Heritage Value through Regeneration Strategy in Mapo Cultural Oil Depot, Seoul

Abstract

Regeneration projects are a crucial tool in helping cities improve their heritage value. This includes the rehabilitation of industrial facilities, a practical solution to increasing urban sustainability. Seoul's Mapo Cultural Depot, launched in 2017 after and international competition in 2014, is a representative model of such industrial heritages. This winning design focused on rehabilitating the site throughout both the design and construction periods, valuing preservation over new construction even at the initial stages of the competition. In this study, we examine the Mapo Cultural Depot in terms of its balance with the natural surroundings, architectural tectonics, and emotional remnants. We argue that its physical appearance, landscaping, and tectonic relation, composed of a specific spectrum of time accumulation, help people experience a sense of collective memory. In this way, a sense of time and place are embedded in materiality and important to consider when moving toward urban sustainability. Our findings have implications for a new perspective on concrete regeneration strategies.rebuilding it as a cultural complex space in 2000 [2]. In such a way, urban design is one of the most important tools for creating a sustainable society.However, urban design cannot be approached with a universal methodology. Instead, designers and city planners must consider a region's unique culture and characteristics. One example of such industrial revitalization done with an area's unique identity in mind is the Mapo Cultural Depot in Seoul. The building shows evidence of a variety of historical identities, and the land on which it sits has transitioned from a naturally hilly area on the Mt. Maebong Ridge, to a petroleum reservoir, to vacant land, and finally to the cultural park that is its present day incarnation.The logic that approached this Mapo Depot (Figure 1) as a research subject is as follows. This is also a factor that strengthens the heritage value and unique identity of the facility. (1) The site is accumulated by laminating several time zones, and (2) the facilities that reveal each time zone are preserved under the protection and policy of the government. (3) It is a project that clarifies the big direction of regeneration by linking this with the current time zone as the main design strategy.

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