The United States Military currently occupies 620 acres of land in the center of the city of Seoul, South Korea. The area is currently blocked off from the people of Seoul with barrier walls of concrete, brick, and razor wire. My interest lies in the way in which the edge of this soon to be public space can act to activate both the park within as well as the city around it. The density of the city requires vertical development, and I find interest in the way in which the edge of the park can be developed as a combination of the city and the park. Rather than eliminate all development around the edge of the park I propose a system in which the wall, which once held pedestrians out, now invites them in at various locations, for a multitude of activities. Creating a new edge condition allows for a systematic development strategy for the remainder of the former US Military Base. An architectural will visually lead the pedestrian from street edge, through the developed area and into the park; all the while the pedestrian can visually see the former wall dissipate into the new public space.
