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Restoring the Role of Architects: A System for the Implementation of Design Intetions

In June, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that they were putting a new ‘System for Implementation of Design Intentions’ into effect. Here, we reflect on this system, one invented to support the engagement of architects at the construction stage.

Sept 18, 2020
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[Essay] Rest-ism

Chung Isak has taken these sometime neglected aspects found throughout the city into his own hands. He deal...

Sept 09, 2020
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[Interview] Consistency as a Magic Formula: zer...

zerolab (co-principals, Kim Donghoon and Jang Taehoon) says ‘we do everything a person can do’, and the stu...

Sept 03, 2020
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A NEW NAME IN GLAMPING: THE GLAM TREE RESORT

In the Seorisan Mountain in Gapyeong, where chestnut trees are dense, the Glam Tree Resort opened in March ...

Aug 27, 2020
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The New Architectural Method of Drawing from th...

BARE, led by Jeon Jinhong and Choi Yunhee since its establishment in 2014, has carried out research-install...

Aug 21, 2020
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[Essay] In-between Space Between City and Archi...

Hyunjoon Yoo emphasises the significance of the ‘in￾between space’ and the ‘communication between th...

Aug 18, 2020
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[Critique] At the Boundary Between Architecture...

Hyunjoon Yoo stresses the importance of relationships and communication. Some of the urban solutions he has...

Aug 18, 2020
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The Function of Beauty, and Life: flat.m

flat.m has created spaces of varying genres and scales since 2005. SPACE contemplates the spaces and experi...

Aug 12, 2020
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Memories preserved in a Dry Terrain: KU Landscape

Shenzhen, a small fishing village in China, designated as a Special Economic Zone in 1980, has since grown ...

Aug 06, 2020
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Eaery Summer Beach: CAMP 2020

Camp Long, Gangwon-do, which was returned from US force in December 2019, was originally planned for redeve...

Jul 31, 2020
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[Interview] Repetition and Variation: Fict Studio

Hea Kyoung Jang, who majored in product and industrial design, founded Fict Studio in 2016, a name that sta...

Jul 22, 2020
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The Policies and Limitations to the Invalidatio...

From the 1st of July 2020, the invalidation of long-delayed city planning facilities (Urban Park Invalidati...

Jul 06, 2020
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Depth of Surface, Potential of Space

At times, the view outside the window—Namsan and the surrounding scenery of Haebangchon—look li...

Jul 06, 2020
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Publicity and Sustainability in Rural Areas: Pa...

Recently, LUO studio in China completed the project to relocate and extend a village committee office in Yu...

Jul 01, 2020
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The First Adoption of the Korean Ondol Principl...

Last July, Jacobs House I by Frank Lloyd Wright was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. This house is t...

Jun 29, 2020
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[Interview] A Little More Slowly, a Little Deep...

Piknic, which since opening in May 2018 has achieved wide popularity for its refreshing exhibition programm...

Jun 25, 2020
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[Interview] The Root of Form: Kwak Chulan

Kwak Chulan has created biomorphic furniture and sculpture by bending and knotting wood and metal. Pursuing...

Jun 19, 2020
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Reading Poetry in the Old Church : Sinan Books ...

The Chinese design studio, Wutopia Lab, has renovated a church built in 1932 for its new life as a bookstor...

Jun 15, 2020
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[Roundtable] Architecture and the City in the A...

SPACE x Cho Jaewon (principal, 0_1 Studio) x Choi Doin (executive director, metaa) x Hwang Doojin (principa...

Jun 09, 2020
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Architectural Responses to Respiratory Infectio...

Transportation systems have enhanced exchange and communication, but the subsequent increase in random cont...

Jun 08, 2020
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New Religious Movements on the Outskirts of Gre...

With the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease-19, the role played by religious spaces in cities, especially the ...

Jun 03, 2020