Edge City Gadeokdo Development, Busan, Korea 2010.
Pro­ject Team: N.E.E.D.  + Group Han Asso­cia­tes
Team Mem­bers: Sang­mok Kim, AIA LEED AP and Sung­woo Kim, SBA Dutch Archi­tect

Loca­ted on the boun­dary where the city of Busan meets Hal­lyeo Marin Natio­nal Park, Gadeokdo pres­ents a typi­cal urban pro­blem of a city on the edge; heavy exploi­ta­tion of its resour­ces by infra­struc­tures ser­ving other areas.



Four mega scale urban pro­jects — Busan New Port, Geoga High­way, Free Eco­no­mic Zones and a new air­port – are trans­for­ming this once pris­tine island to not­hing but infra­struc­tu­ral was­te­land. To retain and advance its natu­ral resour­ces as well as to effi­ci­ently sup­port new urban demands from adja­cent deve­lop­ment, four inter­con­nec­ted sub-cities are plan­ned to engage with four dif­fe­rent func­tions separately.



FISH WORKS, New York, NY, First Place ENYA Prize 2008.

N.E.E.D. Wins Emerging New York Architects Prize. N.E.E.D. proposed an aquaculture-driven floating park, inlaid with combinational modules of public indoor programs.