A Case Study on the National Design Policy Projects for Cultural Spatial Regeneration

(Background and Purpose) The method of 'culturally regenerating' the public spaces by means of participation and communication of citizens has taken root as a basic method for spatial regeneration through many studies and verification among the methods of urban regeneration. This study was intended to identify the area of improvement in the 'implementation means' of policies associated with spatial regeneration design through analysis of domestic legislations and policy projects from the standpoint of spatial regeneration design in order to analyze the 'implementation means' of domestic cultural spatial regeneration design policy. (Method) The 32 legislations, derived for cultural regeneration of the space, were classified into 7 categories. Based on that, the legislations associated with spatial contracts were added, leading to the classification into 8 categories which were then substituted into Lowi's policy types for analysis of current status. The methods, by which the State coerced the enforcement of policies, and the functionality of such coercion were classified by the type of policy. Using the policy types and coercion types as a framework for analysis, the analysis was performed through substitution into the 32 legislations of 8 categories which were extracted before. Through that, it could be understood how the legislations related to each cultural spatial regeneration design were working. (Result) The design support takes on significant importance for the manufacturing industry, and many legislations put primary focus on the preservation of traditional culture. It is important to bring cultural perspective to spatial planning. Among the interacting legislations, the most notable legislation in this study is the 'Public Design Promotion Act'. This legislation sets forth the Master Plan for Public Design Promotion, Public Design Commission, public design services, formation of dedicated departments, deployment of manpower, etc. The Enforcement Ordinance and the Enforcement Rules specify the details stipulated by the Act, such as the standards for participation in public design services, the requirements for reporting by companies specializing in public design, and the requirements for designation of dedicated organization. (Conclusion) Current status of policy projects, which have been implemented thus far, show that those projects focused only on the pilot projects for hardware spatial creation. Although the pilot projects for spatial creation can bring the performance that provides financial support and immediately quantifies the physical results, the pilot projects will bring only short-term one-time performance if the awareness of users remains unchanged. Those policies will become conducive to designing even more cultural and sustainable idle spaces from a long-term perspective, if the policies are developed and supported with a focus on cultivation and utilization of experts while forming the information service and interpersonal networks necessary for cultural utilization of idle space.