Dongdaemun Design Plaza , Seoul

• Photographer
  Cecilia Colussi

Officially inaugurated on March 21, 2014, the Dongdaemun Design Plaza has soon established itself as the centerpiece of South Korea's fashion hub and a popular tourist destination in Seoul. Also called the DDP, it was created by Iraqi British architect Zaha Hadid and Korean Studio Samoo with a neofuturistic design characterized by the "powerful, curving forms of elongated structures".

Growing up in the remarkably preserved medieval town of Padova, Cecilia has been breathing art since she was a child, surrounded by a quaint, though static, way of living. Thirsty of knowledge, she soon developed a genuine curiosity for everything that was far from her cultural heritage, devoting her travels to the study of anthropological aspects of diverse cultures with a focus on architecture. Far from the celebrated landmarks, Cecilia pursues places that were built for purpose but taken over by time. She celebrates the evolved aesthetic of sites once abandoned.