![]() In Seoul, stations are also designed to be used as shelters. During World War II, some underground stations in London were used as bomb shelters, while others served as underground aircraft component factories. Historically, interior space of the subway station was used as more than just a transportation hub. North and South Korea were competing over technological advances and economic growth after the truce therefore, transportation infrastructure had a patriotic role that would extend throughout the span of Korean industrial development. A year earlier, North Korea’s Pyongyang Metro Chollima Line had started its service. Seoul’s subway Line 1 opened in 1974, twenty-one years after the truce was signed, with through service joining Korail’s (Korean Railroad Corporation) intercity railway lines. Nevertheless, railway and subway development played a significant part in post-war recovery efforts to revive the country’s economy. Then, railways were considerably damaged by the Korean War (1950-1953). History of the Korean rail industry began with rail construction for political purposes when the nation was under Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). In Korea, the rail industry also played a critical role in the country’s industrial development and economic growth. As the fairs highlighted monumental and innovative developments in art, architecture, and technologies, the advent of a subway system marked the height of cities’ achievements. ![]() Chicago started its first subway service in 1892, a year before the World’s Columbian Exposition, and Paris opened its metro line in 1900 during the World’s Fair (the Exposition Universelle). Since the first underground railway opened in London in 1863, subway has been a symbol of modernity and technological achievement. ![]() ![]() Subways and adjoined developments are evolving and facilitating changes by engaging with spatial advances. The Interior Urbanism Reader, Routledge, forthcoming, edited by Gregory Marinic, New York, 2021ĭuring the last several decades, subways have enabled widespread, yet unique, commercial, cultural, and social discourse in Seoul by extending the public realm towards underground. ![]()
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