Tall Building: Yongsan, Seoul, South Korea (Archipelago 21)
I'm way into big buildings. They do a lot more for a city's character and future than most people recognize. So, I think it's HAWTaction [hot ak-shuh
n] to keep tabs on new projects like the Dancing Tower (Kuwait), Tall Building Update, City of Silk, Shanghai Tower, Russia Tower, Anara Tower, Okhta Tower, Nakheel Harbour and Tower, Bahrain WTC, Honeycomb Skyscraper, Burj Dubai... in Dubai... in Pictures, CCTV and TVCC Towers, Tokyo Sky Tree, Burj Dubai (Revisited), Dancing Towers, Dynamic Tower, Dubai Towers, The Lighthouse (Paris), The Lighthouse (Dubai), Antilla, London's Super Tower, Eiffel Tower, Shuffle Tower, Full Moon, Caspian Bay, Chicago Spire, Chicago's Aqua Tower, Infinity Tower, Teardrop, Christmas Tree or the Burj Dubai.
The second Tall Building post, back when we were doing one a week during a construction BONANZA? It presented the Teardrop, a beautiful building in South Korea. Back then, the city's plan was to use the Teardrop as the focus in a multi-acre development that would redefine the Yongsan financial district of Seoul. The original price tag was a whopping $31 billion. Since then, the economy has changed... and so has the plan.
Enter Daniel Libeskind, the architect responsible for the new World Trade Center in NYC. Libeskind has just been chosen to run the restructure of the Seoul district with a new design that leaves the Teardrop forever on the sketch board. * tear * This is Libeskind's plan:
That sucker is a $20 billion, 34-million-square-foot riverfront project... Libeskind style.
n] to keep tabs on new projects like the Dancing Tower (Kuwait), Tall Building Update, City of Silk, Shanghai Tower, Russia Tower, Anara Tower, Okhta Tower, Nakheel Harbour and Tower, Bahrain WTC, Honeycomb Skyscraper, Burj Dubai... in Dubai... in Pictures, CCTV and TVCC Towers, Tokyo Sky Tree, Burj Dubai (Revisited), Dancing Towers, Dynamic Tower, Dubai Towers, The Lighthouse (Paris), The Lighthouse (Dubai), Antilla, London's Super Tower, Eiffel Tower, Shuffle Tower, Full Moon, Caspian Bay, Chicago Spire, Chicago's Aqua Tower, Infinity Tower, Teardrop, Christmas Tree or the Burj Dubai.The second Tall Building post, back when we were doing one a week during a construction BONANZA? It presented the Teardrop, a beautiful building in South Korea. Back then, the city's plan was to use the Teardrop as the focus in a multi-acre development that would redefine the Yongsan financial district of Seoul. The original price tag was a whopping $31 billion. Since then, the economy has changed... and so has the plan.
Enter Daniel Libeskind, the architect responsible for the new World Trade Center in NYC. Libeskind has just been chosen to run the restructure of the Seoul district with a new design that leaves the Teardrop forever on the sketch board. * tear * This is Libeskind's plan:
That sucker is a $20 billion, 34-million-square-foot riverfront project... Libeskind style.
Unfortunately, they aren't many details beyond that it will include residential, office, retail and cultural areas. The main focus will be a park, with 21 neighborhoods scattered throughout the green. The development is, therefore, being called Archipelago 21.
One thing we can do is look at the strong similarities between Libeskind's two designs: Yongsan's and the World Trade Center in NYC (pictured below).
Glass structures that share no design similarities crouched around green spaces? (That's the common thread, people.) Libeskind's Yongsan takes this idea to a new level, stretching over 21 neighborhoods along the Han River. Ground is expected to break in 2011. We'll be keeping an eye on both of Libeskind's projects... and tucking away a tear as Seoul's project leapfrogs over NYC's creeping, crawling process.
So, cross off the Teardrop and add... the... Libeskind Yongsan Financial District Development, Seoul, South Korea (LYFDDSSK). Doesn't quite roll off the tongue. Welcome to the world, LYFDDSSK. Or, Archipelago 21. Not much better, actually.
One thing we can do is look at the strong similarities between Libeskind's two designs: Yongsan's and the World Trade Center in NYC (pictured below).
Glass structures that share no design similarities crouched around green spaces? (That's the common thread, people.) Libeskind's Yongsan takes this idea to a new level, stretching over 21 neighborhoods along the Han River. Ground is expected to break in 2011. We'll be keeping an eye on both of Libeskind's projects... and tucking away a tear as Seoul's project leapfrogs over NYC's creeping, crawling process.So, cross off the Teardrop and add... the... Libeskind Yongsan Financial District Development, Seoul, South Korea (LYFDDSSK). Doesn't quite roll off the tongue. Welcome to the world, LYFDDSSK. Or, Archipelago 21. Not much better, actually.
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