SEOUL DIGITAL MEDIA CITY

Location: Seoul, South Korea
Year: 2000-2013
Area: 570,000 m2
Contribution: Masterplan

In 2003, 2009, and 2017 (ongoing) Dennis Frenchman was mandated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government to design Korea’s digital media sector flagship and worked in collaboration with Micheal Joroff and Alexis Sanal from MIT, and the Seoul Development Institute.

Unique Solutions

  • A digital media street is the centerpiece of the project: 1km experimental public realm that arcs across the entire site. The spine features public venues for urban life where physical and digital experiences are mixed. Today, the site is often cited as a successful case study for digital cities, and has been the set of numerous futurist movie productions, namely Hollywood triumph “The Avengers”.

  • An evolving masterplan with new technologies and urban design concepts being implement over the course of 10+ years. From diversity to interchangeable, permeable to augmented, programmable to self-organizing, interactive to auto-active... initial concepts were adapted to ever-changing urban tools and notions.

Collaborators: Dennis Frenchman + Michael Joroff / Alexis Sanal + Susanne Seitinger / MIT
with Donyun Kim / SKKU..

首尔数码城

2000-2013
韩国首尔
面积：57公顷
服务：整体规划

曾经世界上最大的垃圾填埋场已经被改造成为北亚顶级的城市地产群。首尔数码城未来将成为创新的节点。它是一个未来导向的城市，通过一系列数字媒体技术的嵌入，提高居民工作、生活和休闲的和谐性。这个项目是数字媒体技术的温床，将无处不在的办公室、公寓、展览、会议中心和文化中心连接起来。它也是一个高科技城，数字媒体街是它的核心，发展广播、电影、游戏、音乐、线上教学和相关产业。到2010年之前，这块处女地将坐拥世界上最高的建筑、可与中央公园的大小相媲美的公园和一个拥有世界上最重要的数字媒体生产中心的IT区。




合作：Dennis Frenchman + Michael Joroff / Alexis Sanal + Susanne Seitinger / MIT with Donyun Kim / SKKU....