The Post-war Reconstruction Planning of Hamhung in 1950s North Korea by Konrad Pueschel, a Graduate of the Bauhaus

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26420659
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Architectural history/Design
• Research Institution: Kyushu Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: TOMITA Hideo 九州産業大学, 工学部, 講師 (80353316)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 戦災復興 / 朝鮮戦争 / 1950年代 / 北朝鮮 / 東ドイツ / ソ連 / 都市計画 / バウハウス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Pueschel’s planning methodology is described in three stages: (A) a survey of the structural properties, (B) new ordering of spaces targeted for planning based on structural properties, and (C) completion of overall planning for post-war reconstruction. Pueschel concluded that the cities and settlements in the Korean peninsula are rooted in the mutual relationships between the structure of the landscape and Korean society and economy. In the square and streets network planning, Wohnkomplexe planning, and LPG planning, while USSR, East Germany, and Hamhung shared the same planning theory, the Reconstruction Planning of Hamhung were based on preliminary survey results conducted prior to the design, and, thus, it became a plan that was in harmony with the unique local landscape. In this way, the post-war reconstruction planning of Hamhung shows the spread of socialist city planning theory across country borders, from USSR and East Germany to North Korea.

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