A study on the characteristic of the U.S. Economic Aid toward Korea through public housing project in 1950's Seoul

Abstract

This study focused on U.S. Economic Aid Program, specially public housing aid program in Korea for 1950s.BR It is remarkable that architectural program of U.S. Economic Aid for South Korea focused not just on building construction but rather on the reconstruction of the system across the architectural industry. The architectural construction project had been followed by the invitation of professionals, engineers for the technological development and further more, it entailed the establishment of institutional education to train technocrat.BR The public housing program had been lasted for throughout the period of Economic Aid, unlike other construction program, which was terminated once it was completed. The Anam-dong Housing and Mia-ri Refugee Assimilation are the one of the largest projects in the 50’s Housing Project in Seoul. These two programs introduced the mortgage loan system and advanced construction technologies and also established the independent community system, in which the local community actively took part in the construction and management of their settlement. The autonomous community is the most characteristic in the Mia-ri Refugee Assimilation Project. In fact, the emphasis on the autonomous community allowed U.S.A to lower her own financial burden in Economic Aid. ‘The autonomous community’ in Housing Project represented Modernity in Korea by implication. In the 50’s, government encouraged the public to own their houses under the ‘autonomy’ slogan of modern life.BR This study has been limited access to the part of enormous data. Therefore, the conclusion of this study is very limited, and standing on an unstable base.