“InfraNature” Reconciliation of Green and Urban Infrastructure with Future Mobility

The site, Naebusunwhan-ro near Jeongneung-cheon, is a large traditional market complex, adjacent to Gyeongdong Market selling herbal ingredients, Cheongnyangni Agricultural Market, and Majangdong Livestock Market. The formation of these traditional markets originates from Cheongnyangni Station, a thriving logistics hub for healthy and abundant produce. The moving smells, arcades, markets, and the flexibly shaped roads and railways, inspired the proposed new transportation device that takes the form of a self-driving, inflatable bubble-shaped module. On the ground, these modules cluster together, forming an arcade-like market, while they move suspended beneath the Naebusunwhan-ro, transporting fresh produce across Seoul. The key catalyst, the bubble PBV(purpose-built vehicle), connects the two parallel scapes of the Naebusunwhan-ro and Jeongneung-cheon to the three-dimensional fabric of the old city, thus attempting to reconcile infrastructure and nature through blurred boundaries. Ultimately, the infrastructure built upon nature becomes “InfraNature,” giving back to nature in reverse, and proposing a master plan that suggests the Naebusunwhan-ro(inner circle ring road) as an alternative to creating the future Seoul Green Ring.