A STUDY ON THE REVITALIZATION OF HISTORICAL RELICS WITH SENSE OF PLACE FOCUSED ON "WONGUDAN" -
The purpose of the study is to suggest an architectural method to reinterpret destroyed historical places in the city by use of modern abstract. Employing architectural abstraction, in other words, this study attempts to present an alternative to recover historical sense of place as a new paradigm to restore modern relics that is unclear in their representing time or impossible to rebuild their original shapes. Today, Seoul has multiple places where various historical relics are chaotically mixed. The study selects Wongudan that was established with Korean Empire as a case study and that is difficult for people to perceive the existence because of the Chosun Hotel which has been built on the original location of Wongudan. Such an ambiguous situation is similar to the tragic destination of Korean Empire. The study attempts to investigate such historical spot which is impossible to be restored in original form, to reinterpret the historical meaning of the spot in modern way, and to rehabilitate the historical site in the modern city.