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During his February 2003 TED Talk, On Modern and Romantic Architecture, Reed Kroloff defined architecture as the “built form of our cultural ambitions”. [2] Derived from this statement, the title of this article puts forth an interesting point of view on an important period of Korean history. Anyone interested in the 20th century history of Korea soon learns that, from 1910 to 1945, the country was a colony of the Japanese empire. During that period, a lot of negative things happened and one of the most effective forms of propaganda for the Japanese coercion over the Korean people was through architecture. They used different techniques to show their superiority and though now destroyed, the Government General of Korea Building (Chungang Chong – 중앙청), by German architect Georg De Lalande, was one of the best examples of that built coercion.
Picture taken before the building’s destruction; barely nothing could be seen of Gyeongbok Palace. [A]Structuring Emptiness presents two Korean architects, Seung H-Sang and Min Hyun-Sik. They both became famous as members of the 4.3 Group who published a manifesto about 20 years ago on the future of Korean architecture following the heritage of Kim Soo Geun (father of Korean modern architecture). They now have their own respective offices, but they share the same belief in the architectural concept of emptiness.
In early 2011, DJHA finished The West Village, a small building located in the West Village near the Gyeongbok Palace. A typical ‘rainbow cake’ building, a name coined by DJHA for a low-rise, high-density, mixed-use building type, this 3-story building incorporates residential, commercial and cultural functions vertically.
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The curvy road to Bugak Skyway from Seongbuk-dong leads to no other than a grand complex of hanok (Korean traditional house). The Korea Furniture Museum was first given public spotlight in 2010 when it hosted the special luncheon assembly of the first ladies who visited Korea for the G20 Summit.
In every october, there is an event which makes me excited. Jarasum international jazz festival is one of renowned annual music festivals in Korea. This year it is the 7th year of festival since 1994. It is also famous for it’s natural and beautiful outdoor environment for the event-Jara islands. Jara islands are composed of four connected islands and are located on Bukhan-river in Gapyung city of Kyungki-do. The festival takes place during a weekend in October, multiple stages of which are scattered in Jara-islands and also neighboring Gapyung city’s downtown area .It has been 6years since Jara islands were rediscovered by festival organizers and have been developed from useless land to a host of the big event as the festival grows. The accumulated number of visitors for the festival so far is around 600,000 and last year it brought the most visitors in it’s history, 140,000 people.
The only Korean architecture piece in Montreal was built for the World Exhibition Expo ’67. Kim Soo Geun, the father of Korean modern architecture, designed the Korean Pavilion.
Expo ’67 remains today one of the two most important events of the 20th century in Montreal (the other being the Summer Olympics of 1976). With the theme Man and his World, its objective was to showcase the world’s cultures and technological realizations. Over the six months that the Expo lasted, over 50 million visitors walked its streets. The event was so important that it forced the extension of an island in the St. Lawrence River (doubling its size), the construction of a new island, pushed the development of the metro system and the erection of bridges. Sixty-two countries participated in the Expo and 90 pavilions were built by the world’s most famous architects of the time.
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