By John Redmond
The YEOL Society for Korean Cultural Heritage presents a lecture on understanding Seoul by German architect Daniel Taendler at Seoul Museum of History next Monday, titled “Understanding Seoul _ Seeing Our City with Different Eyes.”
As part of the SEMU-YEOL Lecture series, the lecture aims to shed light on the tremendous improvements made to the urban environment, which has garnered international interest in recent years, as well as on how the city can develop further in the future without losing its unique heritage and character.
“It is clear the task of making improvements to such old neighborhoods that require modernization will not be easy,” organizers state. “However, the success of recent projects demonstrates alternative solutions which avoid complete destruction and redevelopment should not only be considered as a secondary option but perhaps as the favored approach.”
Taendler will give an overview of the different types of neighborhoods in Seoul and help citizens see their city in a different light.
The YEOL Society for Korean Cultural Heritage has presented some of Korea's most prominent scholars, experts, and intellectuals in the field of Korean art, culture, and history. All lectures are in English.
Architect Daniel Taendler is co-director of Urban Detail in Seoul. He was born in Kassel, Germany, and studied architecture and urban planning at the technical university RWTH in Aachen, Germany.
The lecture is free and will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The venue is the Education Room on the first floor of Seoul Museum of History.
To RSVP, send your name and contact details to info@yeol.org.