Title & Author:

Deconstruction/construction : the Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project in Seoul / edited by Joan Busquets.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Graduate School of Design, ©2011.

Description:

ix, 68 pages : illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 18 x 21 cm

Notes:
"The Tenth Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design."
Includes bibliographical references.
The deconstruction and construction of a major metropolitan space in Seoul / Joan Busquets -- Recalibrating the urban / Eve Blau -- The ecological (and urbanistic) agency of infrastructure / Chris Reed -- Rewinding a public infrastructure / Marion Weiss -- Measuring transformation: effects of the restoration work / Heung-Sun Kim, Tae-Gyu Koh, and Kie-Wook Kwon.

Summary:

The restoration of the Cheonggyecheon River that runs through Seoul, Korea, in a mere twenty-nine months--transitioning from an outmoded highway into a multipurpose performative infrastructure piece of unprecedented size--merits recognition as a seminal project in contemporary urban design. This remarkable achievement recovers the biological and social ecology of the city and demonstrates the profound ability of design at the urban scale to provoke positive transformation effectively over large territories. The project also signifies a broader sea change in Asian attitudes toward city design, from a quantitative model concerned primarily with growth to a more qualitative program that incorporates quality of life and environmental sustainability into strategies for economic development. In this well-illustrated volume, contributors consider the ecological, infrastructural, and urban impacts of this exceptional project at the heart of the city. For its many merits, the Cheonggyecheon restoration was awarded the Tenth Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design by the Harvard Graduate School of Design. -- Book Description.

ISBN:

9781934510315 (alk. paper)
1934510319 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Ch'ŏnggyech'ŏn Pogwŏn Saŏp (Korea)
Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design.
Public spaces Korea (South) Seoul.
Stream restoration Korea (South) Chʻŏnggyechʻŏn.
Espaces publics Corée du Sud Séoul.
Cours d'eau Réhabilitation Corée du Sud Chʻŏnggyechʻŏn.
Public spaces.
Stream restoration.
Korea (South) Chʻŏnggyechʻŏn.
Korea (South) Seoul.

Added entries:

Busquets, Joan.

Deconstruction and construction
Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project in Seoul

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282260
Call No.: BIB 219610
Status: Available