Journal of the Korean Housing Association ISSN:2234-3571(Print) 2234-2257(Online) 한국주거학회논문집

Residences are formed and affected both by nature and the human environment of a region, and they are durable. However, residences also change according to things like economic growth and alterations in the physical environment, even after they are fully formed. This research seeks to understand the spatial characteristics of the residential plane due to human environmental changes. The subject of this research was Jeonju Hanok Village, which is Hanok districts in all of Gyodong and Poongnam-dong. Hanok villages are some of the most appealing tourist attractions in Korea, to which 9.5 million tourists flock yearly. The research method used in this study involved looking into spatial forms transformations based on things such as substantive data and floor plans of the subject Hanok Village. Furthermore, through space syntax, this research compared the topological relationship between the prototype and present forms and attempted to approach the characteristics of Jeonju Hanok’s residential spaces in a multilateral way. Findings showed that space in Jeonju Hanok was affected by changes in the human environment, and there was also spatial forms transformation. However, the function of the residences was maintained, as were the houses intrinsic characteristics and relationship within the village space, which is connoted by that space.