posts tagged ‘seoul’
EWHA Campus Complex | publication
November 19th, 2008 • architectures, cities, movingmemos, writings
Tags: architecture, publications, seoul
EWHA Campus Complex | Seoul, South Korea
Icon Magazine published in its August issue a review by Bert de Muynck | MovingCities on the EWHA Campus Complex (Seoul, South Korea), designed by Dominique Perrault Architecture. Icon Magazine just recently published this contribution online. read more »
Seoul snapshots III
June 9th, 2008 • 1 comment architectures, cities, movingmemos
Tags: architecture, seoul, skyline, urbanism
Snapshots from the third day in Seoul. After site visit to the Ewha Campus Complex Bert de Muynck|movingcities strolled through the area around the campus, home to boutiques, restaurant, shoe shops and shopping malls. Followed by a visit to the Jongo Tower, a masterpiece of the almost lost craft of high-tech architecture: build in 1999 by Rafael Viñoly Architects, it offers a great view on the city.
Seoul snapshots II
June 9th, 2008 • 1 comment cities, movingmemos
Tags: seoul, urbanism
Snapshots from the second day in Seoul. After site visit to the Ewha Campus Complex Bert de Muynck|movingcities went exploring Seoul’s Inner Circle Line. Build between 1978 and 1984, it is the city’s longest subway line, with a total length of 60,2 kilometer and 43 stations. Investigating the state of the contemporary city in and around stations like Sinseol-dong, Sinsa, Banpo, Dairim and Dangsan gave some impression of the interplay of density – big housing blocks surrounded by semi low-rise self-built structures – and mobility in this 10 million inhabitants metropolis.
Seoul snapshots I
June 8th, 2008 • 1 comment cities, movingmemos, travel
Tags: on-the-move, seoul, urbanism
In Seoul, South-Korea, for a short three day visit.
Icon asked Bert de Muynck|movingcities to write a review on the recently opened Ewha Campus Complex (located at the Ewha Womens University), designed by French office Dominique Perrault and South-Korean partner office Baum. In-between the site visit, some explorations on the city: snapshots of the first day in Seoul.
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