Abstract
Abandoned industrial facilities have become a nuisance in cities because the needs of society members are continuously changing. Idle industrial facilities might be considered to be merely abandoned and empty spaces, but they are in reality historic sites that illustrate the period of industrialization in the region. They are valuable because they serve to accumulate memories from the past. Recently, with the need for urban regeneration, there have been various discussions on converting the abandoned industrial facilities into cultural art spaces. They are intended to promote the sustainability of communities and cities by vitalizing the area. Considering the social dimensions of urban regeneration, it is necessary to render such a creative space as a ‘Third Place’ to promote the city’s sustainability. Converted industrial facilities, through the medium of ‘Voluntary Arts Activities,’ have many elements that are suitable for the needs of a creative space, and even for a ‘Third Place’. As opposed to the private sector, it is seen that when the public sector regenerates these facilities, they approach this issue in order to lower the cultural arts barrier. The public sector, which is a government-centered first sector, conducts regeneration projects based on the ‘Democratization of Culture’ perspective. However, in order to promote participation in the third sector, which is a community-based, non-profit sector that actually uses the space, it is important to approach the issue from the ‘Cultural Democracy’ perspective. Focusing on this aspect, this study aims to examine cases of public sector-led converted cultural arts spaces by ‘Voluntary Arts Activities’ in France and South Korea, namely ‘Le Centquatre-Paris,’ the ‘Oil Tank Culture Park,’ and the ‘West Seoul Arts Center for Learning’. This will allow us to contemplate the possibility of sustainable spaces, individuals, communities and cities.
Highlights
Based on the assumption that the regeneration of idle industrial facilities in this direction is desirable, this study aims to explore the need to create a ‘Third Place’ that can be a creative space in the city and provide a definition of ‘Voluntary Arts Activities’
The City of Seoul would like to utilize the space mainly with refined artworks that are targeted at the public; the gigantic feature of the space itself overwhelms those works, and makes the artists hesitate. This means that its management is based upon the ‘Democratization of Culture’, rather than the ‘Cultural Democracy’ perspective, in that it is trying to disseminate it to the third sector by applying the standards of artwork set by the first sector
In case of France, a local vacant facility was regenerated into a creative space through ‘Voluntary Arts Activities’, and it works as a ‘Third Place’, thereby influencing urban sustainability in the social dimension
Summary
Industrial facilities that have lost their original functions and necessities are abandoned. In order to make a creative space, it can be useful to utilize ‘Voluntary Arts Activities’ among other arts and culture activities programs. Based on the assumption that the regeneration of idle industrial facilities in this direction is desirable, this study aims to explore the need to create a ‘Third Place’ that can be a creative space in the city and provide a definition of ‘Voluntary Arts Activities’. It explores the ways of achieving sustainability of life, space, and city through a regenerated space that is effective in the community’s ‘Voluntary Arts Activities’
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