Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)
Curving, futuristic design landmark built over an old stadium and a rediscovered ancient city wall.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Dongdaemun Design Plaza peels back three layers of the same ground: a Japanese colonial-era stadium built in 1925, the sections of Seoul's centuries-old fortress wall uncovered when it was demolished, and the striking curved design Zaha Hadid won a 2007 competition to build here. You'll hear how archaeologists and architects ended up working the same site, and what happened to the stadium's old floodlight towers. Look toward the eastern edge for the wall fragments still standing beneath the building's silver hull.
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