(Background and Purpose) This study investigated the program changes in the Culture and Arts Center from the five-year plan for local culture and entertainment in Korea since 1974 to confirm its development into a complex cultural space that serves lo...
(Background and Purpose) This study investigated the program changes in the Culture and Arts Center from the five-year plan for local culture and entertainment in Korea since 1974 to confirm its development into a complex cultural space that serves local residents. Initially, the center had a performance-oriented program, but now it provides various programs such as exhibitions, education, and information in a complex manner, with sports programs recently added. This study aimed to identify and analyze these complex trends and their current status. (Method) A theoretical review of the prior research was conducted to examine and verify the program complexation of the Culture and Arts Center. Subsequently, data were collected from 1970 to 2023 to analyze how the complexity of the program evolved over time. The research methodology involved establishing the concept of program complexation, reviewing the hypotheses based on previous studies, and conducting a cross-analysis of the program's presence and absence values over a time series. Data processing was conducted using Microsoft Excel, and cross-analysis was performed using SPSS. (Results) This study examined the relationship between program characteristics and values at the Culture and Arts Centers over time. The results showed that exhibitions, sports, and events/assembly programs exhibited a correlation between program complexity and changes over time, whereas education and information programs did not. The center shifted from a performance focus to a broader range of programs. Educational and information programs were not considered complex because of a lack of correlation. (Conclusions) Cultural arts centers provide various spaces with different functions, and research on spatial design has shifted to program-centered diversification and segmentation. Exhibitions, sports, events, and rallies have been affected by this diversification, but educational and information programs remain unchanged. Nonetheless, education has the highest proportion of all programs, making it significant in terms of diversity. The 2000s saw the highest proportion of diversification, with education, exhibitions, events, and rallies occurring the most frequently. Exhibitions, education, and events had the highest frequency, whereas sports complexes had the lowest. Information complex programs had the lowest frequency and proportion, including libraries, reading rooms, book cafés, data rooms, and information rooms. Although these programs were not affected by the changing times, they are expected to be affected by future diversification programs. Early cultural arts centers focused on performance-centered programmes; however, various programmes have emerged from this focus, reflecting the changing needs and interests of cultural arts center audiences. Diversification has led to greater program variety, which enhances a center's cultural and artistic impacts.