Holding the Eco-Line, Suncheon City, South Korea
2011-2013 (with Jencks2)
Mountains and water at the heart of the Suncheon Eco-city, Korea, 2013. Mountains in this southern city have created a unique wetlands, celebrated in the Eco-Geo Festival of 2013. But, in a country that is 70% mountainous, this ecological duality has often remained below consciousness, so we have made it into two themes - Miniaturizing the Mountains and Holding the Eco-Line. That is, the sharp contrast between city and nature and the way mountains create their counterpart: riversand wetland deltas.
Design by Charles Jencks and
Lily Jencks.
Site aerial view of new parkland in the city with its 72 surrounding gardens. The green line defines Bunghwa mountain which is the centre of our scheme, surrounded by the water lines and minature mountains.
The extraordinary remains of a volcano and nature, right at the heart of Edinburgh. The strong contrast between nature and the city creates an Eco-line brought to consciousness with a symbolic marker.
Miniaturising the background mountains in the foreground mounds
Wetland Species Bloom
Photograph copyright Kim Tae Su
Photograph copyright Kim Tae Su
Photograph copyright Kim Tae Su
Photograph copyright Kim Tae Su
Photograph copyright Kim Tae Su