(Pics) Parks Not Freeways
As a small country dealing with a large population, Seoul, Korea has taken urban planning as precedence over freeway expansions. Beginning in 2003, Seoul embarked on an urban renewal project where a previous highway was demolished to reveal an underwater stream which would eventually become the centerpiece of a park carved out of Seoul’s urban landscape. Below you can see the fruits of their labour.
[via: Inhabitat]
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Lisa Baldini is a regular contributor to PSFK.com. As a student of Graham Harwood, Luciana Parisi, and Matthew Fuller, Lisa's interest in technology lies in how culture is changed from the bottom up through history, materiality, databases, user experience, and affective computing. A student of social media marketing, she sees how people try to engage consumers through technology and how much failure is at hand by misunderstanding the medium. A teacher at heart, she writes and curates in an effort to link the knowledge derived between the academic, art, and business worlds.
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| TOPICS: | Design & Architecture, Environmental / Green, Home & Garden |
| TAGS: | Asia, korea, parks, seoul, Urban Renewal |
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