reREADING; reVISUALISING; reNAMING; reDRAWING
EMERGENT CITIES is a record of research and design undertaken as part of my Postgraduate Studies in Architecture at London Metropolitan University.
Beginning in Seoul and concluding in London, the thesis is an exploration through drawing that advocates a re-reading of city as landscape; where the space between objects forms an essential part of the narrative.
The final site, the Moorfields Highwalk, is a melancholy relic of post-war architectural optimism. It is a found landscape that can be read at multiple scales.
Inspired by the traditions of Korean architecture which obscure the boundary between solid and void, the thesis proposes cuts into the site that encourage its re-reading and re-use, respond to the complex topographies and open the highwalk to its immediate context.
All images and text are © Alpa Depani 2011 unless stated