English
Shin, Ye-Kyeong. “A Study on the Transformation of Seoul Railway Station Since the Division of Korea into North and South—
Focused on the Urban Spatial Transformation from 1945 to 1989.”
Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design, 27(3), pp. 81–90, March 2011.
ISSN 1226-9093
DOI: Not identified
Publication Information: https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01617844
Research Summary
This study analyzes the relationship between the transformation of Seoul Station and Seoul’s urban growth from 1945 to 1989. During the colonial period, the station connected China, Korea, and Japan and served as a center for passenger and freight distribution. After national division, its continental role was reduced to that of a terminal within South Korea.
Nevertheless, the concentration of population, services, infrastructure, and consumption in the capital led to repeated extensions and functional differentiation. The station building constructed in 1923 remained in place while its functions expanded inside and beyond the railway premises. Seoul Station supported urban expansion and development in neighboring areas, yet its tracks and one-sided spatial configuration simultaneously acted as physical constraints on urban growth.