Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021

The six exhibitions of the Seoul Biennale 2021:

Thematic exhibition: ARCHITECTURE X INFRASTRUCTURE
Curator: Dominique Perrault
Venue: Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP Design Museum)
Titled Architecture X Infrastructure, the thematic exhibition of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021 intends to express the potential synergies between architecture and engineering.

Cities exhibition: Five Crossroads
Curator: Dominique Perrault
Venue: Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP Design Exhibition Hall + Design Pathway)
The Cities exhibition affirms the place of cities as key spaces for creating the prospects of a more sustainable world, and explores the critical role that architecture is able to play.

Global Studios: Refuges 
Curator : Archiworkshop
Venue : Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP Design Exhibition Hall)
The Global Studios exhibition explores the theme of “refuge.” Architecture and urban planning cannot solve the crises themselves; however, they take on a crucial role in proactively shaping socio-political decisions by building an intimate relationship between mankind and its environment.

The curator: Sujeong Park and Heejun Sim, founder of Archiworkshop have worked in broad range of European offices, such as Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Paris, Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Mecanoo in Delft, Oikos in Korea.

Guest Cities exhibition: Atlas of the Future Cities – Guest Cities
Curator : Choon Choi
Venue: Seoul Hall of Urbanism & Architecture
Exploring the boundaries between public and private, city and architecture, the exhibition features multiple works covering the principal urban infrastructures, local development projects, and the innovative policies that promote sustainable changes and regeneration of the city.

The curator: Choon Choi is an architect and associate professor of architecture at Seoul National University. He was a co-curator and artist for the Korean Pavilion at 2018 Venice Biennale, and participated in group exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul 2016, Gwacheon 2019, 2017), Ilmin Museum (2013), and Art Sonje (2013).

Seoul exhibition: Atlas of the Future Cities – Seoul
Curator: BARE
Venue: Seoul Hall of Urbanism & Architecture
By shedding new light on the issues currently facing Seoul on a broader communication platform, the exhibition hopes to give citizens the opportunity to envision the future of one of the world’s largest metropolises.

The curator: BARE is an architectural studio based in Seoul, established by Jinhong Jeon and Yunhee Choi. Their works have been exhibited at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017 and the Korean Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2018.

Live Projects: Suspicious Footprints
Curator: FHHH Friends
Venue: Sewoon Plaza
The Live Projects exhibition, titled Suspicious Footprints, focuses on the private and intimate stories of the city. Five writers were invited to compose narratives of their private experience of the city, using “scale” as the keyword.

The curator: FHHH Friends is an architecture design group based in Seoul. The studio was founded by three Korean architects, Han Seung Jae, Yoon Hanjin and Han Yang Kyu in 2013.

Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021 venues:

Dongdamun Design Plaza
281 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu
Seoul, South Korea

Seoul Hall of Urbanism & Architecture
119 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu,
Seoul, South Korea

Sewoon Plaza
159 Cheonggyecheon-ro, Jongno-gu
Seoul, South Korea

Visit the Biennale’s website for more information.