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Floating Island
Floating Island
South Korea
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Floating Island
South Korea
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2011
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
Seoul is struggling to regenerate Han River in pursuing balance between preserving it as natural resource and utilizing it for leisure activities of citizen. Overcoming the difficulties of water control and cleaning problems especially in Monsoon season along vast area, Han River is trying to become a field of everyday uses of citizen. The Han River in Seoul, from pedestrians’ viewpoint, lies too vast to grasp. The north and south of the river appear socially disconnected in many ways. Bridges seem like urban highways. From one side of the river, one can experience only the linear riverbank that belongs to the side at a time, and the exploring the river itself and scenery of the other side across the river is hardly achievable for pedestrians. Constructed adjacent to the Jam-Soo Bridge, an almost uniquely pedestrian-friendly bridge of the river, the Seoul Floating Islands not only extend the pedestrian access, but also offer unprecedented architectural experiences to visitors. Three man-made islands accommodate various civic uses including performance theaters, boat houses, restaurants, while representing the illustrative process of flower blooming in different stages – Seed, Bud and Blossom – to symbolize birth and progress of the civilization. One of the architectural goals was to create sculptural monuments when viewed from any distance. More specific missions were to dynamically weave pedestrian paths and places to help citizens closely experience the river.
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