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A Study on the Reform Plan of Bench Design Using Coloring Method

This study is a development plan to reform the park benches using coloring method which are located at the Forest Grand Park (Soorimdaegongwon) with the address of Mook-dong, Jungrang-gu in Seoul where the Rose Festival yearly takes place, at the request of Jungrang-gu Office in Seoul. The case studies of reform design using coloring were investigated through literature review and internet, and the actual design process was applied to the field of the park benches. The coloring of benches is one of the most popular methods of extending the life span of the benches in case of the paint fallen off and/or the aged & damaged wood before their removal, and the painting should be completely conducted to keep the wood view off. According to the request from the Jungrang-gu Office, the concept was to use the echo-materi-als and to place the roses as the topic of the painting in consideration of the harmony with park bench’s surrounding also for a period other than the Festival and to utilize the coloring method. Students started with their sketches and the in consultation with the Jungrang-gu Office selected ideas among them have been applied to 4 park benches. The result showed how-ever that the bench itself looked as beautiful as like the original sketch without the users, but the basically pursued image of the beautiful bench was damaged when anyone sat on the bench, because the painting was partially obscured. In case of the back of a bench therefore, the coloring on the back part should play a meaningful role as a photo zone, while the painting with a simple pattern or the coloring only would be effective in case of the bench without the back. This survey shows that the bench itself has been more photographed thanks to it’s good-looking image than when the people sat on it. In other words, we need to consider a pho-to zone role when making benches with the back, although the original concept did not aim it.