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A Study on the Rolling Stock Workshop to Analyze the Contribution to the Modern Korean Architecture  

Lee, Sang-Haeng (경기대학교 일반대학원)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Railway / v.12, no.6, 2009 , pp. 1049-1058 More about this Journal
Abstract
Korea's Rolling stock workshop were established with the introduction of a railway, and became the center of industrial construction in the modern age of Korea. There still exist a lot of Rolling stock workshop buildings in the Youngsan Rolling stock workshop, the representative case of Korean Rolling stock workshop, and especially the study aims to look into modern architectural properties centered on those well-preserved buildings. Korea's Rolling stock workshop were built considering the proper conditions of location such as the neighboring districts from the port to transport vehicles and materials, the place where railroad lines are centralized, the short returning distance of railroad cars for entry and departure, and had the facility layout according to the order of a working process of vehicles, and the unique structure and the section facade shape with proper functions and sizes according to each purpose. In particular, they actively adopted steel-frame structure and reinforced concrete structure, and came to have the initial characteristics of Korea's modern industrial building which is called the structural transition. Therefore, this study aims to highlight the importance of Rolling stock workshop including the Youngsan Rolling stock workshop as industrial architecture heritage in the modern age of Korea.
Keywords
Rollingstock Workshop; Young San Rolling stock workshop; Industrial Heritage; Modern Architecture;
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