Pockets of nature within large urban centers, like green walls, vertical forests, and urban farms, are all the rage these days. Moscow studio SKNYPL took this into account when it entered a unique urban rooftop garden design for the Seoul Hall of Urbanism & Architecture in the Seoul MARU 2019 Design Competition.
The idea proposed by the Russian studio is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional Korean garden with the natural elements replaced with large turquoise inflatable elements made of recyclable plastic. The color and shapes evoke associations with plants, stones, and hills, which form the basis of the theory of harmony in the Korean garden.
