A laboratory of world cities, the Seoul Biennale, established in 2017, emphasizes the strong link between architecture and urbanism by offering the public a platform for exchange and discovery of the evolution of cities and metropolises. After the first two editions titled “Imminent Commons” (2017) and “Collective City” (2019), this third edition is dubbed “CROSSROADS Building the Resilient City”. It will open avenues of reflection on the city of the future through a rich and dense series of exhibitions and events. It will also emphasize the place of cities as the privileged spaces for opening perspectives onto a more sustainable world and it will explore the central role that architecture and urbanism are capable of playing toward this objective. 

This Biennale will be structured in the form of five figures, referred to as the “Crossroads” which will converge in their intention to promote more responsible, citizen-focused urban growth. These five thematic figures are the starting point for the main exhibition of the SBAU 2021 and for the international call for projects, which will enable the identification of its contributions: