Comments on: Yongsan to get 150-story building http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/ Korea... in Blog Format Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: mins0306 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75957 mins0306 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:42:07 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75957 There are if I remember correctly no less than five 100 storey building projects in the works, two of them having been in the drawing board for years. But nothing concrete(pun intended) has come out of it. I think this will also go the way of its predecessors. There are if I remember correctly no less than five 100 storey building projects in the works, two of them having been in the drawing board for years. But nothing concrete(pun intended) has come out of it.

I think this will also go the way of its predecessors.

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75954 michael Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:58:10 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75954 What Haisan said. Seoul doesn't need any more alienating skyscrapers, especially ones so close to the Han but not interacting with the river. Isn't Seoul overbuilt already, since it now includes all the bedroom communities in Gyeonggi-do? What Haisan said. Seoul doesn’t need any more alienating skyscrapers, especially ones so close to the Han but not interacting with the river. Isn’t Seoul overbuilt already, since it now includes all the bedroom communities in Gyeonggi-do?

]]> By: Hachiko http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75951 Hachiko Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:33:12 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75951 There needs to be a discussion on the problems of urban planning, particularly in Seoul. Proposed skyscrapers in the Digital Media City, Twin Towers in Songdo, and now this. When will the silliness end? Noone has done a proper feasibility study, preferring instead to have nice concept drawings which are nothing more than simple artist renditions. Government officials at all levels need to embrace basic urban planning standards, having a proper master plan, a believable feasibility study and some real financial numbers. The incompetence is staggering. There needs to be a discussion on the problems of urban planning, particularly in Seoul. Proposed skyscrapers in the Digital Media City, Twin Towers in Songdo, and now this. When will the silliness end? Noone has done a proper feasibility study, preferring instead to have nice concept drawings which are nothing more than simple artist renditions. Government officials at all levels need to embrace basic urban planning standards, having a proper master plan, a believable feasibility study and some real financial numbers. The incompetence is staggering.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75903 R. Elgin Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:55:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75903 <blockquote>I would far prefer to see all this building energy go into designing something interesting rather than tall for tall’s sake. . . </blockquote>Haisan, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes . . . ∞ and make it uniquely Korean and I don't mean "Daewoo". I wonder if they will now read that and think about it instead of giving us "option 5: Fill the bottom 140 stories with bu-dong-san’s specializing in renting out the top 10 stories."

I would far prefer to see all this building energy go into designing something interesting rather than tall for tall’s sake. . .

Haisan, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes . . . ∞ and make it uniquely Korean and I don’t mean “Daewoo”.

I wonder if they will now read that and think about it instead of giving us “option 5: Fill the bottom 140 stories with bu-dong-san’s specializing in renting out the top 10 stories.”

]]> By: Haisan http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75891 Haisan Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:19:22 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75891 I would far prefer to see all this building energy go into designing something interesting rather than tall for tall's sake. Look at Roppongi Hills -- what makes the Hills interesting is the first four floors, not the upper 60 or so. But what do I know? I would far prefer to see all this building energy go into designing something interesting rather than tall for tall’s sake. Look at Roppongi Hills — what makes the Hills interesting is the first four floors, not the upper 60 or so. But what do I know?

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75887 Sperwer Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:00:19 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75887 It's never gonna happen. It’s never gonna happen.

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75882 SomeguyinKorea Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:22:54 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75882 "There are so many 100-story construction projects dancing around the imaginations of Korea’s developers right now that I wonder how all the tenants will be found to occupy that space." Excellent point. These projects will cannibalize one another for tenants. “There are so many 100-story construction projects dancing around the imaginations of Korea’s developers right now that I wonder how all the tenants will be found to occupy that space.”

Excellent point. These projects will cannibalize one another for tenants.

]]> By: Linkd http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75878 Linkd Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:10:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75878 Option 1: Office space for the soon-to-be international financial hub. Option 2: Housing project for ex-farmers forced to abandon their farms post-FTA. Option 3: New home of the world's tallest red-light district. Option 4: As-yet-unnamed Ministry building for the 40,000 new civil servants the current president has hired since taking office. Option 5: Fill the bottom 140 stories with bu-dong-san's specializing in renting out the top 10 stories. Option 1: Office space for the soon-to-be international financial hub.

Option 2: Housing project for ex-farmers forced to abandon their farms post-FTA.

Option 3: New home of the world’s tallest red-light district.

Option 4: As-yet-unnamed Ministry building for the 40,000 new civil servants the current president has hired since taking office.

Option 5: Fill the bottom 140 stories with bu-dong-san’s specializing in renting out the top 10 stories.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75877 R. Elgin Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:02:32 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75877 That is a good question. How will they keep this king-sized building from looking like the ghost buildings I find in Kwangju (creepy-looking rows of empty office buildings) or will they stick garish signs all over it and turn it into a 150-story shi-jang discount villa because they can not find any decent commercial tenants? I also wonder about the *scale* of this project and how it will look in reality. Right now the current scale of the neighborhood is much smaller and, though drab and older, quite human-size in scale. This size of a building is quite a different thing though. That is a good question. How will they keep this king-sized building from looking like the ghost buildings I find in Kwangju (creepy-looking rows of empty office buildings) or will they stick garish signs all over it and turn it into a 150-story shi-jang discount villa because they can not find any decent commercial tenants?

I also wonder about the *scale* of this project and how it will look in reality. Right now the current scale of the neighborhood is much smaller and, though drab and older, quite human-size in scale. This size of a building is quite a different thing though.

]]> By: Brendon Carr http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75868 Brendon Carr Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:22:20 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/03/30/yongsan-to-get-150-story-building/#comment-75868 I was thinking the same thing about the developer -- <i>no-account, money-losing Korail</i> wants to build this enormous white elephant. There are so many 100-story construction projects dancing around the imaginations of Korea's developers right now that I wonder how all the tenants will be found to occupy that space. I was thinking the same thing about the developer — no-account, money-losing Korail wants to build this enormous white elephant. There are so many 100-story construction projects dancing around the imaginations of Korea’s developers right now that I wonder how all the tenants will be found to occupy that space.

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