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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Seoul, Seoul (special city), South Koreaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal2008-2012 (creation)en_US
dc.creatoriArc Architectsen_US
dc.date2008-2012en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-07T15:22:14Z
dc.date.available2016-06-07T15:22:14Z
dc.date.issued2008-2012en_US
dc.identifier262755en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3441en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/178813
dc.descriptionPedestrian area at southeast corner; building cantilevered on pilotis; iArc (iArc Architects) is led by three partners; Kerl Yoo, Jeongim Kim and Tesoc Hah. The old city hall, a registered heritage building (built 1926), sits in front of the new building and has been converted to a public library (Seoul Metropolitan Library). The buildings are connected and one can enter the new City Hall by walking through the library. The new building is 13 stories above ground and 5 stories below ground. Both face Seoul Plaza (square), an open public square which was restored in 2004. Kerl Yoo, the principal architect commented "Seoul square is a symbolical center of Seoul and the only existing outside public space. The concept design is a vertical extension of Seoul square." The curved shape is meant to echo Korea's mountains and valleys and is heavily planted on the inside with a green wall (vertical garden) that stretches to the seventh floor. As of 2013 it is the world's largest vertical garden at 1,516 square meters. Source: ArchDaily; http://www.archdaily.com/ (accessed 8/19/2015)en_US
dc.format.mediumglass; steel; concrete; stainless steelen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectvertical gardeningen_US
dc.subjectgreen wallen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleSeoul New City Hallen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-IARCH-SCH-D10en_US
vra.culturalContextSouth Koreanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecity hallen_US
dc.contributor.displayiArc Architects (South Korean architectural firm, established ca. 1996)en_US


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