Urban-Architectural Planning and Spatial Use Behavior of Mixed-used Stand-Alone Apartment that Proliferated in the 1970s

Mixed-use single apartment buildings emerged from the late 1960s and proliferated outwards from the city center of Seoul during the 1970s. This housing type was mainly implemented to provide housing, however, commercial facilities were inevitably incorporated due to insufficient urban infrastructure set on the outskirts. This study aims to examine spatial planning and user behavior of mixed-use single apartment buildings. Mostly located along the main street, mixed-use single apartment buildings interact with pedestrians by planning shopping quarters on the street level and placing housing units and common areas above. In addition, these urban architectural housing types exemplifies various architectural planning features such as implementing an atrium or courtyards, single or double loaded corridors, specific common areas and so on. Residential and common areas tend to be more open depending on the degree of vitality and dominant proportion of commercial facilities combined in mixed-use apartment buildings. Overall, this housing type has provided an opportunity to interact and connect with its surrounding urban fabric over time. However, due to obsolescence and transformation of urban contexts, these particular housing types are on the brink of extinction. It is expected that appropriate documentation and meticulous analysis could provide further worthwhile implications to future mixed-use urban housing typologies.

1970년대에 확산된 상가아파트의 도시·건축적 특성과 공간 이용행태에 관한 연구