Tree transferring in Hillier nurseries

Photograph by Bo-Kyung in 2009

Hillier nurseries

Photographs by Bo-Kyung in 2009

18/MAR/2009


I went Hillier nurseries as the class in streetlife and it was the first time to visit nurseries in UK. So this visit was exciting and good to see how trees are produced for landscape architectural projects and other constructions in Britain. Almost every process is similar to ways of nurseries in Korea and US that I have been but it was very interesting to have a chance to see tree transferring.

The website - http://www.hilliertrees.co.uk/

Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) & Park

Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) & Park in Seoul, KOREA

(Expected to launch and complete in 2011)


This project is on going for a new open space of fashion and market streets in Seoul.
Mainly, DDP&PARK is designed by the winner of international invitational design contest that held in 2007 and the project is under construction with the master plan by Zaha hadid who is the famous British architect and has unique style to create buildings and space.

The site was used to be a place of baseball stadium called “Dongdaemun stadium” and this project was decided after discussion on the use of the stadium lot since the late 1990’s.
The main issue of the site was lack of open space for visitors on the fashion streets around the site, moreover, the stadium was just wasted for car parking and having a small market in and it was not used as much as it was anymore. Therefore, the site was designed to be a new open space with a plan to use the area efficiently with economic, cultural and environmental value through to create DDP&PARK in the middle of Seoul.
The organization aims to launch and completion of construction in 2011.

I am very pleased to have amazing design as a new open space by Zaha hadid in Seoul in future and, the master plan and future value that is expected to be are good. However, I would be happy more to look forward to this new place if it could have included identity of the area and something specialities for the new space in only that site. What I felt when I first saw a news about this plan and looked up information on the website, was the fact that I could not find anything how much the architects and organization had concerned about the area on various issues before determination the final design. Anyway, I will look forward to enjoy the site and what will happen in the new open space after completion of construction even though I have some questions about the plan basically.

Pictures and information are available on the official website of DDP&PARK project -
http://ddp.seoul.go.kr/eng/