At the London Korean Festival we’ve been treated to images of the revitalisation and greening of central Seoul, with displays of the Chonggyecheon reconstruction. However, there is an all-too-familiar flipside to modern construction projects: my attention has just been drawn to a website which catalogues the demolition of Seoul’s last few streets of traditional housing … [Read More]
Place: Jongno-gu (page 3)
Selected publications
- Hyun Kyung Lee: ‘Difficult Heritage’ in Nation Building: South Korea and Post-Conflict Japanese Colonial Occupation Architecture, Palgrave 2019
- Joan Busquets: Deconstruction/Construction: The Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project in Seoul, Harvard University Press 2011
- Lee Chin-a: Daehangno: Theater District in Seoul, Hollym 2011