Architecture as city : Saemangeum Island City, Korea

Book by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, with contributions by Dominique Boudet (Consultant Editor), photo essay by Kang Woon-gu, and conversation with Ellis Woodman. Florian Beigel and the Architecture Research Unit were invited by the Provincial Government of Jeollabukdo, Korea in 2008, along with seven other teams to participate in an international ideas competition to develop urban design proposals for the Saemangeum land reclamation project. Saemangeum Island City comprises a surface area of some 400 kmÂ2, more than a quater of the area of Greater London (which is approx. 1.570 kmÂ2). In late 2008, the design project by ARU / London Metropolitan University was declared one of three winning competition proposals (along with Columbia University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Kazuyo Sejima, Director of the 12th Architecture Biennale, has selected the ARU project to be part of the main exhibition in Venice 2010. The urban land-use concept plan begins with a phased landscape infrastructure design of 8 new islands with a highly remarkable solution as to environmental issues. This book offers a unique and timely approach to contemporary urban design research and practice. Cover......Page 1 architecture as city saemangeum island city......Page 6 ISBN 9783709103678......Page 8 Table of Contents......Page 10 INTRODUCTION......Page 11 ARCHITECTURE AS CITY......Page 12 THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF KANG WOON-GU......Page 15 SAEMANGEUM ISLAND CITY – A CITY CLOSE TO LIFE......Page 23 THE SAEMANGEUM PROJECT......Page 31 DESIGN CONCEPTS......Page 52 A SENSE OF TIME......Page 53 THE POETRY OF THE NATURAL AND THE ARTIFICIAL......Page 55 ISLAND EXPERIENCE......Page 57 A CITY OF CIVILITY......Page 59 A CITY OF CO-EXISTENCE......Page 61 A CITY WITHOUT SPRAWL......Page 63 DESIGNING THE CITY......Page 66 A LANDSCAPE INFRASTRUCTURE OF ISLANDS......Page 67 ISLAND MAKING: A SKETCH BOOK......Page 69 CITY STRUCTURES......Page 87 LOCATING PROGRAMMES WITHINTHE CITY STRUCTURES......Page 119 CITY MAGNETS......Page 125 A CONVERSATION WITH FLORIAN BEIGELAND PHILIP CHRISTOU......Page 143 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 151 This Book Is Intended To Set Out An Architectural Approach To The Design Of The City. This Spatial Approach Is Tested In The Design Of The Architectural Research Unit (aru) Saegangeum Island City Project In South Korea.--page 11. Architecture As City -- The Photographs Of Kang Woon-gu -- Saemangeum Island City : A City Close To Life -- The Saemangeum Project -- Design Concepts -- A Sense Of Time -- The Poetry Of The Natural And Artificial -- Island Experience -- A City Of Civility -- A City Of Co-existence -- A City Without Sprawl -- Designing The City -- A Landscape Infrastructure Of Islands -- Island Making : A Sketch Book -- City Structures -- Locating Programmes Within The City Structures -- City Magnets -- A Conversation With Florian Beigel And Philip Christou / Ellis Woodman. Includes Bibliographical References. Book by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, with contributions by Dominique Boudet (Consultant Editor), photo essay by Kang Woon-gu, and conversation with Ellis Woodman. Florian Beigel and the Architecture Research Unit were invited by the Provincial Government of Jeollabukdo, Korea in 2008, along with seven other teams to participate in an international ideas competition to develop urban design proposals for the Saemangeum land reclamation project. Saemangeum Island City comprises a surface area of some 400 km 2, more than a quater of the area of Greater London (which is approx. 1.570 km 2). Detailing architect Florian Biegel's prize-winning land reclamation project, this book is a fascinating study of urban planning typology and the derivation of an urban land-use concept plan based thereon including startling solutions to environmental issues