SUSTAINABLE SPACE FOR MINGLING: COCIETY
Platform for Communication Between Creatives
oday, space-based platform businesses are overflowing in Seoul. Airbnb, the lodging sharing service established in 2008, and WeWork, office sharing service founded in 2010, followed by startups based on the sharing economy coursing through many fields. With the increase in related startups, the concept of ‘spatial platform businesses’ was established in the architectural field, which generates profits by making better use of space. In general, they can be split into two types; rental platforms such as FASTFIVE and SPARKPLUS, which are shared by many members; subscription platforms such as Chwihyanggwan and TREVARI, which provide spatial contents at a certain cost. Here, however, a place claims ‘a community for creators’ in between sharing and subscription services. In other words, it provides creatives with an environment to produce content and to share its results with many people. It is ‘cociety’ in Seongsu-dong that talks about such ambition. Cociety is a hybrid term standing for a community that grows together.
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