Around 2005, in Gwacheon, a group wanted community-constructed cooperative housing. This town has more communal spaces like yards, storage areas, and rooftop rooms than other towns to foster an environment where children can easily interact and socialise. This lecture explores various examples of residential communities, including Gwacheon’s cooperative housing, “Happy House with Communication” in Seongmisan village, Seonsan-dong, Mapo-gu, and the apartment community “The Ham We Stay.” Based on these cases, this lecture delves into why residential communities emerged and how they fulfil members’ needs.
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Examples of Residential Communities: From a Tenement House to a Rental Apartment Complex
Lecture Information
- Date2019-01-22
- LocationSeongdong Foundation for Arts & Culture
Instructor
Cheong, Seonghoon
Ph. D. philosophy in Seoul National University/ former research professor in Korea University and former HK research professor in Institute for Urban Humanities, University of Seoul. Currently working as a lecturer in Seoul National Univ., Seoul National Univ. of Science and Technology. Published a number of journal articles about tension between diffusion media and success media in digital age, limit of communitarian community and realistic community in modern conditions, Problems left by the debate between Habermas and Luhmann, etc.