The research intended to examine locational characteristics and development patterns of mixed-use residential buildings(MURBs) located in Seoul since 1990. It also aimed to suggest policy recommendations for managing their development from a planning ...
The research intended to examine locational characteristics and development patterns of mixed-use residential buildings(MURBs) located in Seoul since 1990. It also aimed to suggest policy recommendations for managing their development from a planning perspective by evaluating ``Floor Area Ratio(FAR) Regulation`` introduced to control unplanned development of MURBs within the commercial zone in Seoul. For the purposes, three major contents were mainly investigated. First, it reviewed legal and institutional changes related to developing and regulating MURBs. Second, their locational characteristics and development patterns were explored after a database of MURBs has been prepared located in Seoul for two decades since 1990. Last, we made policy suggestions for reforming the FAR regulation while referring to some relevant efforts made in the City of New York, Tokyo and Yokohama. The research found that MURBs developed within the commercial zone in Seoul for last twenty years totaled 193 in which 41,952 households have been living. They have not been located in urban cores and centers; rather they have spread over the outskirts of Seoul metropolitan area. In light of the results, four policy recommendations were proposed. First, it is necessary that a legal definition and management criteria of MURBs should be improved. Second, different strategies for introducing MURBs should be prepared for each level of urban centers, and the principles and rules for residential development in the commercial zone are required. Third, specific land uses should be encouraged in close connection with the incentives for residential use while the FAR regulation is implemented in principle. Forth, an integrated management system is also required to encourage and manage MURBs in terms of housing supply and urban planning in Seoul.