1. Somatic Collaborative

  2. Projects

  1. SC05

  2. Botanical Tissue

    An Urban Strategy for Magok's Waterfront

  3. Tejido Botanico

    Una estrategia urbanística para Magok

  4. Seoul, Korea

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  2. The proposal for Magok’s waterfront aims to establish an urbanistic operation that relies on the strategic rescaling of infrastructure and the creation of diverse botanical tissues in order to re-qualify the site into an ecologically sound recreational landscape.

    More specifically, the project capitalizes upon the vast array of mobility networks that traverse the site, and proposes as its main organizational device an inter-modal connector that brings into the area a wide host of transport infrastructures, and enhances them with a varied brief that includes recreational ecologies, water-sports activities, retail space, research and development facilities, and a convention center.

    The project relies on the strategic location of Magok and its proximity to downtown Seoul in order to enhance an urbanistic operation that establishes clear links to the city at large, while rendering Magok visible in relation to the other operations along the Han River.

  3. El proyecto propone una serie de operaciones urbanísticas que intentan re-organizar las diversas escalas de la infraestructura existente en el área, y establece una serie de tejidos botánicos que permiten transformar esta zona en un gran parque ecológico, acompañado de diversos programas recreativos.

    Como primer paso, el proyecto utiliza una gran cantidad de infraestructuras de movilidad existentes para establecer un centro inter-modal que sirve como ancla organizativa para el proyecto. Este nodo a su vez, amarra una serie de espacios comerciales y recreativos que incluyen una marina, deportes acuáticos, una playa urbana, almacenes, edificios académicos, centro de convenciones, etc.

    Finalmente, el proyecto utiliza el agua como espinal dorsal, para establecer relaciones directas con los otros proyectos en Seoul que actualmente están trasformando los bordes del Río Han.

    • Project Type
    • Design Competition (awarded third place)
    • Lead Designers
    • Somatic Collaborative (with Leven Betts Architects)
    • Design Direction
    • Stella Betts, Felipe Correa, David Leven
    • Team
    • Mark Blumberg, Steven Chong, Jie Feng, Andrew Feuerstein, Rachel Johnston, Bret Quagliara, Fernando Tirado, Jean Luc Torchon, Yuliya Llizarov, Ryan Losch, Shaun Seukumar
    • Consultants
    • Meffert + Etheridge Envirornmental Projects LLC, Robert Sillman Associates, PC, Atelier Ten
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    bird's eye view of Magok
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    site
  3. Size_3_somatic_magok_botanicaltissuefw
    botanical / ecological framework
  4. Size_3_somatic_magok_districtconfigurativemodelfw
    grid system and building morphology
  5. Size_3_somatic_magok_view1fw
    view of convention center and R&D campus 1
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    view of convention center and R&D campus 2