뉴 어바니즘, 근대적 접근인가, 탈근대적 접근인가?

Abstract

This study aims at identifying the conceptual implications and the value orientation of New Urbanism which has come into the spotlight in the architectural field since the late 1980s. Particularly, the main purpose of this study is to examine whether New Urbanism falls under the modernist or postmodernist approach. The variety of concepts of modernism and postmodernism are reviewed in the diverse points of view for this. The concepts of modernism and postmodernism play the role of the analysis framework for this study. This study identifies that New Urbanism might be classified as a postmodern trend although some modernist rhetoric is found in it. This study finds out that some modernist slogans such as community and social reform are nothing but rhetoric to embellish the approach. However, this study puts a premium on the meaning of New Urbanism as a new paradigm of urban planning although the social slogan raised by the movement sounds unrealistic. It is because New Urbanism is a counterplan of urban planning to rapidly changing social environment, Market, ecological environment and plural values are continuously thought much these days, New Urbanism is deeply involved in those issues.