Inwangsan: Drawing the structure

Long sketch section showing changes in level (retaining walls in thick black)

After visiting Inwangsan for a second time, I have drawn a quick sketch plan remembering the structural objects along the journey i.e. retaining walls, steps and buildings.

Plan Diagram: Drawing the structure

It has been useful to visit this area but it is important now to identify positive aspects of the village in order to draw comparisons to the apatu street conditions. A few initial ideas:

- Materiality: there is more variation and similar materials to buildings are used for the wall construction e.g. such as stone, render, brickwork

- Integration into buildings: walls seem to be part of the village whereas in the new developments the walls appear as separate entities to the buildings

- Hierarchy of routes: wider and narrow paths open and close gradually through the village. On the other hand, the new developments tend to have very wide main roads with narrow paths and then private streets within the developments. There is less fluidity in the latter so the walls seem to create a barrier.