Oswald Nagler, Hurpi, and the Formation of Urban Planning and Design in South Korea

The South Seoul Plan by Hurpi and the Mok-dong Plan

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ID11107805
AuthorsSanghoon Jung (0000-0001-6597-5907, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume40
Issue3
Pages585-605
Publication date2014-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Urban History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0096-1442 • E-ISSN: 1552-6771
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0096144213518308
OpenAlexW1998232323
LanguageEN
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As in other postcolonial settings, after its independence, Korean urban planning was still influenced by the Japanese legacy in planning culture, systems of approach, and urban form. However, there was a turning point beginning in the 1960s, led by Oswald Nagler and the Housing, Urban and Regional Planning Institute (HURPI). Nagler applied an interdisciplinary approach to the Korean urban situation and made substantial efforts to apply and localize Western planning principles in accordance with the Korean context, and educated young talented individuals. Even though the institute has been repetitively reported to have exerted a profound influence on the formation of Korean urban planning, its function and specific contribution has largely remained obscure. This study clarifies HURPI’s function and contribution by way of interviews with its members, recovering otherwise lost materials, and analyzing them with a focus on the South Seoul plan in comparison to works done by local planners at the time, as well as later work on the Mok-dong plan

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