In a city like Seoul, the processes of urbanization and modernization have led to the creation of an extremely fascinating environment. Here many dichotomies came to life, old and new, order and chaos, speed and stillness. These extreme situations and the integration of different cultures have generated a hybrid identity within South Korean society, where it’s difficult to find a common thread.
The project is inspired by the korean concept of -bang (literally ‘room’), that can be the projection of how a society begins to defend itself from a generic socio-urban culture, which requires certain superficial behaviors and expectations.