Comparative Study on Urban Regeneration Strategy through the Utilization of the Old Railway Station Cases

Abstract

Recently, through the historicity of old railway stations, contructed after more than the first century, a number of cities are frequently planning the restoration business with the railway station's modernization and urban regeneration of the nearby station influencing area. This study, focused on such aspect, discusses Stuttgart's Main station, Paris's Gare du Nord, London's St. Pancras Station, and New York's Penn station as examples, and simultaneously makes a comparative analysis of the restoration of their station building and the redevelopment process regarding the station influencing area and nearby area, in order to understand how each strategy is connected with urban regeneration. Through the result of this research, in each city, not only existing regional characteristics and present condition were fully used, but also, on the newly added function of having a high speed railway station, by reconstructing the historical image of the old railway station, maintaining the urban context and city's revitalization could be identified.