23 December 2008

surroundings

Images showing the nearby surroundings of my living space situated in the south of Seoul [Southern Seocho-gu, Jangjae-dong]. The neighborhood is divided by a large road composed by eight driving lines that connects the areas outside Seoul with the fancy Gangnam residential district and the Han River that defines the city’s central urban landscape. Near my housing unit, on one side of the main boulevard buildings like Kia Motors and Hyundai Headquarters, LG Center, aT Center, and Shopping Malls are the major landmarks. On the other side, bordered by southern hills a large newly built residential area is located. Small apartment blocks, divided by narrow streets illuminated at night by the colorful neon-light animated advertisements, represent a silent image of the capital’s life.  
From left to right: Hyundai and Kia Headquarters, aT Center, view over apartment blocks, back street.
Imagini prezentand imprejurimile zonei in care locuiesc in sudul Seul-ului [Seocho-gu, Jangjae-dong]. Cartierul este strabatut de un bulevard compus din opt benzi de trafic, legand zonele aflate in afara capitalei cu extravagantul cartier Gangnam si cu fluviul Han care defineste peisajul urban central al metropolei. In zona in care locuiesc, de o parte a bulevardului principalele repere sunt sediile Kia Motors si Hyundai, Centrul LG, aT Center si Mall-uri. In partea opusa, marginit in sud de dealuri se intinde un tanar cartier de locuinte. Apartamente in blocuri mici, separate de strazi iluminate noaptea de animate reclame cu neoane colorate formeaza o imagine tacuta a vietii capitalei.
De la stanga la dreapta: sediile Hyundai si Kia Motors, aT Center, panorama asupra blocurilor, strada laturalnica.

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