Convergent flux
Subtitle: contemporary architecture and urbanism in Korea
By: Jinhee Park, John Hong
Contributors: Hong, John, author; Birkhäuser Verlag; Harvard University. Graduate School of Design
Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH; Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Basel, Switzerland; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9783034608060
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Architecture; City planning; Architects
Other titles: Contemporary architecture and urbanism in Korea
Description: This book 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.
Notes: "This publication has been sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Design."

Includes bibliographical references.