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The purpose of this study is to observe the concrete change of urban streets in the Daehakro district with the establishment of governmental schools in the Japanese colonial rule. This can contribute to understanding of urban developing process and the identity of Seoul. This study was performed with these; first, consideration about the characteristics of the district chronologically, second, identifying trends of governmental schools’sites, last, analyzing urban maps and architectural drawing of schools. The Daehakro district, which is the north-east parts in the castle of Seoul had been less developed than other districts until 1910s. Though the new street was planned in the Kyungseong City Street Improvement, it was not completed until 1932. However, development of the Daehakro district had not been stopped. With continuous establishment of governmental schools, improvement was gradually performed. And these improvement also influenced to change the City Street Improvement. The development was began with the establishment of the Governmental Technical School in 1907 on the center of the district and the enlargement of a site in 1912 for the Central Research Laboratory. Furthermore, siting governmental high schools and the establishment of the Kyungseong Imperial University in 1910s and 1920s were accelerated the developing speed. In other words, selection of location for governmental schools shows the distinctive characteristics according to the times. Especially, concentrating schools on the Daehakro district in 1910-20s and on the suburban district in 1930-40s had great effect on rapid progress. The link with existing facilities and cheap cost of land influenced the selection of governmental school location. Concretely, the developing process of the Daehakro district can be analyzed with three steps. First, the Governmental Technical School in 1907 was set on the site beside a small road of the east side from the brook. In 1912, the enlargement of a site to the west for the Central Research Laboratory led to a change of the stream and blocking of the eastern road. So, the western road from the brook was only used as the arterial road of the district. Furthermore, these changes were influenced on the alteration of the Kyungseong City Streets Improvement of 1912 to one of 1919. Planning process of the Kyungseong Technical High School and Medical High School shows the intention of the City Streets Plan in the late 1910s. Especially, the plan to make the Daehak street linear and the intention to build the through road of Jongmyo were identified. In other words, the City Plan in 1919 adapted to each school plan in advance. After, plans of the Kyungseong Imperial University shows concrete developing process of the Daehak street in relation to the City Street Plan in the late 1920s. The form and width of the street were continually changed. Belated planning of main gates in 1929 compared with other buildings was timed to coincide with the construction of the whole street by the authorities of Kyungseong. In the end, These changes of the Daehak street identified from architectural drawings shows continual interaction between the Kyungseong City Street Improvement and plans of governmental schools in 1910s-20s.