A Study on Activation Methods of Old Downtown in Daegu -Concentrated on the Practical Use of Unused School Facilities-

Abstract

Jung-gu in Daegu is an old downtown that has led the development of Daegu as a representative center and a commercial area with historicity and placeless. However, an urban center is losing its vitality due to the transfer of city halls and the development of new towns. The downtown area that is still important in a city should lead urban development continuously so that it needs to return its vitality by rehabilitating the weakling urban center. Accordingly this study makes the school which shows drop in the number of students and classes in the school buildings located in Jung-gu, Daegu. Consequently this study figures out a cause for the occurrence of unused school facilities and find a solution as the space for local residents by investigating the facilities of schools, the surroundings, the reality, and the present condition. This study is conducted to examine actual situations of a downtown area that has gone through development and history of Daegu as a center. To this end, it aims to seek for methods to activate the city by relating the practical use of unused school facilities.