Retaining walls are a fundamental structural element of Seoul's infrastructure. Up to this point, I haven't thought much about the two words and their meanings. I have been encouraged to think about what the term ‘retaining wall’ means, and possibly propose a more appropriate term for them for this project.
Above is a breakdown of the dictionary definitions. I was struck mostly by the repeated negative words used to describe ‘wall’. Instead of thinking of retaining walls as preventative barriers, we should think of them as something that introduces a new ground condition. They provide a new way of reading the city and defining the landscape. A series of verbs reinforces their potential: linking, cutting, folding, threading, guiding, layering...
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