The Cheonggyecheon stream restoration project in Korea. Got the screenshot from this walk: Seoul Night Walk From Dongguk University to City Hall | Walking Tour 4K HDR - YouTube
Context about it : They Tore Down a Highway and Made it a River (and traffic got better) - YouTube
Not gonna lie Korea has some nice vibes to it.
Hate to burst anyone’s bubble, but from what I saw this is probably for flood control.
*Confirmed, is flood control.
How is that a bad thing? Still looks like a good place for community meetups and is one less road. Gotta take the silver linings where you can. It’s not like it’s flooded all the time.
I know right? Like…
So are most public bodies of water. Watersheds play a huge role in both flood management and public nature/wildlife areas and education. Either way it’s 1000x better for everyone than a highway.
There’s no bubble to pop here, it’s a riverside park that double as a flood mitigation canal.
Take for example, Bishan Park in Singapore
The left one is before they turn it into a park, it’s purely for flood mitigation. Then they turn it into a park that would flood in heavy rain. Cheonggyecheon is basically that.
Other way around.
Nope, it’s truly multifaceted
https://www.archdaily.com/1020945/re-naturalization-of-urban-waterways-the-case-study-of-cheonggye-stream-in-seoul-south-korea