Informality and mass housing in Seoul: the role of informal settlements in the formation of megaprojects

Dario Pedrabissi

doi:10.4324/9780429331701-11

Informality and mass housing in Seoul: the role of informal settlements in the formation of megaprojects

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Abstract

This chapter retraces the history of housing evolution in Seoul during the twentieth century, focusing on the relationship between the informal settlements and the large housing complexes that have proliferated in South Korea since the 1970s. The aim is to investigate the originally spontaneous low-rise multi-functional areas, and their role in providing a diversified urban program to allow the mono-functional housing projects to existing. This coexistence of two different urban settlements has evolved throughout recent decades, and it has eventually established an urban model that is representative of South Korean cities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Informality through Sustainability
Subtitle of host publication	Urban Informality Now
Editors	Antonino Di Raimo, Steffen Lehmann, Alessandro Melis
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	11
Number of pages	13
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429331701
ISBN (Print)	9780367354770
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429331701-11 https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429331701
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2020

Publication series

Name	Earthscan Series on Sustainable Design
Publisher	Routledge

Keywords

informality
architecture
urban morphology
Seoul
South Korea

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

https://www.routledge.com/Informality-through-Sustainability-Urban-Informality-Now/Raimo-Lehmann-Melis/p/book/9780367354770

3 Conference contribution
2 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
2 Article

The city as an event. The performative architecture of Seoul’s commercial spaces
Pedrabissi, D., 13 Dec 2025, Design for Performative Arts Spaces: Historical Evolution, Cultural Context, and Future Opportunities. Melis, A. & Pelle, M. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham, p. 159-166 8 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Spontaneous Seoul: Coexistence of modernity, tradition, and hyper density
Pedrabissi, D., Di Raimo, A. & Lee, Y., 17 Jul 2024, Urban Futures - Cultural Pasts Sustainable Cities, Cultures & Crafts: Volume 2: Social & Cultural Questions. Architecture Media Politics Society, p. 131-142 12 p. (AMPS Proceedings Series; no. 40.2).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Open Access
File
Beside megastructures in Seoul: the ecology of the surroundings
Pedrabissi, D., 27 Oct 2021, The 16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo JApan 2020+1: Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities. Tostões, A. & Yamana, Y. (eds.). Echelle-1, Vol. 3. p. 1114-1118 5 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Artificial land concepts and the architecture of megastructure in Seoul
Pedrabissi, D., 1 May 2020, In: International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research. 9, 2, p. 144-148 5.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
461 Downloads (Pure)
Modern housing complexes in South Korea: an educational analysis to evaluate the typological evolution and urban adaptations
Pedrabissi, D., 1 Jun 2017, In: Journal of Practical Engineering Education. 9, 1, p. 85-90 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
733 Downloads (Pure)

Cite this

Pedrabissi, D. (2020). Informality and mass housing in Seoul: the role of informal settlements in the formation of megaprojects. In A. Di Raimo, S. Lehmann, & A. Melis (Eds.), Informality through Sustainability: Urban Informality Now (1st ed.). (Earthscan Series on Sustainable Design). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429331701-11, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429331701

@inbook{18b765fb0c7a40758fdbbc5173267478,

title = "Informality and mass housing in Seoul: the role of informal settlements in the formation of megaprojects",

abstract = "This chapter retraces the history of housing evolution in Seoul during the twentieth century, focusing on the relationship between the informal settlements and the large housing complexes that have proliferated in South Korea since the 1970s. The aim is to investigate the originally spontaneous low-rise multi-functional areas, and their role in providing a diversified urban program to allow the mono-functional housing projects to existing. This coexistence of two different urban settlements has evolved throughout recent decades, and it has eventually established an urban model that is representative of South Korean cities.",

keywords = "informality, architecture, urban morphology, Seoul, South Korea",

author = "Dario Pedrabissi",

year = "2020",

month = dec,

day = "31",

doi = "10.4324/9780429331701-11",

language = "English",

isbn = "9780367354770",

series = "Earthscan Series on Sustainable Design",

publisher = "Routledge",

editor = "\{Di Raimo\}, Antonino and Steffen Lehmann and Alessandro Melis",

booktitle = "Informality through Sustainability",

address = "United States",

edition = "1st",

}

Informality and mass housing in Seoul: the role of informal settlements in the formation of megaprojects. / Pedrabissi, Dario.
Informality through Sustainability: Urban Informality Now. ed. / Antonino Di Raimo; Steffen Lehmann; Alessandro Melis. 1st. ed. Routledge, 2020. (Earthscan Series on Sustainable Design).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

TY - CHAP

T1 - Informality and mass housing in Seoul

T2 - the role of informal settlements in the formation of megaprojects

AU - Pedrabissi, Dario

PY - 2020/12/31

Y1 - 2020/12/31

N2 - This chapter retraces the history of housing evolution in Seoul during the twentieth century, focusing on the relationship between the informal settlements and the large housing complexes that have proliferated in South Korea since the 1970s. The aim is to investigate the originally spontaneous low-rise multi-functional areas, and their role in providing a diversified urban program to allow the mono-functional housing projects to existing. This coexistence of two different urban settlements has evolved throughout recent decades, and it has eventually established an urban model that is representative of South Korean cities.

AB - This chapter retraces the history of housing evolution in Seoul during the twentieth century, focusing on the relationship between the informal settlements and the large housing complexes that have proliferated in South Korea since the 1970s. The aim is to investigate the originally spontaneous low-rise multi-functional areas, and their role in providing a diversified urban program to allow the mono-functional housing projects to existing. This coexistence of two different urban settlements has evolved throughout recent decades, and it has eventually established an urban model that is representative of South Korean cities.

KW - informality

KW - architecture

KW - urban morphology

KW - Seoul

KW - South Korea

UR - https://www.routledge.com/Informality-through-Sustainability-Urban-Informality-Now/Raimo-Lehmann-Melis/p/book/9780367354770?fbclid=IwAR3UVFMNS7dy4kPPlz-_dr38irgDQ-dDiYxZaac6gJCo0PbkTLlx79tTZZ8

UR - https://www.routledge.com/Earthscan-Series-on-Sustainable-Design/book-series/EARTHSD

U2 - 10.4324/9780429331701-11

DO - 10.4324/9780429331701-11

M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)

SN - 9780367354770

T3 - Earthscan Series on Sustainable Design

BT - Informality through Sustainability

A2 - Di Raimo, Antonino

A2 - Lehmann, Steffen

A2 - Melis, Alessandro

PB - Routledge

ER -

Informality and mass housing in Seoul: the role of informal settlements in the formation of megaprojects

Abstract

Publication series

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Research output

The city as an event. The performative architecture of Seoul’s commercial spaces

Spontaneous Seoul: Coexistence of modernity, tradition, and hyper density

Beside megastructures in Seoul: the ecology of the surroundings

Artificial land concepts and the architecture of megastructure in Seoul

Modern housing complexes in South Korea: an educational analysis to evaluate the typological evolution and urban adaptations

Cite this