It has been six years since the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul(MMCA) opened in November 2013. The purpose of this study is to clarify the meaning of place and architectural history through the process of change of the Affiliated Hospital of Kyungsung College of Medicine, which was originally established on this site. The purpose of this study is to examine how the architectural value of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul can be utilized by tracking the architectural image accumulated at the place of the Affiliated Hospital of Kyungsung College of Medicine. From the perspective of a researcher studying modern architecture, I think the 2013 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul should have an exhibition with the theme of place and history. The contents of the research so far are as follows.
In 1916, Kyungsung College of Medicine was established and training was carried out in Yeongeon-dong using a medical lecture center attached to the Hospital of the Japanese Governor-General of Korea. The Medical School of Kyungsung Imperial University was established in 1924 as students of Kyungsung College of Medicine led the 3.1 Movement. As a result, the Hospital of the Japanese Governor-General of Korea was incorporated into The Medical School of Kyungsung Imperial University. At the same time, faculty and medical facilities at Kyungsung College of Medicine were transferred to Kyungsung Imperial University.
Due to protests by the students of Kyungsung College of Medicine, which required clinical education in the hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Kyungsung College of Medicine began on November 29, 1928, at the site of the Office of the Royal Genealogy in Sogyeok-dong, next to Gyeongbokgung Palace. At this time, the building has a triangular-shaped plane with the classical gable surface and the vertical window highlighted with ⊥ shape plan.
In 1929, the L-shaped plane was connected to the ⊥-shaped plan with the symmetrical front of the vertical window, completed in 1928.. The newly connected building is square in size and has brightened the room. It also has a feature that emphasizes functionality. Hanok, which was used as the Office of the Royal Genealogy"s Haengnangchae (buildings on both sides of the main gate where servants live, servants’s quarters), was used as an outpatient ward, forming a unique view of Kyungsung College of Medicine.
In 1931, a unique block with a semicircular staircase connected to a previously built hospital. The window shows the horizontal window structure of the curtain wall that stretches laterally from the previous vertical window. The building, with a modern image like the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany, became the main image of this school. The construction of the ward changed the location of the main entrance of Kyungsung College of Medicine.
In 1936, the training system of nurses was installed, and the Affiliated Hospital of Kyungsung College of Medicine was expanded to become a finger plan, showing the appearance of a completed hospital as a general hospital.
Throughout the 8.15 Liberation and the Korean War, the space has been transformed into the National Armed Forces District Hospital and the Headquarters of the Republic of Korea(ROK) defense security command, which is located near the Blue House and has a close connection with Korean modern political history. Finally, in 2008, the ROK defense security command moved and the existing the Affiliated Hospital of Kyungsung College of Medicine was registered as Registered Cultural Property # 375.
The Affiliated Hospital of Kyungsung College of Medicine, which was used as the Education and Management Bureau of the Japanese colonial period after the Office of the Royal Genealogy in Joseon Dynasty, has undergone a continuous change process and is now used as the Seoul National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul in 2019. It is said that the placeness and historical characteristics of the MMCA through the Kyungsung College of Medicine from the Office of the Royal Genealogy has been restored and maintained as far as goes.