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During the period of colonial Choson, there were a total of 18 To(道) government office buildings in 13 To. Among them 6 To buildings were newly constructed and enlarged, whose plan types were changed and remodeled to more ordered shapes like 山, 匚or 王. 3 To buildings were not newly constructed but reused as pre-existing buildings and enlarged and remodeled, whose
plan types were changed to 山or 凹. There were 4 plans for newly construction of To buildings but not realized, whose plan types were 日or 山. As a result in the period of colonial Choson, the preference of 山type plan of To building through newly constructed, reused building enlarged or planning of not realized newly construction. In all kinds of enlargements and plans it is
clear that the front part of To building was maintained of with symmetry and centrality but the back side of To building was freely enlarged as to the needs for space and for connection to another accessory buildings. The reason of this tendency was that To buildings were not constructed such enough space so many accessory buildings in their site should be used but also there was a intention to give the buildings authority as an colonial government office by keeping symmetry and centrality in their front part.