Not many cities can pull off a building like the DDP, but the ever-so-modern Seoul can. Designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, and built over a former sports stadium the DDP is a massive spaceship-like structure that feels as if it was dropped in place by aliens. In places known for traditional architecture, a building like the DDP would feel completely out of context. In Seoul, a city where modernization happened swiftly as if over night — from hanok to high-rise in the short span of 50 years — it fits right in.
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