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a new city for korea The proposal for this UIA competition is the product of South Korea’s desire to decentralize and democratize the country’s government functions by creating a new ‘Administrative City’ to be built in 2007. The projected area, South of Seoul currently contains agricultural land and associated buildings, a water system and several small mountains. The proposal for the future city is inspired by the unique and iconic Korean landscape of hills, plains, rivers and cascading fields. Inhabiting these create three main typologies – low-rise horizontal residential ‘carpet’ across the plains; higher-rise mixed-use blocks emphasise the changing topography; and generous government blocks occupy plateaus at the hills’ bases. These elements are weaved together by public waterways and green network, conceptually suggesting a ‘jumbled’ patchwork of no particular hierarchy, symbolizing the desired democratic outlook. The Korean principle of ‘Madang’ (voids) is applied on all scales: the city’s radial center is public park; local urban arrangements centre on community courtyards; and individual homes have their own voids – places for sharing and for contemplation. An orbital road forms the city’s traffic spine, lined with energy-generating, orientation-enabling wind turbines. Its asphalt absorbs heat for ground-source pumps whilst biomass is collected from agricultural land, enabling the city’s environmental sustainability and, on the global stage.
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