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Rewriting the Narrative of an Evanescent Event: ‘Olympic Effect: Korean Architecture and Design from 1980s to 1990s’

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon (MMCA Gwacheon) opened the exhibition ‘Olympic Effect: Korean Architecture and Design from 1980s to 1990s’on the 17th of December, 2020. The exhibition observes the transformations undergone and the legacies left by Korean cities, and their architecture an...

Mar 02, 2021
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RECOMBINING A DIVIDED NEIGHBOURHOOD: ROOF SQUARE

ʻRoof Squareʼ, under the Imun Highway Overpass, is part of Seoul Metropolitan Governmentʼs p...

Feb 26, 2021
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[I AM AN ARCHITECT] UNVEILING: KIM SARA

Kim Sara is interested in how to construct intangible space with various methodologies and matters (materia...

Feb 25, 2021
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DRAW THE WAY OF LIFE THE FILTERS OUT INTO STREE...

Walking around this neighbourhood, one easily finds examples of villas with a sash. The architect Kwon Taeh...

Feb 22, 2021
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[SPACE REVIEW] An Architecture Museum is not an...

SPACE published the feature 'The Path Ahead for the Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture' in our Janu...

Feb 16, 2021
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COLOURFUL FOLLIES ATOP THE CONVERTED FACTORY: C...

COSMO 40 located in Gajwa-dong, Incheon is a cultural complex formed from the renovation of a deserted chem...

Feb 15, 2021
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[Roundtable] The Witnesses of the Turning Point

NAMELESS Architecture has carried out more than 100 projects over the past 12 years. Ranging from architect...

Feb 10, 2021
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[SPACE REVIEW] Cultural Institutions as Urban P...

SPACE published the feature ʻThe Path Ahead for the Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architectureʼ i...

Feb 01, 2021
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[Series] Dialogue with Architects from Southeas...

Through 12 settings, architect Park Changhyun discusses with architects of various generations from Indones...

Jan 29, 2021
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ON THE FRONT LINE OF URBAN ARCHITECTURE: SEOUL ...

In November 2020, Sung Hong Kim who has throughout his career patiently developed a study on the history of...

Jan 27, 2021
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CROSSING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN AN OLD HOUSING CO...

TM Studio, an architect’s office based in Shanghai, China, has been reforming the surroundings of old urban...

Jan 25, 2021
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[I AM AN ARCHITECT] GO WITH THE FLOW: LEE DAMI

Lee Dami is a principal of the architecture studio FLORA AND FAUNA. FLORA AND FAUNA is a Seoul and Internet...

Jan 21, 2021
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Integrated Design for User: THE FIRST PENGUIN

THE FIRST PENGUIN is a design studio that integrates a wide variety of design works including graphic desig...

Jan 12, 2021
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International Design Competition for Korean Mus...

The finalist in the international design competition was announced in November 2020 by the Korean Museum of...

Jan 06, 2021
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[Re-Visit SPACE] Re-visiting the SPACE GROUP OF...

SPACE is a widely respected scholarly journal that has documented the Korean architectural scene over the p...

Jan 05, 2021
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Unboxing - The New Sustainable City as a Mirage

Zo Hangman (professor, Seoul National University) offers a few remarks about new towns in Korea and the imp...

Jan 04, 2021
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The Issues Thrown by the Winning Proposals for ...

Recently, a rough sketch of the basic design for the 3rd Generation New Towns was publicised. The President...

Dec 30, 2020
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Winning Proposals of the Competition for the 3r...

From November 2019 to August 2020, a design competition for seven districts (Gwacheon-Gwacheon, Wangsuk-Nam...

Dec 29, 2020
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Transition of a New Town Planning Paradigm

The surge in housing prices in Seoul in the late 1980s resulted in serious social problems such as housing ...

Dec 17, 2020
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Teaching Energy and Balance in Architectural St...

A class on architectural structure is typically associated with the image of students tapping away on their...

Dec 08, 2020
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The Experience of Failure and a History of Evol...

On 5 December 2020, HAEAHN Architecture celebrates its 30th anniversary. In celebration of this 30th annive...

Dec 07, 2020