2. Современные тенденции и проблемы развития… Actual trends and problems of development…

1Kim Na-yeon, Koo Young-Min [email protected] IU, Incheon, Republic of Korea

A DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR URBAN HORTICULTURAL GARDEN ESTABLISHING AN ECOLOGICAL LINK FOCUSED ON A CREATION OF THE SENSE OF PLACE THROUGH LINKING SEOULLO 7017 WITH NAMSAN

Abstract. Posing problems on Seoullo 7017 public parks, the study attempts to criticize not only that the ‘hanging garden’ is just a fragmentary urban artifact without any means of sup- plementation to mark the beginning and the end, but also that there is no story-telling that can complete the context with the elevated bridge. Putting the case that the Seoullo is a geographical branch outgrowth from the Nam-San, we attempt to extend a glass wall supposed to be a fragment of urban elevation to the , to make the glass box meet the terminal point of the bridge, and to have the Seoullo 7017 have reason for being. A horticultural garden is proposed as a pro- gram, which also celebrates the disappeared Nam San Botanical garden and which motivates the pedestrians to move up to the Nam San.

Keywords: Seoullo7017, horticulture garden, Nam-san mountain, regeneration.

1. Introduction 1.1 Background and Purpose of project Seoullo 7017 is a urban renewal project to recycle the elevated highway over- passing the Railway Station used for logistics that links the Seogye-dong area of Yongsan-gu with the , into a so-called "urban corridor". A paradigm shift from trading to a place of wandering, has made the overpass itself degraded into a no man’s land drifting in the air. The study departs from a criticism on pointless architec- tural deeds under the pretence of urban renewal. In other words, it raises a question about not only an absence of devices that complement a beginning or an end of such a piecemeal policy to create of a public park in the air, but also an absence of story-telling that com- pletes the context. The study attempts to add a supplementary object as a topographic branch out of Mt. Namsan, that gathers and extends the fragments of city elevations to be landed on the end of the overpass-park, and to help the reason for the existence of ‘Seoullo 7017’ to be verified. Programmed by a horticultural garden that commemorates the past Namsan Bo- tanical Garden deleted, the study intends to extend the object’s volume vertically and to provide the artificial air park made of cement with a moment to meet the real nature of the mountain. 1.2 Contents and method of project Even though -overpass is recycled to be a park in the air as a response to the paradigm shift according to urbanization and as a solution to the environmental issues, however, such urban renewal results in nothing other than another piece of urban artifacts in perspective of urban ecology. What this Project really aims at is, therefore, elevating the value and propriety of the overpass park, by linking with the Mt. Namsan, which is presently deserted in the air and alienated from the city context.

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1.3 Basic planning overview

building official title foundation location of the site lot area Design concept area

Indoor Horticul- The section of Namsan Fragment / Urban Hor- tural Gardens and Hoehyeon, Namdae- 9,000 City ticultural 3,300 m2 Community Fa- munno, Jung-gu, Seoul, m2 Ecology / Garden cilities Korea Linkage

2. Reasons and analysis for site selection

2.1 Site selection and Reasons The target area is located between the boundary where the city meets the Mt. Namsan, and the landing spot of the ‘floating park’ over-passing the Seoul railway Sta- tion. As mentioned earlier, the main problem of the ‘Seoullo 7017’ renewal project is originated from the fact that the Seoul–Station- overpass has lost not only its function as transportation system in logistics, but also its contextual link with history and society, and eventually that the simple floating object places its reason for being in jeopardy. Assum- ing that this artifact is to be extended by any means to be a mediator that helps the city and nature coordinated, however, not only a new value in the sense of place is to be cre- ated, but also a balanced urban ecology is to be achieved.

Figure 1 Seoulstation - overpass transportation and location

2.2 Site analysis Amalgamated with urban history and nature, tourism and city infra facilities in- cluding the Namdaemun Market and the Seoul railway Station, Namdaemun and the mountain. Namsan, the area around the site is a major traffic point in Seoul but at the same time, a disorderly context in urban ecology. Remained void not reached by pedes- trians, the foot of the mountain. Namsan collided with the city has been left to be no man’s land from either nature or the city.

Figure 2 Figure and ground, ambulatory population, nearby attractions and infrastructure, fragment of nature

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3. Design process 3.1 Deriving concept Urbanization has gradually expanded traffic roads and clearly defined the bound- ary between nature and the city, divided the city into fragments to disconnect the flow of space and made nature an object in the city. Narumi Kunihiro pointed out that the modern city’s problems is originated from a fragmentary development of a mega city. Seoul also has built, in an absence of link between the city and nature and of ecological integration between the two territories, ambiguous border conditions. Piecemeal deeds on restoration and renewal in the city results in a fragmentation of overall urban space including, for example, the site located between restored but neglected walls and high rise buildings, a void disclosing the gap between the past and the presence in time, and a desolate path in the ‘Seoullo 7017’ with no concern with city flows. Therefore, the concept of design departs from signifying vertically fragmented city elevations and sections into the eco- logical flow of movement linking nature and the city and various programs.

Figure 3 fragmented development of city

Figure 4 Design process diagram Figure 5 Shape diagram

Figure 6 Design process diagram

Figure 7 Site Scene Figure 8 Collage

3.2 Program

Outdoor Horticul- Verti- LE- Atriu sun(sha Pro- Image Garden Green Hilling ture gal- cal Drose m gar- de) gram garden stairs theater garden lery garden garden den plant garden 1478m 1830m 1508m 1972m Area 1161m2 783m2 875m2 640m2 1293m2 2 2 2 2

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Figure 9 programing diagrams Figure 10 Detail scenes

3.3 Case study 3.3.1 Wolfgang Tschapeller, BVA1 It is a project by Wolfgang Tschapeller in Vienna, Austria. This project is reno- vation administration building of the insurance company. He tried to make space volume for use by public. This inserted space volume must be delineated external space within constructed building and be made available to the public for further development. Stand- ardized and regulated office space can be contain various forms of public space.

Figure 11 Wolfgang Tschapeller BVA1 models

3.3.1 Morphosis, Cooper Union Building This is a cooper union for the advancement of science and art by morphosis in Newyork, USA. A vertical central space for informal public forms the heart of the aca- demic building. He intended the grand-opening space lead to social, intellectual and cre- ative exchange. Further reinforcement of the strategy to create vibrant intellectual space is provided by short, crossed circulation for more impromptu meeting opportunities.

Figure 12 Morphosis, Cooper Union Building

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4 Design Result 4.1 Site plan and Plans

Figure 13 site plan Figure 14 Floor plans

4.2 Sections

4.3 Elevations

Figure 15 Elevation

4.4 Models

Figure 16 Models 5. Conclusion

Figure 17 Perspective

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5.Conclusion Under the pretence of urban renewal in critical perspective, the study attempted to proceed the design experiment from the point of view to complement the dissatisfied result of the urban renewal project of 「Seoullo 7017」. As a result, the study recognized that urban renewal or regeneration intervenes in the existing context to generate a new storytelling through which the urban context is transformed to inherit the essence of history. The study was able to support the reason for being of the ‘Seoullo 7017’ by complementing the Mt. Namsan and Namsan castle that has been alienated from the context, and the promenade link- ing to the Namdaemun, and to verify such a design approach to be not only another attempt to grasp urban ecology but also a strategy to overcome the limitations of fragmentary urban renewal. What signified this research is, therefore, that the link among new society soon com- ing, nature, and urban psycho-culture is groped for in depth.

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Ким Наён, Ку Ян Мин [email protected] УИ, г. Инчхон, Республика Корея

ПРОЕКТНОЕ ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЕ ПО СОЗДАНИЮ ГОРОДСКОГО САДОВОГО ПАРКА С ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКИМ ПОДТЕКСТОМ

Абстракт. Обращая внимание на проблемы общественных парков Seoullo 7017 (Соулло 7017), статья стремится к критике не только того, что "висячий сад" - это фраг- ментированный городской артефакт без каких-либо дополнительных средств для марки- ровки начала и конца, но также и того, что здесь нет объяснения завершенности среды с помощью подвесного моста. Принимая в расчет то, что Seoullo (Соулло) - это географиче- ская ветвь, исходящая от горы Намсан, мы попытаемся протянуть стеклянную стену, кото- рая может стать фрагментом городского подъема к воротам Намдэмун; сделать так, чтобы стеклянная коробка пересекалась с конечной точкой моста, и чтобы Seoullo 7017 (Соулло 7017) имел причину быть. Садовый парк предлагается как программа, которая также отсы- лает к исчезнувшему ботаническому саду на горе Намсан и побуждает пешеходов к подъ- ему на Намсан.

Ключевые слова: Seoullo7017 (Соулло 7017), садовый парк, гора Намсан, возрож- дение.

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