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heyri art valley
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Jerome Kim (jekir79)
![Silver Star Critiquer [C: 44 W: 2 N: 3]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/s-n-n.gif) (62) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-11-04 |
| Categories: Nature, Architecture |
| Camera: Canon 400D |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-11-15 9:18 |
| Viewed: 410 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Nested only a few miles from the North Korean border – more commonly dubbed as the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) – where nature collides with barbwires and landmines, Heyri Art Valley surfaces as a cultural oasis for individuals seeking refuge away from the numbing tumult of Seoul.
Heyri is in essence an alternative living community project conceptualized by a unionized group of artists, filmmakers, writers and publishers. Spreading over 220 acres on the hills of Paju, 390 lots carefully adjust themselves to the topography of the valley on which construction of buildings starts only when a prospective resident shows at the door. Each building follows a set of design guidelines that emphasize clean-lined architectural language, but with unique variations, resulting in strings of landmarks that delicately blend in their surrounding environment.
Similar projects can be found elsewhere in the world like the Hombroich Space Lab in Germany or the Amstel Ecological Park in the Netherlands but have shown some limitations in terms of location or financing. Only one hour away from the capital, Heyri stands out as a viable model of urban landscape infrastructure in that its driving force is its residents.
Indeed, one of its social guidelines requires some sort of community contribution either in the form of donations to the main exhibition halls or by providing cultural spaces for artists to display or work on their respective art form, inducing many residents to build mixed use houses, which together offer over 100 galleries, show rooms, studios, libraries, art schools, coffee shops, and restaurants, for everyone to relish.
In this quiet sanctuary subtlely balancing culture and urbanism, Heyri offers a glimpse of what this divided nation has been longing for: peace… in all its forms.
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I should have opened aperture a little to increase blurring of the building but it is a lesson learned for next time. |
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- letoun
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 226 W: 0 N: 41]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/g-n-s.gif)
(1328) - [2007-11-15 11:07]
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La maison ecologique quel beau sujet. Dommage que mon anglais soit si mauvais.
Raph
