Unprecedented Pyongyang

[UN] Precedented Pyongyang, Actar, Dongwoo Yim​, Essay, expanding design practices, High Density, Politics and economics, Territory and mobility

Architect’s role, City, Designer’s role, Essay, Future cities, Korea, North Korea, Notes towards a History of Urbanism, Political implications, Political jurisdiction, Post-war society, Pyongyang, Redesigned city, Social commitment, Social culture, Social habitat, Socialist concepts, Urban planning, Urban sprawl

Published in "[UN] Precedented Pyongyang", 2017 -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2016960635

As we witnessed from many post socialist cities in Eastern Europe, Russia, and China, economic growth and political transition has supplied the formula for exceptionally radical and quick transformations of a city. Since adopting market-oriented systems, post socialist cities have become “blue oceans” for new investments. Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea, is one of few socialist cities in the world that has not adopted this new economic model.