"Exploring Seoul's Future Through Changes in 17 Global Cities"

'2019 Seoul Urban Architecture Biennale' Review Exhibition 'Active Cities' Opens on the 14th

[Asia Economy Reporter Onyu Lim] The Seoul Metropolitan Government is holding an exhibition that reexamines the dynamic changes of 17 global cities facing similar issues such as sustainability, urban regeneration, and transportation, to review Seoul's present and explore its future.

On the 16th, Seoul announced that the review exhibition of the '2019 Seoul Urban Architecture Biennale,' titled 'City as Verb,' opened on the 14th at the Seoul Urban Architecture Exhibition Hall. This exhibition will be available for about 70 days until September 20. Professor John Hong of Seoul National University's Department of Architecture served as the chief planner.

This exhibition is a follow-up to last year's Seoul Urban Architecture Biennale. Among the 80 cities that participated in the urban exhibition at that time, 17 cities from five continents with issues similar to those of Seoul were selected to reinterpret their works and seek implications that can be linked and reflected in Seoul's policies.

In City as Verb, visitors can see actual cases of how and how dynamically global cities are changing. Copenhagen, Denmark, is focusing on global issues such as climate change and carbon emissions, attempting sustainable architectural methods like green buildings. Zurich, Switzerland, is addressing housing problems by connecting small-scale buildings through housing cooperatives instead of developing large-scale housing complexes, in response to the increase in single-person households. Los Angeles, USA, envisions a future by introducing small transportation means such as electric scooters to solve transportation problems.

Due to COVID-19, on-site viewing is operated by advance reservation. To accommodate the limited number of visitors, a curator-produced exhibition commentary video is available online so that anyone can easily view it.

Along with the exhibition, a Wednesday seminar featuring global urban architecture experts and ambassadors to Korea is held with simultaneous interpretation and can be watched live on YouTube.

For detailed information on the exhibition and seminar schedules and advance viewing reservations, please contact the website or the Seoul Urban Architecture Exhibition Hall.

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