Seoul Mini-Mountains - Research
Seoul Mini-Mountains is a research project that explores the overlooked mountain remnants embedded within the dense urban fabric of Seoul. These steep, irregular fragments—often excluded from formal development—exist at the intersection of ecology, topography, and urban marginality. Through mapping, fieldwork, and photographic observation, the project reconsiders these terrains as liminal spaces of resistance and potential. Rather than treating them as leftover or inaccessible, the research reframes them as spatial gaps that invite new readings of the city—where nature is not erased, but actively shapes urban experience and imagination.
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Dates: 2019 - 2025
Principle Investigator: Géraldine Borio
Research Assistants: Karl Lam, Laurene Cen, Tina Wang Tianduo, Kelly Mok
Grants
General Research Fund (GRF)
Seoul Urban Mountains: Reading the City through its Voids, Hong Kong. Research [PI]: Borio, G. Project period: 01 01 2024- 31 12 2025. External Peer-Reviewed Competitive Research Grants.
Start Up Grant
Seoul Urban Mountains, The Faculty of Architecture, HKU, Hong Kong. Project period: 01 01 2020- 31 12 2020. Research [PI]: Borio.
Presentation
14 03 2024
Investigating Bangkok, Hong Kong and Seoul from their Liminal Spaces, Korean University of the Arts, Keynote Lecture at the Department of Architecture, Seoul, South Korea.
