E-4: MASJID AS A SOCIO-ECONOMIC MODIFIER- THE CASE OF SEOUL CENTRAL MASJID ITAEWON, SOUTH KOREA.

Abstract

Masjid is an important place maker, shaping and reshaping its neighborhood. The role of masjid ranges to an all-encompassing place having impact on all activities of life in a society. Seoul central Majid of South Korea was built in 1976 as the first Masjid in modern history of South Korea. Since 1990s the immediate surroundings of the Masjid revitalized by itself in the without any governmental interventions. This study explored the existing neighborhood of the masjid and examined the urban maps form 1970 and 2020 to find out the impact of masjid on the revitalization of its neighborhood. The results shows that the urban form remained unchanged to a major extant, but the activities of the neighborhood changed to those related with the Muslim community. The study also presented the conditions, and events which paved the way for the re-generation process. The Masjid in this case acted as socio-economic modifier for its .