I Street as Living Space is defined by three element; base plane, vertical plane & overhead plane. This street space is one of the elements to make the image of the city whole. With the functions of buildings, the vertical planes as building facade o...
I Street as Living Space is defined by three element; base plane, vertical plane & overhead plane. This street space is one of the elements to make the image of the city whole. With the functions of buildings, the vertical planes as building facade on the street are important factors to form the street environments.
In this context, in this thesis the author reviewed architectural elements of lower parts of buildings through existing literatures, surveyed the present conditions of The Jung Ang Street in Taejeon C.B.D., and abstracted the architectural elements to contribute to the vividness of street space. The results on the study can be summaried as follows.
First, the architectural elements of the lower parts of building to define the street space is divided three kinds as follows.
1. Base plane; Pattern of base plane, different levels of base plane.
2. Vertical plane; treatment of facade space, locations and shapes of the enterance.
3. Overhead plane; canopy, set back of lower parts of building.
These architectural elements form street environments, having continuous system and harmonying with each other.
Second, primary factors to determine quality of street environment are as follows.
1. There are two factors to control the building facade: One is physical power & regulation as exterior factor, the other is spontaneous intentions of building owners as interior factor.
2. Kinds of interior functions of building to contribute to street environments and congruence of street spaces with interior functions influence to street atmosphere.
In conclusion, to creat a street environment to make a pedestrian activity vigorous on street of C.B.D., devices as follows should be considered.
1. To promote an approach of a pedestrian to buildings, different levels no more than 2 steps ac enterance would be considered.
2. To give rhythm & orientation of street space, various patterns of base plane of transition area would be considered according to tastes of building owners.
3. For congruence of the street, space with building, the front facade of first floor of building should be treated with architectural elements of visual openess and be accommodated with building uses for that purposes.
4. In order to provide the buffer spaces that belong to both streets and building, and to introduce an interest of pedestrians to street space, such as sot backs, canopy and so on would be applied to treatment of overhead plane.
In conclusion, the formation of a street is accomplished, as both public zone and private zone are able to protect a profit from each other.