Vertical City Asia 2012: A community center of the new developed neighborhood in Yongsan, Seoul

First semester of the studio is preparing entries for the competition for a sustainable design for 100.000 inhabitants with urban facilities on 1 km2 within the metropolitan area of Seoul, Korea. The rest semester individually in Architectural Design Studio (TALL - Materialization). The competition and group work with urbanism students is an...

Lifetime City & Theater City

The ambition of the Yongsan theatre is to bring people together. It is a truly public domain that is open to everyone. The new theater in the heart of Yongsan attracts people from around the neighbourhood, but also people from outside Yongsan, that come by the adjacent station, or by car. The building attracts visitors from all ages. Both young...

Crossing borders: Vertical Cities Asia

The graduation studio VCA: Korea 2012 is based on ‘The Vertical Cities Asia International Design Competition’. The theme of this years competition is Aging and is located in Yongsan, Korea.

Deconstruction Yongsan

The Yongsan district is becoming a new infrastructural hub for Seoul and South Korea. Due the growing population, the current train station can not handle the capacity of the passengers any longer. The sollution a new railway station that will be place into the ground, to make space for Yongsan plaza. An area where people can meet and enjoy the...

TALL Vertical Cities Asia 2011: The 40m cube

The NUS and the Future Foundation organized a competition between 10 universities worldwide to develop ideas and theories in urban growth and architectural form related to density, liveability and sustainability specific to the rapid and exponential growth of urbanism in Asia.   We can either use the existing urban architectural models to...

The wall - Preparing for China's urban billion

The Chinese cities grew enormously last decades, spreading to nearly infinity. Almost a billion people will live in the cities by 2025. A sharp, radical and significant course change to a new urban model is necessary to guide China towards a balanced future. The Wall can be this guide. Chengdu forms the perfect study-case for this challenge.

The Wall: Preparing for China's urban billion

In an age of ever increasing urbanization with massive migrations from the countryside to the city, Asia is at a cross roads. 'The Wall' is a masterplan for the city Chengdu in the West of China. It is based on public transport. It is an urban strategy which densifies the existing city edge, thereby re-establishing the contrast between city and...