Convergent Flux : : Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in Korea / / Jinhee Park, John Hong.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Park, Jinhee,; Hong, John,
• MitwirkendeR: Hong, John,; Hong-Bin, Kang,; Hyungmin, Pai,; Jin, Baek,; Jungyoon, Kim,; Park, Jinhee,; Song, Kimm Joung,; Won-Joon, Choi,; Yoonjin, Park,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)

Convergent Flux illustrates the contemporary architectural and urban planning developments in South Korea in the context of the country's considerable urban density.In recent years South Korea, which long stood in the shadow of the superpowers Japan and China, has surged in economic terms. That said, industrialization and the population explosion connected with it have created enormous challenges for the country at the interface between globalization and cultural identity. Some 10.5 million inhabitants live in the center of the capital Seoul, while the metropolitan area includes around 25 million residents making it the second largest conurbation in the world after Tokyo. The result is high urban density, which spells an enormous demand for the more efficient use of space and encourages verticalization in architecture. The publication outlines the current developments in South Korean architecture, urban development and landscape architecture by examining 32 projects in detail. An in-depth view of contemporary South Korean architecture is given by five essays that address topics such as the fusion of tradition and the modern, the re-defining of so-called "social spaces" and the country's special topographical situation.The authors are both architects, trained at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Koreanische Architektur heute: eine Synthese aus kultureller Identität und und westlicher Entwurfshaltung

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Visual essay -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Conceptualizing Convergent Flux -- The Emergence of Modernism in Korean Architecture -- Redefining Regionalism: Politics, Tradition, and Identity in Korean Architecture -- Positive Fragments: The Allegorical Language of Contemporary Korean Architecture -- Mega–events as Urban Transformers -- The (Dis)Appearance of Materials in Modern Korean Architecture -- Emerging infrastructural alliances in Seoul -- Contributors -- Illustration Credits