The Potential of Open Spaces and Open Exhibitions: Seoul Architecture Festival 2019

Seoul Architecture Festival 2019 (hereinafter SAF) was held between 9 – 22 September at Oil Tank Culture Park in celebration of its 11th anniversary since its founding in 2009. This year’s theme was ‘open space’, focusing on the creation or possibility of creating an open space in Seoul’s urban context. With this themed exhibition at the center, the exhibition was organised alongside other exhibitions such as ‘Architectural Imaginations of Han River’, ‘Architect of the Year’, ‘Winner of Seoul Architecture Award’, ‘SAF Architecture Summer School’, ‘Architecture Storytelling Contest’, ‘Seoul, Architectural Stroll’, and the ‘UAUS Seoul Market 21’. Other than these, as public, participatory programmes, there was the ‘Architecture Culture Tour’, ‘Docent Tour’, and the ‘Architecture Design Job Festival’. This fall, we will explore how these various exhibitions and events have settled down in the Oil Tank Cultural Park and how other spots in Seoul have engaged with ‘open space’ as their governing theme.in the introductory video to the themed exhibition, Chun Euiyoung (professor, Kyonggi University), who is the main