01563nmm a22002417a 4500003000900000005001700009008004100026022001400067040002800081110002600109245001700135260003400152300001500186306001100201500006400212501013200276520077400408653001701182653002501199653002301224653001601247856005801263ES-BaAUN20230102123918.0221102| ||||go||d|||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a2575-5374  aES-BaAUNbengcES-BaAUN2 aUN Studioearchitect.10aIPARK Blocks3 bUrbanNext,cOctober 10, 2017.  a813 words.  a000204  aHigh Density, Project, Technology and fabrication, UNStudio  aCollective housing, Community, Community Facilities, Daegu, Housing, Project, Seoul, South Korea, Technological Approach, Tower  aFollowing its implementation as a result of the rapid urbanisation of the booming middle class in South Korea, apartment living continues to be the most popular type of housing in the country. In cities across South Korea this type of housing can be found stacked in identical, densely packed utilitarian blocks.
In 2012 UNStudio was invited by the Hyundai Development Company to propose a design intervention for two new residential developments in Daegu Wolbae which would counteract this prevailing utilitarian approach and instead create distinct identities across multiple scales. The result was a provocative yet investigative, affordable and health-focused proposal to break with the impersonal homogeneity and the tradition of high-density living in South Korea00aArchitecture00aHigh Density Housing05aDaegu, South Korea05aSouth Korea40uhttps://urbannext.net/ipark-blocks-1/zAccess to info