유럽 [BBC] 911테러 쌍둥이 빌딩 닮은 빌딩 취재

[빅터파파넥]

South Korea: Planned building 'resembles 9/11 attacks'

By Lucy WilliamsonBBC News, Seoul

The architects say they never noticed a resemblance with 9/11 imagery

It is what developers are calling a "pixelated cloud" - a profusion of box-like extensions jutting out from the middle of two tower blocks, and fusing them together.

But the design, for a new apartment complex in South Korea, has sparked a furious response from critics who say it resembles the collapse of New York's World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks.

The design, by a Dutch architectural company, is part of a flagship project to develop a major new site in central Seoul.

The PR chief at the Yongsan Development Company, Seo Hee-seok, said the accusation was a shock.

"When I heard that, I was totally surprised, and bewildered," he told me.

"It felt like something out of a novel. And because this is just one of many buildings in the new development, I even wondered whether it was a conspiracy."

'Cultural differences'

The symbolism and spiritual impact of buildings is important in South Korea.

Feng shui experts are often consulted on the best possible position of a new construction, and just a few years ago, the vast front gate to Seoul's main Gyeongbok palace was moved and rotated, to erase changes made by Korea's former Japanese colonial rulers.

There is little opposition to the plan on the streets of Seoul

Mr Seo says this latest dispute is not a matter of insensitivity but of different cultural perceptions.

"If I'd been living in New York at that time, and been part of that experience," he says, "I might agree it looked like it. But to me, at the moment, it doesn't resemble the World Trade Centre attacks at all."

On the streets of Seoul, though, some people do make the connection.

"Even if it does remind people of 9/11, there's no law saying it can't be built," one man told me. "It might even remind people of the tragedy that happened back then."

"I know there's been some criticism of this," another commuter said, "because it looks like the 9/11 attacks, but in my view it's a piece of architecture and I don't think there's a problem with it - I think it's a fantastic design."

The development company say they were offered two versions of the design. The chaotic pixelated style was chosen because it was seen as "trendy".

A second version, with a smooth, undulating bridge snaking round the two buildings was dismissed as "too old-fashioned".

The design will not be finalised until next year, with construction due to begin in 2013.

But as of now, the company says there has been no decision to alter their plans to appease the critics.

BBC 홈

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16162789

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16161065

[프리탑]

"문화적 차이"
한국은 상징과 건물의 영적인 영향은 중요합니다.
풍수에 따라 일본식민지배 받던 조선총독부 건물을 변경한 광화문
그러나 9.11 상징성 비판에 대한 변경을 한번도 한적 없다고 비꼬았네요

[카산드라의전설]

아직도 9.11을 테러라 믿는 것들이 있네그랴,,,인간어뢰도 있다고 믿는것들도 있으니 뭐,,,

[뱃넘의하루]

자라보고 놀란 가슴 ...솥뚜껑보고 놀라네 ..

[Supervisor]

짓기 전부터 저렇게 이슈가 되서 오히려 건설사는 쾌재를 부를 듯... 오히려 랜드마크화될지도....

[타도쥐박이]

이거 대박인데;;ㅋㅋㅋ BBC까지 알려졌으니 공짜홍보 쩔어

[고파]

한국까지 비용 써가면서 날아와서 시장구석이나 더러운 골목길만 찍어가는 걸로 유명한 나라들( 일본, 영국, 대만 )의 공통점이 '섬나라' 라는 것이 참 아이러니 하지요?

[자연사랑나라사랑]

저들에게는 9.11사건이 21세기와 함께 찾아온 악몽이고,
완전히 트라우마로 자리잡은 모양이군요.
"우리는 구름 디자인이라고 말하고,저들은 9.11 테러 상징물이라고 한다"
타인을 배려하는 동양문화에서는 완전히 다른 시각이라고 이해하지만,
애초에 자기 자신 입장 밖에 모르는 저들 문화로 볼 때는 무슨 말을 한들 이해 하겠습니까.
무시가 최선. 떠들만큼 떠들게 놔두면 제풀에 그만두겠지요.

[병따이]

저 쌍둥이건물을 설계한 사람이 유태인이랍니다.

[마이다스(dh)]

백번을 생각해도 911테러를 염두에 두고 디자인한게 맞아 보이구요,,9뭐.. 팔은 안으로 굽는다고, 저도 두둔해 주고 싶긴 하지만....)
다만 이것도 자유인데 세계인들의 눈치를 봐야하는 현실이 당시 911테러가 얼마나 세계인의 가슴속에 얼마나 아픈 기억으로 남아 있는지를 보여 주는 것 같습니다.
지금에 와서 디자인을 변경하기는 어렵겠지만, 911테러와 무관하다라는 논리를 많이 만들어 내서 잘 반박해라.. 라는 조언을 해주고 싶네요.