Park, Jinhee, author.

Convergent flux : contemporary architecture and urbanism in Korea / Jinhee Park, John Hong.

Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2012.
©2012

175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm

This book illustrates the contemporary architectural and urban planning developments in South Korea in the context of the country's considerable urban density. In recent years South Korea, which long stood in the shadow of the superpowers Japan and China, has surged in economic terms. That said, industrialization and the population explosion connected with it have created enormous challenges for the country at the interface between globalization and cultural identity. Some 10.5 million inhabitants live in the center of the capital Seoul, while the metropolitan area includes around 25 million residents making it the second largest conurbation in the world after Tokyo. The result is high urban density, which spells an enormous demand for the more efficient use of space and encourages verticalization in architecture.

9783034608060
3034608063

Architecture Korea (South) 21st century.
City planning Korea (South)
Architects Korea (South)
Architectes Corée du Sud.
Architects.
Architecture.
City planning.
Architektur
Städtebau
Korea (South)
Südkorea

Hong, John, author.
Harvard University. Graduate School of Design, publisher, sponsor.

Contemporary architecture and urbanism in Korea

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 285816
Cote: BIB 225741
Statut: Disponible