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PHOTO ESSAY: What we Gain, What we Lose
A Visual Ballad of Urban Housing in Korea
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Patrick M. Lydon
The Corner Shop: Can we Build the Possible City?
For the writing this fortnight, I am sharing a slice of our personal journey, as we open a new studio and public cafe/event space here in Daejeon…
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Patrick M. Lydon
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UPDATE: A Future Urban Nature Mandala
This week feels like the front edge of a really busy season for us. Busy, but also inspiring and enjoyable in its own way. I want to share some concepts…
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Patrick M. Lydon
DAEJEON BIENNALE: The Dance of Thousands of Years
Suhee and I are just finishing moving our life from Japan to Korea. It has been one of these looming uncertainties for the past two years — another…
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Patrick M. Lydon
PHOTO ESSAY: Seoul and the Call of the Urban Wild (Part 4)
A look at the Korean "dulle-gil" system and ecological urban cultures
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Patrick M. Lydon
PHOTO ESSAY: Seoul and the Call of the Urban Wild (Part 3)
In which we temporarily transport ourselves to the landscapes of Scotland and Japan
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Patrick M. Lydon
PHOTO ESSAY: Seoul and The Call of the Urban Wild (Part 2)
This is part two in a four-part series [see part one here] offering a reflection on time lived in Seoul, and also a question, about what ‘access to…
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Patrick M. Lydon
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