Exploring Spatial Layouts of the Pedestrian Paths in Apartment Complexes within Large-scale Residential Developments - From Pedestrian Block Axis to Alley Streets -

Exploring Neighborhood Unit’s Planning Elements and Configuration Methods in Seoul and Singapore from a Walkability Perspective

“…First, the studies of residential planning, based on the neighborhood unit concept, explore the chronological flow of residential development and the characteristics of neighborhood unit models. In particular, the studies on the subjects of North America [2,3,10,21], the UK [4,13,17], Seoul [6,11,12,[22][23][24] and Singapore [7,8,25,26] investigate the social, economic, and political impact of residential development, the overall planning process including the inner workings of institutional bureaucracy, and flow of ideas between countries. Second, the studies [17][18][19][20][27][28][29] analyze the physical factors that constitute neighborhood unit planning as well as their configuration methods from a walkability perspective.…”

“…According to literature reviews, the residential developments connected to neighborhood-unit planning across North America, the UK, Seoul, and Singapore can be largely categorized into five phases [2][3][4][6][7][8][10][11][12][13][21][22][23][24][25][26]. For each phase, one representative case was selected for each country, often the case most frequently referred to in the relevant literature.…”

“…In the cases of Seoul, the chronological flow of the residential developments adopting the neighborhood-unit planning was largely divided into five stages [6,11,12,20,[22][23][24]: the beginning of the modern urban planning in the 1960s; the massive supply of housing stocks in the 1970s; the large-scale residential district developments in the early 1980s; the first phase of new towns from the 1980s to the early 1990s; and finally the second phase of new towns in the late 1990s through the early 2000s. Perry's model was first introduced in 1956 [6], but the neighborhood unit concepts were applied during the construction of large-scale apartment complexes began in the late 1960s, as parts of the modern urban planning approach in Seoul.…”

“…Perry's model was first introduced in 1956 [6], but the neighborhood unit concepts were applied during the construction of large-scale apartment complexes began in the late 1960s, as parts of the modern urban planning approach in Seoul. Echon (1966), for example, is regarded as the first residential area, adopting the neighborhood concepts [6,22,23]. In the 1970s, to supply housing on a massive scale, Perry's self-sufficient neighborhood unit and Radburn's superblock were accepted as useful planning tools.…”

“…In order to create an eco-friendly residential space, the entire greenery has been increased by two to three times, compared to that of the previous era, and various pedestrian amenities in the housing cluster increased pedestrian networks [20,23,41]. Echon (1966), Jamsil (1975), Mokdong (1983), Bundang (1989), and Dongtan (2001) explain the cases of Seoul [6,11,[22][23][24]. In particular, Bundang (1989) and Dongtan (2001) are the Seoul Metropolitan Area.…”