Green Parking Initiative in Seoul
A big issue in Korean cities is parking. Cars park everywhere. They block sidewalks, pedestrian crossings or a road lane. It is well documented in the Korean Parking Tumblr and...
Lessons Learned from Seoul Plaza Proposal
This is a guest post by Ray Chetti. He is an urban planner by education and retail development consultant by profession. He is based in Seoul, Korea and has provided...
Lecture about Seoul’s Urban Development
On Saturday I had the pleasure to give a presentation about Seoul’s urban development at the Seoul Real Estate Investing Meetup. They contacted me a few weeks ago and I was...
The Last Citizen Apartment of Seoul
On the foot of the Namsan Mountain lies an apartment building that has the name “Second Model Apartment” (in Korean 제2시범아파트) It was a part of the Seoul’s citizen apartment program...
Seoul 7017 Project under Risk
Update – 25.11.15: At a press conference today Seoul announced that the permanent closure is pushed back to 13 December. MOLIT submitted their final decision today but Seoul still has...
Seoul Launches Initiative to Remove Illegal Banners
Seoul Metropolitan City has come up with an innovative way of cleaning up its streetscapes by announcing that it will give citizens money in exchange for illegal banners they remove. A...
Six Weeks with Seoul Bike
This is a guest post by Philip Partington, a Canadian with American citizenship residing in Korea. Philip balanced his university career between creative writing and information technology, and is currently...
Noryangjin Station Transfer Tunnel Finally Opens
This morning the Noryangjin Station transfer tunnel between Seoul’s Line 1 and 9 finally opened, more than six years after Line 9 first began operating. If you’ve ever had to make...
Suseo High Speed Railway to Open Next Year
Ever wish that you could just grab a KTX from Gangnam? The Suseo High Speed Railway seems to be on track to open next year which means that getting a high...
‘Before and After’ – Public space transformations in Korea
This is a guest post by Yuval Fogelson. He is an urban designer, based in São Paulo, Brazil, currently working at Def Projetos, an architecture office specializing in urban projects,...