Daejeon is not the first city you think of when contemporary Korean architecture is discussed. This project, therefore was a treat to find. Before I share my thoughts on the building, let me firs...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2016/10/12/daejeon-oriental-medicine-clinic-residence-chung-hyuna/
It’s amazing what you discover when you break your mundane routine from time to time. This past Friday, some friends of mine planned to go to H&M in Cheongju and invited me with. As I had nothi...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2016/05/02/cheongju-pavilion-unknown/
A friend asked me to go look for this building. I’m going to be honest and say that when I initially saw posts and articles about it I thought “nice extravagant object”. I was also expectin...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2016/02/16/house-of-dior-seoul-christian-de-portzamparc/
Finally, images of the Element House by Rintala Eggertsson Architects. The journey to find this building led to the discovery of many other great projects. Finding this building after long last d...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2016/02/09/element-house-rintala-eggertsson-architects/
Another project I stumbled upon while searching for the Element House at the Anyang Art Park. You definitely don’t stumble upon an Álvaro Siza (Carlos Castanheira and Jun Sung Kim) building ev...
More of what I found at the Anyang Art Park. Find the building on A Flâneur’s Map. Go see for yourself.
I found this piece by Kengo Kuma completely by accident. In fact I discovered the Anyang Art Park by accident. While looking for the Element House, not knowing it was part of a bigger art park pr...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2016/01/20/paper-snake-kengo-kuma/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2016/01/14/apap-open-pavilion-mass-studies/
Probably one of the most miserable days to go looking for a building. Cold, drizzling, and foggy/hazy. Then, it turns out, the OpenSchool is closed on Mondays (the day I chose to go). It was clos...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2015/12/28/apap-openschool-lot-ek-architecture-design/
While the ‘rest hole’ attempts to create a place where students can relax and rest, and though it is a nice place to be in, it’s sad that the use of timber as construction material makes sm...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2015/11/09/rest-hole-in-the-university-of-seoul-utaa/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2015/05/24/seoul-national-university-museum-of-art-oma/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2015/04/04/the-space-group-building-kim-swoo-geun/
They say that there’s an equation for happiness. To increase happiness, you need to lessen expectation. To be the happiest of flâneurs, you need very little to no expectation. “Someone who i...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2015/04/04/a-flaneur-speaks-flaneur-ing-101/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/10/24/daejeon-university-dormitory-unknown/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/10/04/hyehwa-cultural-center-daejeon-university-iroje/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/09/21/30th-anniversary-memorial-hall-of-daejeon-university-iroje/
This is my favourite building in Korea. It’s not very big, the plan is clear and well organised, the spaces are comfortable and filled with natural light, and every now and again you are spoile...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/09/08/lee-ungno-museum-laurent-beaudouin/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/09/08/paichai-university-appenzeller-memorial-hall-iarc-architects/
Architecture is for people, everyone – at least it should be. When you think of architecture you don’t necessarily think of gender. Sure certain curved lines and rounded volumes could conjure...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/09/08/a-flaneur-speaks-architecture-for-women/
This is another interesting building on the Paichai University campus. I enjoyed exploring the spaces inside, and especially liked the light filled atrium space. Find the building on A Flâneur�...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/09/06/paichai-university-international-exchange-hall-unknown/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/09/05/paichai-university-howard-center-iarc-architects/
It’s taken me some time to find out who designed this building. It has, according to the university brochure, won numerous awards: The Arts Hall received the Korea Grand Prize in Architecture i...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/09/05/paichai-university-school-of-architecture-and-design-unknown/
I’ve been passing this building a lot lately and today I finally decided to go see what it’s about. I like the radial circular structure – it’s refreshing among an abundance of concrete c...
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/08/24/seo-gynecological-clinic-kim-joong-up/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/08/24/cafe-ato-design-bono/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/07/01/dongdaemun-design-plaza-at-night-zaha-hadid-architects/
Usually I go to Seoul to see contemporary buildings by international and Korean architects. I usually scour the internet to find info on projects in Korea. I had also been following news from the...
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/07/01/sewoon-sangga-kim-swoo-geun/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/07/dongdaemun-design-plaza-zaha-hadid-architects/
One of the many things I have learned while living in Korea is that Koreans are very fashion conscious. Seoul is no different. The city has recently acquired one of the must-have items in fashion...
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/07/seoul-floating-islands-haeahn-architecture-h-architecture/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/07/leeum-samsung-museum-of-art/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/07/songwon-art-center-mass-studies/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/07/jeongok-prehistory-museum-x-tu-architects/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/07/chongae-canal-restoration-project-mikyoung-kim-design/
Seoul is a traveller’s dream and there are countless things to do. You can see anything from historic temples to streets lined with high fashion or state of the art technology. You could take t...
I have never really been extremely fascinated by prehistory. Sure, as a child I was briefly interested in things prehistoric and I enjoyed watching the reimagined computer generated dinosaurs on ...
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/04/twin-tree-towers-bcho-architects-associates/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/04/incheon-tri-bowl-iarc-architects/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/04/jeju-world-natural-heritage-center-poly-m-ur/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/04/jeju-timber-pavilion-unknown/
On a trip to Jeju Island some friends of mine decided to visit Loveland. I was however more intrigued by the building next door, so I visited the art museum instead. Find the building on A Flaneu...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/03/jeju-museum-of-art-gansam-architects-associates/
This building with the intriguing title on archdaily is essentially the security gate house at the University of Seoul’s main entrance. A 30min walk facilitated this discovery, but the trip was...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/03/blurring-boundary-utaa/
This was another building found while in the process of being lost. The building is published on architecture websites as the “yellow diamond” but when you ask locals where said diamond is, n...
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/03/sun-tower-morphosis-architects/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/03/ewha-womans-university-dominique-perrault-architecture/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/06/03/ssamji-gil-moon-gyu-choi/
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https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/05/30/gallery-yeh-unsangdong-architects/
While this project has been extensively published on Archdaily, I’ve never had the urge to go there and see it for myself. On our way from Gyeongbokgung Palace to the N Seoul Tower we passed th...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/05/30/seoul-new-city-hall-iarc-architects/
While trying to locate the exact coordinates of the Busan Cinema Center, we walked past “We’ve the Zenith” apartments/offices/hotel. We decided to go check out the spaces between the towers...
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/05/30/zenith-destefano-partners/
This is the first building I went looking for after I got to Korea. Find the building on A Flâneur’s Map.
https://aflaneurinkorea.com/2014/05/30/busan-cinema-center-coop-himmelblau/