Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2017 i Space

Annual architecture exhibitions held by public organisations or associations have started to increase the number of citizen participation programmes. They appear to be distancing themselves from the typical format of exhibiting awarded architectural projects from renowned associations along with student and photograph exhibitions. The Seoul Architecture Festival 2017, which began on Sep. 1, included seven other citizen participation events, including the main exhibition. The event also included 48 programmes which could be reserved online, as well as special UIA events. The ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution and Changes in Housing’ debate was part of the citizen participation programme of the Seoul Architecture Festival 2017. It took place on Sep. 2 at Tank 2 of the Oil Tank Culture Park. As an associated event to the exhibition ‘Future House 2020’ at Tank 6…

On Sep. 7, ‘We are Where We are Not’ by Lee Jonggeon was presented at PIBI GALLERY, Seoul. Lee Jonngeon majored in sculpture, and he has previously shown various works on the theme of ‘house’, a residential space and architectural space based on his personal experience developed from personal experience in the US and Korea. However, through the public realm instead of the figure of the house, he stated that a space is not a hard and fast rule, but changeable according to its users or purposes. The exhibition is located at Seoul Museum of Art Nam Seoul (SeMA Nam Seoul). The interests of the artist are influenced by a wooden house in which he lived during a period studying in the United States. Although it was originally Roman style,…

After 43 years since its establishment, Changwon Industrial Complex is reborn as a labourer welfare town, under the title of Happiness Space. The laborer welfare town will be the first project to bear fruit from the ‘Changwon Smart-up Park’ project which is being established in the the Palyongdong area. The project is a sophisticated corporate structure project which aims to enhance the convenience and interests of labourers working in the small and medium industries, by improving the securing convenience facilities and improving residential conditions, and aiming to increase the productivity of the Changwon Industrial Complex. These Laborer Welfare Towns are organised around Dreamtown, worker welfare centres, dormitories and childcare facilities, and the completion of construction ceremony took place on Sep. 13. Bae Eunhee (Korea Industrial Complex Gyeongnam Regional head office)…

The Sorokdo project by the architect Joh Sungyong and the research team of SungKyun Architecture institute (SKAi) has drawn attention for providing a solution to a reality that allows for nothing and a situation that achieves something with the minimum intervention. Throughout this process, the architect would have to secure enough time to save crumbling houses under risky conditions, survey the villages that have never been documented, and to prepare the next step. I interviewed the architect, one who has given serious thought to cultivating his reasonable and fair architectural approach, in order to explore in detail the significance of this unique island project, his attitude and his approach to the project. Sorokdo, located on the other side of Nokdong port in Jeollanam-do Goheung, is the settlement of the Hansen’s…

Architect: JOHO Architecture (Lee JeongHoon) Design team: Cho Junhee, Hong Bong-gwi, Jeong Moonyoung Location: Seogwiposi, Jeju-do, Korea Programme: club house Site area: 481,238m2 Building area: 264.60m2 Gross floor area: 320.79m2 Building scope: B1, 1F Height: 6.48m Structure: steel frame structure Exterior finishing: low-e pair glass, Jeju basalt Structural engineer: TEO Engineering CM: CJ E&C Steel structure and Curtain wall and Glass: Iljin-Unisco Construction: ILHO construction Mechanical and electrical engineer: ACE Engineering Landscape design: Garden in Forest Construction supervision: Atelier 11 Architectural supervision: JOHO Architecture Design period: Nov. 2015 – May 2016 Construction period: Dec. 2016 – Aug. 2017 Client: CJ E&C. The Club at NINE BRIDGES…

Architect: Studio Fo.m.A (Kim Chulho) + Doozit arichitects (Shin Sungjin) Location: 54-9, Seorae-ro 2-gil, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea Programme: multiplex housing Site area: 228.2m2 Building area: 136.79m2 Gross floor area: 425.01m2 Building scope: B1, 4F Parking: 5 Height: 14.05m Building to land ratio: 59.94% Floor area ratio: 149.02% Structure: RC Exterior finishing: brick, lime stone, exposed concrete Interior finishing: wall paper, maru Structural engineer: Joongang Structural Engineering Mechanical and electrical engineer: Jinwon Enginering Construction: Taewon Contruction Design period: Nov. 2015 – Mar. 2016 Construction period: Apr. – Nov. 2016 Cost: 745 million KRW Client: Jung Eunju, Jung Hyunju, Jung Hyunwoo, Jung Geunwoo Kim Chulho graduated from Pusan National University and worked at OCA (Office of Contemporary Architecture). After founding Studio Fo.m.A in 2103, he has continued to progress in his…

The First Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in Korea The 2nd of September marked the opening ceremony of Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (co-director: Pai Hyungmin, Alejandro Zaera-Polo). The total audience number (excluding the participants involved) visiting the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) and the Donuimun Museum Village, which was the main stage, was up to 6,800 people. While this may be attributed to the fact that it was a free one-day event, one cannot help feel that this number was composed of people that are not necessarily involved in the architectural realm, and in that sense it reveals a significant success for the biennale’s record. The number of biennales has increased exponentially worldwide from the 1990s, and those that are registered on the biennale foundation already number up to…

Kim Narae (Kim): ‘I hope all sorts of different fragments come together, build up something, and occasionally show a glimpse of some meaningful substances’ is a phrase what you wrote before. What ideas do you want visitors to find from this exhibition? And why Mahler? Bae Hyungkyung (Bae): When it comes to naming, I don’t give a name to each one of my works. I observe the overall spatial quality and context of a given exhibition venue. Some have remarked that the previous titles including ‘Allusion’ and ‘Revelation’ were too heavy. To prevent people from receiving an overly serious impression even before watching my works, I tried to find a lighter name. Then, my friends previewed my works and gave me this title, saying the works remind of Mahler. Mahler’s…

With a new administration currently in office, there is more focus on urban regeneration than ever before. Seventy or so regions will be selected for urban regeneration new deal pilot projects by the end of the year, and one by one the form, results, and problems of urban regeneration projects already underway are coming to light. Against this backdrop, the 4th Future Architecture Forum was held on Sep. 14. The impact changing means of transportation has had on architecture and cities, and the multiple perspectives about the space we live in, such as methods of improving living conditions for multiplex housing units, were the main topics of discussion at the Future Architecture Forum, hosted since last year. At the 4th rendition of this forum, urban regeneration, which is a recent…

Walking along the Bongeunsa-daero, the artwork installed on the outer wall louver of the Le Méridien Seoul Hotel catches one’s eye. This is the M Project Wall of the M Contemporary which opened on 1 September, on which the work of László Moholy-Nagy (1895 – 1946), a Hungarian pioneer in media art, has been installed on the louver. Jeon Yongshin (CEO, Le Méridien Seoul) remarked that ‘The hotel has attempted to integrate cultural markers into its spaces, as a result of reading the demands of contemporary society. It is significant as it embraces a variety of age groups,’ adding that ‘a new perspective can be revealed without differentiating between genre and generations’. The exhibition hall features ‘The New Vision: from Bauhaus to A.I.’, which explores reinterpretations of László Moholy-Nagy’s legacy…

It has already been four months since the opening of Seoullo 7017. The discussion of how best to use the opportunity was one of the most important topics, but the programmes are still in progress. The World Script Symposia, held on Sep. 14, is an exhibition that has been organized through citizen participation at Seoullo 7017, Yoonseul and Daewoo Foundation buildings in Seoul. Let us walk along Seoullo 7017 and follow the exhibition. The exhibition starts at the western side of Seoul Station, Malli-dong plaza. When we arrive at Jangmi (rose) Stage, the citizens enter the space used for the stage, and hear a reading from a book, A Walk for Recitation, rising from the speakers installed all over the place. ‘The man who reads the book’ is the guiding…

This year marks the 10th Korea Public Design Award, a prize established in 2008. The efforts of those who drove the discussion towards the fundamental role and value of public design led to significant institutional changes, such as the enactment of the Public Design Promotion Act in 2016. As a result, the general public have had greater involvement in the discourse on public design. Many local governments are experimenting with public design projects that actively involve the participation of the public, and the once stale discussions on public discourse are now drawing new voices from various classes of the society, pondering the potential of public design to bring about change. This month’s report reflects on the footsteps taken and changes made over the past decade until the moment the discourse…

 Architect: THE_SYSTEM LAB (Kim Chanjoong) Collaborated design: NODE Architects (Lee Jongsoo) Design team: THE_SYSTEM LAB – Lee Choonglyeol, Choi Jinchul, Park Changkwon, Kim Sojin, Han Dongsu / NODE Architects – Ko Daeyoung, Kim Beomjoo, Oh Taekjun, Park Joonyoung Location: 169-8, 24 / 169-9 Samsung-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea Programme: office, commercial facilities Site area: 3,887m2 Building area: 930.11m2 Gross floor area: 16,287m2 Building scope: B4, 10F Height: 44.65m Parking: 109 Building to land ratio: 32.64% Floor area ratio: 280.74% Structure: steel framed reinforced concrete Exterior finishing: Ultra-High Performance Concrete, glass fiber reinforced concrete, THK3T aluminum sheet Interior finishing: stone finish, Electrolytic Galvanized Iron, gypsum board with paint finished, wood flooring UHPC facade: design – THE_SYSTEM LAB / engineering – WITHWORKS ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / module production…

Delphi was the shrine of the oracle. The shrine has Mount Parnassus rising behind and embraces the Gulf of Amphissa. The oracle of Apollo served to settle the differences between the small, scattered city states at the centre of the world. The shrine, which was built upon a rocky, cliff terrain that maintains a certain sense of hierarchy, maximized the natural energy of Parnassus. Delphi’s architectural logic and sense of placeness originates from the shaman teachings conducted at this sanctuary for the oracle. While Delphi’s notion of place was formed from the meaning and characteristics of its terrain, the Pergola of The Club at NINE BRIDES is a structure built on a location that honours an old sacred tree. The Chinese hackberry, which stood for roughly 400 years before…

Architect: architect-k (Lee Kichul) Design team: Park Kyungsoon, Lee Snaghoon, Lee Sunwoo Location: 607, Yeocha-ri, Sangdong-myeon, Kimhae, Gyeongsangnamdo, Korea Programme: private housing Site area: 675m2 Building area: 167.72m2 Gross floor area: 223.86m2 Building scope: B1, 1F Parking: 2 Height: 15.5m Building to land ratio: 24.84% Floor area ratio: 27.46% Structure: RC, steel frame Exterior finishing: carbonized bamboo, cement brick Interior finishing: exposed concrete, paint Structural engineer: Minteck (Yoo Jinsun, Kim Hyunmin) Mechanical engineer: Minteck (Baek Hyunho, Kim Jeonghyeon) Construction: Chae Heon Construction (Yim Hyunchul, Kim Moojoo) Furniture design: Design Group Dain (Kim Myoungjae) Design period: Aug. 2015 – Mar. 2016 Construction period: Aug. 2016 – May 2017 Lee Kichul received a Bachelor’s degree from Dong-A University and a Master’s degree from University California, Berkeley. For several years he practiced at…

It is unusual to me writing about a work by other architects. As I think of myself as a field player to my core, I have humbly rejected proposals to write any manuscripts detailing other projects. However, this one was different. It was about a work by ex-colleagues and juniors who had been with me for six years at OCA and then opened their own studio five years ago. Not long ago, they called and told me that they received an architectural prize at the Seoul Architecture Award. I congratulated them and thought I should visit the site someday, and around then, I received this request asking me to write about their work. So I accepted it without hesitation. As OCA is passing its twentieth year, its OBs are starting…

1 Dongdaemun Design Plaza Cities Exhibition: ‘Commoning Cities’ Live Project: Walking the Commons Public Programs: International Studio City as Process / Seoul Libre Maps 2 Donuimun Museum Village Thematic Exhibition: Nine Commons (air, water, fire, earth, making, moving, communicating, sensing, recycling) Live Project: Urban Foodshed Public Programs: International Studio Active Archive / Common Library 3 Sewoon Sangga Live Project: Production City (Anatomy of Things, Neo Manufacturing Workshop, Project Seoul Apparel) Public Programs: International Studio City as Making 4 MOTOElastico Live Project: Production City (Anatomy of Things: Narrow City) 5 Changsin-dong Spinoff Gallery Live Project: Production City (Project Seoul Apparel) 6 Arthouse Momo Film and Video Program: Masters & Masterpieces, Rediscovery of Architectural Heritage, Urbanscape, Beyond 7 Seoul Museum of History Film and Video Program: Fiction/Non-Fiction: Working, Sharing, Loving in the…

If you look around you will find that there are too many plastic products. The plastics, which were known as the new wonder material of the 20th century, are now deeply ingrained within our daily lives and everyday usage of objects. An exhibition in which visitors can find out more about plastic design and enjoy the history of plastic production, often thought to be too familiar to learn more about, is now on show at the D Museum. Plastic is a material that has long been loved by designers because it is so easy to mould and to realise a whole spectrum of colours. It has a moderate strength, so it is better equipped for use in daily necessities. However, in the early days when plastic was developed, it was…

How many Korean architecture firms that are over fifty years old have survived to this day in this field? If one were to narrow the spectrum to large scale design firms with over 300 employees, it is possible that Junglim architecture (Junglim), created by Kim Jungchul and Kim Jungsik would be considered unique. Junglim has designed countless projects, all throughout the key issues that have weighed upon Korean modern and contemporary architecture and cities. As such, Junglim has opened an exhibition in honour of its fiftieth anniversary, to reflect upon its activities and representative past projects. The exhibition, which opened as part of the UIA 2017 Seoul World Architects Congress, provided an opportunity to reflect upon the significance of their longstanding accomplishments and on 50 representative works. Four themes and…

Speculation about architecture usually focuses on an idea of permanency, viewing houses and service buildings as the components that fix a city in its settings. Architecture doesn’t always call for temporary solutions but for the recomposition of an urban fabric, which has been at work throughout history, to attain a certain permanency. Architecture today is also a tool and a means to entertain, to provide fleeting spectacles in a cultural world of events and rotating shows. The Serpentine Pavilion project, which was founded in 2000, has been inscribed in the tradition of dynamic, changing architectural figures. Temporary human-scale shelters, structures or buildings, devised to encourage gatherings, lengthy discussion and space for reflection, are the defining characteristics of this series, now define the nature of the project currently sitting in…

Architect: Heo Seogoo + RoA_rchitects (Baek Sangjin, Kim Kyungdo, Lee Ilseong) Design team: design competition team – Park Junghyun, Kim Taehyung, Teamten Group / construction design team – Kim Bongsu, Baek Sangmi, Kim Inseob, Kim TaeHyung, Kim Hyungsoon, Cho yoonjeong, Park woojin Location: 1st – mountain 53-1, Seongsan-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul / 2nd – 661, Seongsan-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea Programme: 1st – tourism and rest facility, culture and assembly facility, education and study facility / 2nd – 1st class neighbourhood living facility Site area: 1st – 101,500m2 / 2nd – 35,212m2 Building area: 1st – 5,324.61m2 / 2nd – 273.16m2 Gross floor area: 1st – 7,256.31m2 / 2nd – 273.16m2 Building scope: 1st – B3, 2F / 2nd – 1F Parking: 47 Height: 1st – 15m below / 2nd – 6m…

The house emerged at the end of a steep hill. The first to welcome us was a floating exposed concrete façade. From the low-rise gateway, a scene emerges with dark brown bamboo rising up in thick strokes from the façade that stretch out widthwise. Upon closer inspection, a small house was found reaching out towards a mountain far away, beyond the court which established itself as a rough natural stone floor embankment, away from the ‘void’ that provided a clear expanse. The scene was tranquil and comforting. We were told many stories while looking around the house. ‘Grandpa’s Cool House’ was intended to resemble the client for his future grandchildren, and the design had been set out with a ‘country house’ in mind, while the colgate metal roofing was introduced…

‘Soul of City’ The UIA 2017 Seoul World Architects Congress (UIA 2017 Seoul) was held at COEX and DDP on from the 3rd to 10th of September. This congress, which is held every three years by the International Union of Architects (UIA) and is having its 26th reiteration this year, is a Europe-focused congress that has held 17 out of the previous 25 congresses (the first congress held at Lausanne, and the last congress held at Durban) in European countries. Korea is the third Asian country to hold the congress, followed by China and Japan. This congress was organised by the UIA along with the Federation of Institute of Korea Architects and the Seoul Metropolitan City, and an organisation committee was established for the UIA 2017 Seoul to deal with…

Sometimes, I stop writing or reading and spend some time thinking about how much we can express ourselves. This complicated and tough process requires an ability to define, understand and express the ‘self’. But, the flow of thought narrated by writing can be confined to the territory of ‘self’. In other words, reaching out to people can help us branch out into new ideas or go back to our original ‘self’. Such an aesthetic phenomenon, the ‘exchanging and sharing of denial’, proves that writing gives humanity a chance to reflect upon itself. Under the scorching midday sun of late summer, I visited Bae Hyungkyung’s solo exhibition “Lying with Mahler”. Filled with cool calmness, the place presents merely ‘existing’ figures gushing out subtle breath through their whole bodies. Making different lying…

Some sensitive readers may have noticed that the English title of this exhibition does not include ‘movement’, while the Korean title contains it: ‘Architectural Movement’. This is not a matter of translation. However, this exhibition doesn’t provide an explanation for the difference between two titles. How important is the fact that ‘architectural movement’ in the Korean expression is missing in the English one? This very question I think is an essential one, and one that penetrates the exhibition ‘Papers and Concrete’ itself. The curator may have recognised the difference between the titles, with the expression ‘architectural movement’ and without. If so, I think it should have been explained—‘architectural movement’ is a key phrase which conveys a strong message in Korean. Is it the intention of the exhibition to allow visitors…