A Public Space Generated Design Study for a New Station Complex

Abstract

The term public seems to have very ambiguous meaning, and nobody can clearly explain that meaning. In other words, due to the various and ambiguous meaning, the term public space can be understood differently depending on the situation. Based on this fact, the purpose of this thesis is to shed new light on the notion of public space today through the KTX Suseo station complex project. To achieve this purpose, the characteristic of public space in station complex is examined through the case study of the Seoul Station Complex, and then the design experiment of Les Halles architectural competition is identified to frame design study hypothesis. Based on design study hypothesis, the situation and condition that should be based on a public area or surface are proposed through the design project rather than the physical public space. It does not imply the uselessness of physical public space, but it is experimented the evolved public space in the contemporary era. The more complex our society, the more public space should be transformed, evolved and adapted, and design study for generating public space in this thesis can give a new direction for the new evolved public space.