As the second book of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017, it presents contemporary urbanism thoughts on nine imminent commons, whichengage collective ecological and technological resources relevant to all cities andeven extra-urban territories.
Recent years have seen greatly increased political opposition between urban andrural areas, bordering on crisis. In order to avoid further aggravating this urban/rural polarization, we need to cultivate a discourse on urbanism that focuses onthe interdependencies between cities and the greater ecologies of resources,technologies, and natural processes in which they are situated. The way we thinkabout cities needs to expand significantly to incorporate their effects on globalnatural cycles, how they metabolize resources from rural areas, and their impact onboth local and regional economies.
