Paju Book City is a "Publishing City" northwest of Seoul. Belonging to the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, this giant cultural complex covers the entire process of publishing from planning to printing and distributing. Paju Book City houses 250 publishers with over 10,000 workers. The amazing collection of buildings were the result of collaboration between architects and South Korea's publishing industry. A set of design guidelines were set up that helped to keep the interaction of the buildings and landscape integrated.
Mimesis Museum designed by Alvaro Siza, Carlos Castanheira and Jun Sung Kim
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The group....WITH ALVARO SIZA!
Marc and Alvaro
(or as Skim likes to call him "Alvarado Cesar")
Sluks getting his Alvaro Siza El Croquis signed by Alvaro Siza.
Legendary.
Stephen and Danny posing
Little Sluks
SIZA!
Tyler, Stephen and Ian having a little too much fun
This guy was taking the pictures for Dezeen (the blog link above)
A little troll doing a bad job hiding in the corner.
Looking down on Corn.
I think this little triangular space was a mistake...
but it is really fun to put people (like Uki) in it.
and June!
More Buildings in Paju Book City
Huge model of Paju Book City
Drawers with the models of each building in the area
AH! Don't fall in just because there are no railings anywhere
Paju Book Hotel
A Korean celebrity having a photo-shoot
Open Book House, Paju Book City designed by Jun Sung Kim (our professor!)
Heyri Art Valley
One of the best group shots to date
The tree is growing through that building! Awesome!
North Korea?
Our awesome bus of people
...who were so awesome and did not make fun of me (too much) when we had to pull the bus over for me. It is a long story, not worth hearing about...ever
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