Nanji Project
Constructing a Park Site on a Landfill
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Promotion materials and Displaying Panels in the Park Information Center
2002, Offset Print
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Designer
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A clear creek, its banks lined with fragrant orchids, once flowed through Nanjido. But in the relentless race for prosperity, this pristine landscape was transformed, into two mountains - mountains of waste. Today, Nanjido has been transformed again. Visitors to this changed environment are now greeted with green trees, clear water, chirping birds, and fish splashing in the stream. World Cup Park, established by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, is Nanjido’s new identity. The new Nanjido represents people’s apology to nature. It also represents a gift to ourselves - and to our children. The area has been relandscaped into a complex of parks. Pyeonghwa Park is a place for people and nature to mingle harmoniously. Haneul Park, the highest point, is where the grassland reaches to the sky. From Noeul Park can be viewed the most spectacular sunsets in Seoul,
while Nanjicheon Park blooms with catkins. Finally, the Nanji section of Hangang Riverside Park, is a place to appreciate the scenic beauty of the broad, slow-flowing Han.
The 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan brought people from all over the world to this place, focused the globes attention on this spot. We can proudly show how we repented of our past misdeeds by rejuvenating an abused landscape.