ARCHITECTURE AS A BACKGROUND AND ITS INTERNAL SPACE
What a great pleasure to finally see the Seoul Hall of Urbanism & Architecture, which has opened after a long wait. Although we already have the Seoul Center for Architecture & Urbanism in the not-so-far-away Donuimun Museum Village, this Hall was built in Seoul to address the nature of the city and architecture in earnest. Moreover, considering the Hall’s location in wider area of Sejongdaero, that stretches out from Ganghwamun, its significance cannot be emphasised enough. The title of the 2015 competition ‘Sejong-daero Historic Cultural Space Design Competition’ along with the competition guidelines clearly elucidates how this area was the starting point for the Korean Empire, with 500 years of Joseon dynasty as a background. It has been the heart of Korean modern and contemporary history for the past 100 years. The site was obtained by demolishing the National Tax Service Annex (formerly the Joseon Postal Service Center, 1937), and its three sides are surrounded by
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