119an agricultural corporation in June 2015.
A collective investment fund was set up
through a production corporation, SK,
with a livestock cooperative, agricultural
cooperative, and Sejong city, which
resulted in the establishment of the Sejong
Local Food.inc. A governance system
was formed by producers, consumers,
experts, government officials, and Sejong
Local Food.inc, activating Shingshing
marketplaces. Here, the specific local
governance culture also contributes.
Citizens use online forums to provide
honest yet detailed feedback about food
production and the quality of produce.
For example, remarks on issues such as
the quality of certain fruits produced from
certain districts are here exchanged. The
system of governance at play ultimately
facilitates communication between the
urban and the rural, sustainably supporting
the growth of Sejong Local Food.Food Systems and Urban Planning
Concluding with the sporadic outdoor
markets, characterised by direct sales, the
first branch of Shingshing marketplace
at Dodam-dong came into being as a
permanent market in a new building inSeptember of 2015. Thereafter, the local
food manufacturing support centre and
the Shingshing cultural centre would
respectively build and move into new
buildings in April 2016 and November- The second branch of the Shingshing
marketplace at Areum-dong would also
open its doors on a new building in January - This was the result of providing
a local food manufacturing centre to
increase the added value of the food, and
to activate a food culture by opening a
cooking class in the Shingshing cultural
centre, rather than limiting itself to direct
sales of agricultural produce. An attempt
to create a food cluster in the Shingshing
marketplace Dodam branch, which even
included a spacious parking lot for the
convenience of its users, was a rational
attempt and a meaningful evolution from
the perspective of improving the food
system. However, participation numbers
in the cooking classes at the Shingshing
cultural centre have not increased as much
as the number of customers shopping at
the Shingshing marketplace. This has been
observed through the act of classification
— consuming certain food products and
participating in certain cooking classes are
considered to be part of different cultural
phenomena according to the specific cases
of the Sejong demographic group, calling
into question the need to search for a
different, more appropriate approach.
On the one hand, when comparing the
urban and architectural characteristics
of the Dodam and Areum branches, one
notes in the dimension of the spatial
composition of the architecture and the
use of the boulevards, the fabrication of the
Areum branch benefits from a better design
including a public parking lot in the upper
levels of the building. The Dodam branch
may benefit from a spacious culture centre,
parking lot and store, yet the arrangement
and the association of each of these
facilities, as well as the composition of the
internal spaces, is pitiful due to their lack
of attention to detail. This is not merely a
problem specific to the Dodam branch,
but also applicable to the urban spaces
of Sejong. While Sejong provides large-
scale public facilities, such as the complex
community centre, the details in the spatial
design of urban blocks when it comes to an
individual building integrating with the urban
tissue of public open space and a street
environment can become considerablyImage courtesy of Sejong Metropolitan Autonomous City박소현은 건축도시공간연구소 소장이자 서울대학교 건축학과 교수로, 우리 도시와 지역사회의 다양한 장소 특성과 의미를 해석하고 보다 나은
생활공간을 함께 만들어가려고 노력한다. 도시보존, 근린보행, 공동체 계획을 주제로 하는 연구기반의 설계를 추구한다. 연세대학교에서 건축공학
학사와 석사, 미국 오레곤 대학교에서 역사보존학 석사, 워싱턴 대학교에서 도시설계·계획학 박사를 받았고, 콜로라도 대학교 건축도시대학에서
교수로 재직했다. 국가건축정책위원, 도시재생특별위원, 문화재위원, 서울시 도시계획위원을 역임했다. 주요 저술로 그동안의 보행 연구를 정리한
『동네 걷기 동네 계획』(공간서가, 2015), ‘아이러니 서울 길, 다섯 이야기’ (「SPACE(공간)」, 2017. 3. ~ 9.) 등이 있다.
Park Sohyun is the president of Architecture & Urban Research Institute (auri) and a professor of architecture at the Seoul National
University. She focuses her efforts on interpreting varied characteristics and meanings of our city spaces to turn them into better
places for habitation. Her study areas include urban conservation, neighborhood walking, and community planning, with research-
based design approaches. She was a member of Presidential Commission on Architecture Policy; Prime Minister Office’s
Commission on Urban Regeneration; National Cultural Heritage Committee, and Urban Planning Committee of Seoul. Her recent
publications include Neighborhood Walking Neighborhood Planning (SPACE BOOKS, 2015) and ‘Seoul Streets—Ironic 5 Places of
Urban Stories’ (SPACE, Mar. – Sep. 2017).- Hong Yongdeok, ‘Rapid increase of 13 fold revenue in 5
years...yet, there’s still a long way to go for “direct sales of
local food”’, Hangyoreh, (15th January 2019). - Sejong Metropolitan Autonomous City, Sejong Local Food
Movement, 2019, unpublished report materials. Sejong-si
documents; Kang Seungil, ‘Sejong, Shingshing Marketplace
achieves 50 billion KRW gross revenue in three years and
three months’, Sejong Times, (9th December, 2018). - Kameshwari Pothukuchi and Jerome L. Kauman, ‘The Food
System: A Stranger to the Planning Field’, Journal of the
American Planning Association, vol. 66, 2000. - UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Integrating Food into
Urban Planning, University College London Press, 2018. p.
22. - Sejong Statistics show that the agricultural population
reduced from 16,335 in 2015 to 14,821 in 2017 while the
area of cultivated land decreased from 8,260ha in 2015 to
7,958ha in 2017.
awkward and banal.
The fresh services proposed by Sejong
Local Food as a new type of urban
movement are particularly inspiring, yet
the lack of novelty in the design of the
local food stores and surrounding urban
blocks as architectural or urban spaces to
embrace these services is quite regrettable.
However, both customer satisfaction and
the number of customers at the Shingshing
marketplace continues to rise, and hence,
perhaps the regrets concerning good urban
planning might not be the most pressing
issue at hand.119an agricultural corporation in June 2015.
A collective investment fund was set up
through a production corporation, SK,
with a livestock cooperative, agricultural
cooperative, and Sejong city, which
resulted in the establishment of the Sejong
Local Food.inc. A governance system
was formed by producers, consumers,
experts, government officials, and Sejong
Local Food.inc, activating Shingshing
marketplaces. Here, the specific local
governance culture also contributes.
Citizens use online forums to provide
honest yet detailed feedback about food
production and the quality of produce.
For example, remarks on issues such as
the quality of certain fruits produced from
certain districts are here exchanged. The
system of governance at play ultimately
facilitates communication between the
urban and the rural, sustainably supporting
the growth of Sejong Local Food.
Food Systems and Urban Planning
Concluding with the sporadic outdoor
markets, characterised by direct sales, the
first branch of Shingshing marketplace
at Dodam-dong came into being as a
permanent market in a new building in
September of 2015. Thereafter, the local
food manufacturing support centre and
the Shingshing cultural centre would
respectively build and move into new
buildings in April 2016 and November- The second branch of the Shingshing
marketplace at Areum-dong would also
open its doors on a new building in January - This was the result of providing
a local food manufacturing centre to
increase the added value of the food, and
to activate a food culture by opening a
cooking class in the Shingshing cultural
centre, rather than limiting itself to direct
sales of agricultural produce. An attempt
to create a food cluster in the Shingshing
marketplace Dodam branch, which even
included a spaciousparkinglotforthe
convenience of itsusers,wasarational
attempt and a meaningfulevolutionfrom
the perspective ofimprovingthefood
system. However,participationnumbers
in the cooking classesattheShingshing
cultural centre havenotincreasedasmuch
as the number ofcustomersshoppingat
the Shingshing marketplace.Thishasbeen
observed throughtheactofclassification
— consuming certainfoodproductsand
participating in certaincookingclassesare
considered to be part of different cultural
phenomena according to the specific cases
of the Sejong demographic group, calling
into question the need to search for a
different, more appropriate approach.
On the one hand, when comparing the
urban and architectural characteristics
of the Dodam and Areum branches, one
notes in the dimension of the spatial
composition of the architecture and the
use of the boulevards, the fabrication of the
Areum branch benefits from a better design
including a public parking lot in the upper
levels of the building. The Dodam branch
may benefit from a spacious culture centre,
parking lot and store, yet the arrangement
and the association of each of these
facilities,aswellasthecompositionofthe
internalspaces,ispitifulduetotheirlack
ofattentiontodetail.Thisisnotmerelya
problemspecifictotheDodambranch,
butalsoapplicabletotheurbanspaces
ofSejong.WhileSejongprovideslarge-
scalepublicfacilities,suchasthecomplex
communitycentre,thedetailsinthespatial
designofurbanblockswhenitcomestoan
individualbuildingintegratingwiththeurban
tissueofpublicopenspaceandastreet
environmentcanbecomeconsiderablyImage courtesy of Sejong Metropolitan Autonomous City박소현은 건축도시공간연구소 소장이자 서울대학교 건축학과 교수로, 우리 도시와 지역사회의 다양한 장소 특성과 의미를 해석하고 보다 나은
생활공간을 함께 만들어가려고 노력한다. 도시보존, 근린보행, 공동체 계획을 주제로 하는 연구기반의 설계를 추구한다. 연세대학교에서 건축공학
학사와 석사, 미국 오레곤 대학교에서 역사보존학 석사, 워싱턴 대학교에서 도시설계·계획학 박사를 받았고, 콜로라도 대학교 건축도시대학에서
교수로 재직했다. 국가건축정책위원, 도시재생특별위원, 문화재위원, 서울시 도시계획위원을 역임했다. 주요 저술로 그동안의 보행 연구를 정리한
『동네 걷기 동네 계획』(공간서가, 2015), ‘아이러니 서울 길, 다섯 이야기’ (「SPACE(공간)」, 2017. 3. ~ 9.) 등이 있다.
Park Sohyun is the president of Architecture & Urban Research Institute (auri) and a professor of architecture at the Seoul National
University. She focuses her efforts on interpreting varied characteristics and meanings of our city spaces to turn them into better
places for habitation. Her study areas include urban conservation, neighborhood walking, and community planning, with research-
based design approaches. She was a member of Presidential Commission on Architecture Policy; Prime Minister Office’s
Commission on Urban Regeneration; National Cultural Heritage Committee, and Urban Planning Committee of Seoul. Her recent
publications include Neighborhood Walking Neighborhood Planning (SPACE BOOKS, 2015) and ‘Seoul Streets—Ironic 5 Places of
Urban Stories’ (SPACE, Mar. – Sep. 2017).1.HongYongdeok,‘Rapidincreaseof 13 foldrevenuein 5
years...yet,there’sstillalongwaytogofor“directsalesof
localfood”’,Hangyoreh,(15thJanuary2019).
2.SejongMetropolitanAutonomousCity,SejongLocalFood
Movement,2019,unpublishedreportmaterials.Sejong-si
documents;KangSeungil,‘Sejong,ShingshingMarketplace
achieves 50 billionKRWgrossrevenueinthreeyearsand
threemonths’,SejongTimes,(9thDecember,2018).
3.KameshwariPothukuchiandJeromeL.Kauman,‘TheFood
System:AStrangertothePlanningField’,Journalofthe
AmericanPlanningAssociation,vol.66,2000.
4.UNFoodandAgricultureOrganization,IntegratingFoodinto
UrbanPlanning,UniversityCollegeLondonPress,2018.p.
22.
5.Sejong Statistics show that the agricultural population
reduced from 16,335 in 2015 to 14,821 in 2017 while the
area of cultivated land decreased from 8,260ha in 2015 to
7,958ha in 2017.awkward and banal.
The fresh services proposed by Sejong
Local Food as a new type of urban
movement are particularly inspiring, yet
the lack of novelty in the design of the
local food stores and surrounding urban
blocks as architectural or urban spaces to
embrace these services is quite regrettable.
However, both customer satisfaction and
the number of customers at the Shingshing
marketplace continues to rise, and hence,
perhaps the regrets concerning good urban
planning might not be the most pressing
issue at hand.