Fabric of Seoul 서울의 구조

Seoul has transformed into a mega city the last sixty years. The density of the city and how its growth vertically can be seen when comparing the same view. The images below are part of an exhibition at the Museum of Seoul, the top photo was taken 1949 and second looking at the same view in 2007.

The museum also offered a chance to study the city at a scale of 1:500 on a giant model roughly 100sqm in size. It illustrated the cities new development and the ambition to turn the US military base in Itaewon into a large green lung in the centre of the city. Climbing the Namsan, a mountain in the centre of the city, the topography of the area becomes apparent. The mountains contain the city in all directions. I took a series of photos that looked at the differing densities of the city, the prevalence of the apatu apartment blocks have steadily erased the low rise more adhoc suburbs.