seoul design plaza 2007 2010
in occasion of seoul world design capital 2010, the seoul metropolitan government held an international design competition (in 2007) to redesign a central area of the south korean city, ‘the design plaza and park’. the competition winner is zaha hadid.
design will be a driving force of seoul’s economy
in oct 2007, seoul was appointed the world design capital 2010 by the international council of societies of industrial design conference (competitors were dubai, singapore, and toronto). the seoul metropolitan government held an international design competition already in april 2007 to redesign a central area of seoul, ‘the design plaza and park’. the competition winner is zaha hadid. a multitude of design activities and conferences are planned for the year 2010.
‘metonymic landscape’ by zaha hadid
see the other design projects of the competition, among others were steven holl, FOA, …
it’s going to replace the dongdaemun stadium, scheduled to be demolished in march 2008,
and construction will commence in april 2008. this new project is scheduled to be completed by march 2010.
and construction will commence in april 2008. this new project is scheduled to be completed by march 2010.
dongdaemun stadium
images from the seoul city government website
images from the seoul city government website
WDC seoul 2010 exhibition at the seoul design week (link)
organized by the seoul design center
organized by the seoul design center
soon-in lee, president of seoul design center 
the model by zaha hadid 
the photo zone. choose a seoul city background and smile! see the portraits online
seoul residents 
… and designers at the photo zone
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