An Analysis of Areas Vulnerable to Theft According to the Spatial Structure of Museums

Abstract

In recent years, with a rising level of cultural awareness among the general public, the demand for museums has been increasing. In addition, the number of museums being built is increasing. This expansion of museum facilities is causing a growing number of museum thefts, highlighting the importance of museum security, and as such, an analysis of the vulnerable areas of a museum is required. However, there has not been much research on museum security. Accordingly, this study aims to build basic data for future museum design by analyzing the spatial structure of a museum in order to understand its vulnerable areas. The conclusions are as follows. 1) This study analyzed areas vulnerable to theft by first deriving the connectivity value of an analysis target. 2) This study derives a convex space which has a low value at the same time for both the connectivity and local integration of a selected museum, and this convex space is identified as the most vulnerable space to theft. 3) This study derives a restriction for a selected museum. The information desks and management facilities that must have high restriction show values that are higher than the average restriction of the entire convex space, but the restriction is analyzed to be inappropriate because the derived areas vulnerable to theft and spatial depths are large. Therefore, in future museum design, the vulnerable areas should be designed to have a high restriction