ESTABLISHING A METHOD TO CONSTRUCT PEDESTRIAN NETWORK IN DOWNTOWN AREA

This study aims to present how the pedestrian network in downtown area was constructed utilizing space syntax, and how that process was applied to design the form of the plaza. The construction of pedestrian network utilizing space syntax was accomplished by observing pedestrian behavior. However, it needed a new method other than the existing axial line construction method. This was due to the downtown area where city hall plaza is located was a roadway with crosswalks and pedestrian stoplights, and there was a need to develop a new construction method for the pedestrian network that utilized the existing axial line. In this study, the axial line construction method was developed in consideration of the following: 1) whether or not the axial line could be framed separately on a road where pedestrian sidewalk and the traffic lane were not physically separated; 2) a way to recognize crosswalk "depth" according to the existence of traffic lights and its construction; 3) a way to distinguish the crosswalk "depth " recognition considering visibility and its construction; 4) a way to construct pedestrian network developed on top of the method to recognize the "depth" of underground passages and underground spaces. This study will be able to provide a significant method of constructing and analyzing the pedestrian network in complex downtown area