ is the most distinctive feature of Korean wooden architecture, since every wooden material can be in most cases completely dismantled and moved to another place. This paper analyzes Cheongju Mangseollu that possesses these unique relocation characteristics excellently, because it was relocated twice in 1923 and 1999 and the building’s function was therefore altered during the process. Mangseollu, which was once a pavilion, was relocated and altered into a school in 1923 and subsequently relocated into a pavilion again in 1999. Accordingly, there were inevitable changes in terms of function, surface, and structure every time it was relocated. As a result, the surface was utilized as one large space without walls, when it was altered into a classroom and the wall was built around each room. Despite all these changes, Mangseollu is recognized as a building of late Joseon period. Therefore, this paper claims that Korean wooden buildings are maintained with unique variability through the relocation process.
Dai Whan An. Sustainability and Variability of Korean Wooden Architectural Heritage: The Relocation and Alteration. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1742 .
AMA StyleDai Whan An. Sustainability and Variability of Korean Wooden Architectural Heritage: The Relocation and Alteration. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (6):1742.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDai Whan An. 2018. "Sustainability and Variability of Korean Wooden Architectural Heritage: The Relocation and Alteration." Sustainability 10, no. 6: 1742.