The Fragments of Seoul’s Delights

What is Seoul’s identity? In the recent past, layers of natural landscape have been overshadowed by accelerated anthropogenic growth. And this dense web of socio-spatial conditions emerging out of unplanned micro-settlements and post-war mega structures are inextricable from the identity of Seoul. In Sewoon Plaza and its neighbourhood, although both urban typologies seem polarised, the scales of occupation within them are highly akin, creating a challenging dialectic between preservation and transformation.
And so, guided by the undulating topography of Seoul and expanding through the constellation of informal settlements, the proposal stitches the spatially alienated Sewoon Plaza and its vicinity through a series of green platforms and pathways by specifically activating its podium level. A lightweight scaffolding system, punctured at irregular intervals, extends across Seoul’s labyrinth, providing the framework for a new urban-scape to materialize on.