A Study of Spatial Composition of Han-ok Type Land Readjustment (Kukaku-seiri) in Seoul

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the spatial composition of Bomung-dong Land Readjustment (Kukaku-Seiri) Area in Seoul. The area was planned in the pre-war period as the first land readjustment project in Seoul under Japanese land readjustment manual, but the houses build in the area are so-called Han-ok (Korean House) which is the typical traditional housing style with high density, courtyard, square plot and open-ended road network. These are completely opposite to modern western type of site planning.