Modern housing complexes in South Korea: typological evolution and urban adaptations
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
The contemporary South Korean landscape is characterised by a massive display of modern apartment buildings. They are omnipresent in their monotonous manifestation and represent the dream of the Korean population. Serial mass housing is a typology that has had a great diffusion all over the world, but how has modern housing developed in South Korea? To this end, what are the resulting adaptations? This paper retraces these key evolutional aspects. Methodologically, it draws on a scholarly literature review as well as on-site photographic surveys, analysing both the urban and architectural transformation from the early modernisation period to the present condition of contemporary housing. An historical background introduces Korean traditional urban houses, to be used as a context to describe the contemporary modern city that has developed since the 1960s. The main emphasis is then placed on the urbanisation process that fully matured during the 1980s together with a focus on the mass housing typology as the main pivot in the urban transformation. Finally, the paper will draw a parallel between modern Western theories and Korean applications.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | AMPS Proceedings Series 7 |
Editors | K. Day |
Publisher | UCL Press |
Pages | 8-15 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Publication status | Published - 10 Dec 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Future Housing: Global Cities and Regional Problems - Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 9 Jun 2016 → 10 Jun 2016 http://architecturemps.com/melbourne/ http://architecturemps.com/melbourne/ |
Publication series
Name | AMPS Proceedings Series |
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ISSN (Print) | 2398-9467 |
Conference
Conference | Future Housing |
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Country | Australia |
City | Melbourne |
Period | 9/06/16 → 10/06/16 |
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- Proceedings-Architecture-MPS-7-Future-Housing_Gloabl-Cities_Regional-Problems copy
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Outputs
Modern housing complexes in South Korea: an educational analysis to evaluate the typological evolution and urban adaptations
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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
Activities
Jury Member for Asia and the Pacific - UNHabitat - Masshousing Competition
Activity: Examination types › Examination
Future Housing
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Keynote Speaker - Italian Embassy in Seoul, South Korea
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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