Failed Architecture - Architecture and the Real World

The Korean Border’s Unintended Wilderness

Minjeong Kim

Forged by Cold War geopolitics, a thriving ecosystem has begun to flourish within the Korean Demilitarised Zone. Birthed and defined by conflict, a sanctuary has been made possible not by peace, but by the perpetual threat of war.

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