The opportunity to study in Seoul was not to be missed. I am interested in cities and their contexts. Korea has recently emerged as a world city after a tumultuous past, something that intrigues me. An initial interest in the sociopolitical and historical context of the city naturally led onto the subject of the landscape here. Core values of the project:
1 A project routed in a fascination for cities and their contexts
2 Landscape as the thread of research and exploration to form a proposition; how mountainous landscape influences the city and its people
3 Consideration of three moments where city meets landscape: city context, periphery / edge, and detail
4 The inclusion of the poetics and symbolism of landscape, not just physical but various manifestations of itself in the city
5 Provision of a place that enhances and celebrates city meeting landscape
