"This building, completed in 1966 in Seoul's Sinchon district, was built during a period of rapid urbanization. Aerial photographs by Kim Han-Yong from the same year show the Han River area still largely undeveloped, while the city, under its push for rapid construction, was beginning to transform the urban landscape at an unprecedented pace. The history of the building over the past five decades is unclear, but its condition today is severely deteriorated."
"The history of the building over the past five decades is unclear, but its condition today is severely deteriorated. Four of its eight columns extended beyond the site boundary, and what is now a four-story structure began as a modest two-story building on independent foundations. Later, a third floor of masonry and a fourth floor of lightweight steel were added, leaving the structure stacked precariously, like a Jenga tower."
The building was completed in 1966 in Seoul's Sinchon district during a period of rapid urbanization. Aerial photographs from the same year show the Han River area largely undeveloped while the city began transforming its urban landscape through accelerated construction. The building's history across five decades remains unclear, and its current condition is severely deteriorated. Four of the eight columns extend beyond the site boundary. The structure began as a two-story building on independent foundations, then received a masonry third floor and a lightweight steel fourth floor, resulting in an unstable, stacked configuration.
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