Once again, an interesting session, this time focusing on the role of plazas in Seoul. First, a quick historic survey on Seoul plaza, one that (like the one at Seoul public library) elides entirely any role the plaza may have played in public dissent and activism. Then, it was on to an interesting discussion of the role of public spaces--with lots of comparisons to Europe. Finally, some discussion on where people meet, and their thoughts on Seoul's public spaces in general.
Two days later (on Sunday, March 15), I'm at a conference on urban planning--the last day, and the reports of numerous acrhitects, planners and public administration people to re-make 세운 상가 . . .a brutalist structure that dates from the Park Chung Hee days. The area, though, has a much longer history than that . . .The point of the conference, though, was to gesture to alternatives to "big plans": to argue for small-scale development that takes into account mixed land-use, local history, collaborative planning. Jane Jacobs stuff and, not incidentally, urban ethnography.
Two days later (on Sunday, March 15), I'm at a conference on urban planning--the last day, and the reports of numerous acrhitects, planners and public administration people to re-make 세운 상가 . . .a brutalist structure that dates from the Park Chung Hee days. The area, though, has a much longer history than that . . .The point of the conference, though, was to gesture to alternatives to "big plans": to argue for small-scale development that takes into account mixed land-use, local history, collaborative planning. Jane Jacobs stuff and, not incidentally, urban ethnography.
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