As part of the lecture series about the design of cities today titled, ‘Rip it up and Start Again’ curated and chaired by Kieran Long at London Metropolitan University, Florian Beigel and Philip Christou will discuss small and large current city design projects in the Architecture Research Unit.
Architecture as City sums up the approach.
It is a spatial approach to designing the city. We are looking for an architecture that gives form to public spaces of all sizes from a tiny gap between buildings to the spaces of the street, to the celebration of the landscape in the city. We celebrate the idea of city in all scales: a plate of food on a table; a piece of furniture;a house; an ensemble of buildings; a piece of town. The aim is to bring a civility to the city.
Following the lecture there will be a launch of the recently published book:
Architecture as City, Saemangeum Island City
by Florian Beigel and Philip Christou,
Architecture Research Unit, London
Springer Vienna, New York, 2010, 160 p.
150 illus. in color, 240mm x 275mm, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-7091-0367-8
obtainable from http://www.springer.com
Youl Hwa Dang Boolchall Building, Paju Book City, Korea.
The name of Youl Hwa dang is from reception room in a house for male guests of Korean traditional architecture “seon kyo jang”. But the design from the western painting it is irony for me.
The outside is very neat and strong but inside is very comfortable and beautiful. There are few people during the weekdays so the people can have a coffee and listen to music in a quiet.
Actually I like the paju book city and Heiry which is art village near by book city. I visited often because there are many comfy cafés and exhibitions also fascinating buildings. I thought the strong purpose of the plan with character can makes strong community.
