A Study on Streetscape Control through a Creation of Soft Interface Space

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Abstract The study departs from an awareness of problems involved in an estrangement of architecture from the city, which has massively produced solid bounds between buildings and the street while disregarded diverse everyday patterns influencing activities on the streets. This study attempts to reinterpret Gordon Cullen’s principle of scenic elements in his Townscape theory from the phenomenological viewpoint rather than from one dimensional angle of visual perception, and to verify that the composition principle of scenic elements through soft interfaces generated between streets and buildings is a fundamental and effective method of creating vitalized streetscape that is closely related to human behaviors. The thesis takes the ‘Canal City’ at the International Free Economic Zone in Songdo, as the subject of the study, which has established and promoted a detailed and consistent cityscape plan, and applies the analytic frames acquired from an exploration of Gordon Cullen’s principle of scenic elements to the real site, to see the effectiveness. The main purpose of the study is accordingly to inquire how to create streetscape not as a visually oriented physical space but as a place accompanying the street experiences and activities, and to provide the Street Vitalization Plan of the City presently proceeded with a methodological frame. Key words: Gordon Cullen, Streetscape, facade , soft interface space, Songdo Canal City