Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2018 i Space

Herzog & de Meuron explained that the new office building, which is scheduled to be completed in June 2021, will be a triangular concrete structure of eleven stories and five basement floors. The design partnership intends to materialise their aesthetic values while allowing for as great a floor area as possible, while also complying with architecture legislation such as the right to sunlight and height restrictions. The façade that faces Dosan-daero will have limited windows to view the surroundings, allowing people to get a hint of the direction in which they are headed. In fact, the façade, which resembles an almost windowless bunker, was designed to make the building stand out from others. The neighboring area at the rear of the residential area will have terraces on each floor. From…

The ‘Urban Sneakers Conference 2018’ was held at SJ. KunstHalle, Nonhyeon-dong, on Nov. 7. The purpose of this event, hosted by architecture start-up URBANBASE, was to observe new trends in the architecture world in the era of the fourth industrial revolution. The conference invited experts working on architectural projects converging with new technology, such as augmented reality and artificial intelligence, and consisted of presentations and a panel talk. In his presentation ‘The New Possibilities of Experimental Architecture’ Taehyun Terry Lee (principal, THE A LAB) touched upon the fusion of architecture and biotechnology, and of the ways architectural design is using data analysis technology to remain responsive to the environment, aspects in which he has had a consistent interest since studying in England. Lee explained that as the development of 3D…

A city contains not only buildings but also countless works of social infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, reservoirs, detention ponds, waste disposal sites. Such megastructures, though essential for helping a city to function properly, often cause a separation of space and can end up becoming eyesores over the course of time. ‘Super Ground’, the inaugural exhibition at the Seoul Museum of Architecture and Urbanism, held from Oct. 15 to 31 was a showcase of scenarios for the new operation of Seoul, paying particular attention to its infrastructure. Eighteen teams of Korean and international architects took part in the project, stretching their imaginations freely by pondering scenarios and issues such as recycling of existing infrastructure, urban sustainability, ecosystems, citizen participation, among others. Charles Waldheim, with the Office for Urbanisation, proposed Heliomorphic…

The exhibition ‘The House for Doing Nothing’, dedicated to architect Aristide Antonas, whose works cross the boundaries of architecture, literature and philosophy, was held at FRAC (Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain) Centre-Val de Loire from 17 April to 16 September. He reads rapidly changing social phenomena through domestic furniture and suggests the concept of ‘protocols as architecture’. What do architects mean to Aristide Antonas, as an architect who has studied philosophy and practiced as script writer? His answers to these questions address more fundamental ideas about architecture. Now, listen to his story. Born to a couple of Greek modernist architects, Aristide Antonas, now in his fifties, holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Paris X University and a diploma in architecture. He is an artist, an architect, a novelist and a philosopher.…

Architect su:mvie architects (Kim Soo-young) Design team Lee Tjiyoung, Park Yoojung, Choi Yiseob, Oh Seungyoung Location 39-33, Gwonyul-ro 1203 beon-gil, Baekseok-eup, Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Programme manufactory Site area 4,955.1m2 Building area 2,229.53m2 Gross floor area 2,229.53m2 Building scope 1F Height 8.7m Parking 12 Building to land ratio 45% Floor area ratio 45% Structure reinforced concrete, steel Exterior finishing Euroform exposed concrete, insulated panel system Interior finishing Euroform exposed concrete Structural engineer Harmony Structural Engineering Construction Dasan Construction & Engineering Co., Ltd Mechanical engineer Bowoo Engineering Electrical engineer Sungji Enc. Design period Dec. 2015 – Apr. 2016 Construction period May – Nov. 2016 Client SOVICO Professional SOVICO Professional, which is located in the Yangju Hongjuk Industrial Complex in Gyeonggi-do, is a manufacturing plant that produces audio equipment. As a clear masterplan…

̒Towards a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948-1980 is the present architecture exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA). Ever since MoMA established the Department of Architecture in 1932, it has addressed the critical issues confronting world architecture from an international perspective – including a series of programmes on Yugoslavia in the 1960s. This is a new exhibition marking 50 years since the 1969 exhibition entitled ‘Yugoslavia: A Report’. Yugoslavia, the country, has since ceased to exist, and yet its architecture and urban structures have survived throughout the territories of seven different countries, now reimagined at MoMA from 15 July 2018. Martino Stierli (chief curator, MoMA) and Vladimir Kulić (professor, Florida Atlantic University), the co-curators of this exhibition, here explore how architecture was used as a…

Light and shadow create a stark contrast around a grey-toned building. Shadows that give the building a stately look are met by voids that form breathing spaces at points on this geometrical object. There is nothing but hushed silence. The image is like a piece of poetry. It’s the work of Peter Zumthor photographed by Swiss photographer Hélèn Binet, who mainly works with architecture and space. On Oct. 30, Artist Talk: Hélèn Binet, hosted by the Embassy of Switzerland in Korea and Art Sonje Center, introduced the past works of Hélèn Binet and held a seminar on the relationship between photography, architecture and space. Binet has been committed to taking photographs of the works of world-famous architects such as Zaha Hadid and Peter Zumthor since she stepped into the world…

For architects and those who majored in architecture, an architectural field trip is not a new thing. However, it is an unfamiliar experience for members of the general public, and it appears to be difficult for them to recognise or take away key points when they visit buildings. Besides, it is hard for some to imagine what it might be like to visit an architects’ atelier or to take part in a guided tour with architects. OpenHouse Seoul 2018, an event which provides the opportunity to experience such spaces took place from Oct. 13 to 21. The event, celebrating its 5th anniversary this year, is an ‘Open Architecture Festival’, giving free access to buildings not usually open to the public. In addition to special programmes, such as Meet Doojin Hwang…

To some, Namhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, may be home to Southscape and the Ananti, or the breath-taking scenery of Hallyeosudo. It might also be known for its myeolchi ssambab or Dogil Maeul. On the other hand, there are some who consider Namhae a place to settle, not as a travel destination. We visited Namhae’s Daejeong Dolchanggo, the site that Wise Architecture has only recently finished remodelling. Espresso machines were placed in the print shop and hardware store. Preserving its original unfinished, rough and worn exterior, this building welcomes people who could appear to be reluctant to enter the franchise coffee shop. Stores with diverse names and interior spaces have flooded into the neighbourhood, transforming this once quiet town. It has been a few years since a comparable phenomenon began in Korea. The…

Architect su:mvie architects (Kim Soo-young) Design team Park Yoojung, Lee Tjiyoung, Kim Dohee, Jeong Yeonjae, Choi Yiseob, Oh Seungyoung Location 10, Daehak-ro 153beon-gil, Yeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea Programme swimming pool Site area 29,930.55m2 Building area 3,228.88m2 Gross floor area 5,799.75m2 Building scope B1, 2F Height 13.59m Parking 50 Building to land ratio 16.76% Floor area ratio 24.31% Structure reinforced concrete, steel Exterior finishing Euroform exposed concrete, brick Interior finishing Euroform exposed concrete Structural engineer Harmony Structural Engineering Construction Jinyoung Construction Construction supervisor Kyong-ho Engineering Architects Co., Ltd Civil engineer C.G. Engineering & Consulting Co., Ltd Mechanical and electrical engineer HANA Consulting Engineers Co., Ltd Design period July 2015 – June 2016 Construction period Oct. 2016 – Feb. 2018 Client Yeongju city Yeongju Swimming pool is a public building built in a…

‘“Alas!” he said, “this will kill that”’: a frequently-quoted passage from Victor Hugo’s Notre-Dame of Paris when discussing books and architecture. The archdeacon of Notre-Dame Cathedral said the phrase as he ‘stretched out his right hand towards the printed book lying open on his table and his left hand towards Notre-Dame and looked sadly from the book to the church’. In the novel he tells us exactly what was detailed. It was the Gloss on St Paul’s Epistles published by Anton Koburger in Nuremberg in 1474. Not quite understanding the meaning of the archdeacon’s comment, Coictier asks him if the cause of his complaint was because the book was printed as if it is not new. Replying yes to this question, the archdeacon repeats that the book would kill the…

Architect Ahn Keehyun + AnLstudio (Shin Minjae) Design team Choi Sungsik, Park Hyungkook, Lee Juwoon Location 47-2 Jamwon-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea Programme residential, neighborhood facility Site area 67.7m² Building area 34.5m² Gross floor area 140.7m² Building scope B1, 4F Height 12.1m Building to land ratio 50.9% Floor area ratio 147.45% Structure RC Exterior finishing stucco, cork Interior finishing painting, tile, wood flooring Structural engineer Dau structure Construction Rando Mechanical and electrical engineer Jeongyeon ENG Design period June 2014 – Aug. 2017 Construction period May 2017 – Jan. 2018 Tailored Architecture Ahn Keehyun (professor, Hanyang University) Before embarking on the planning stage, the first question asked by the client, ‘most people said that this land is unsuitable for building a house. Is this true?’ As we cannot say that a physique…

A stall announcing, ‘Look for Memory’, begs answers from the local residents. Behind it, dozens of cards, seemingly written during interviews, are fixed to the wall. Small memories are written on them: buying tteokbokki after school in the market, which is a part of an apartment complex; shopping in a vegetable store; passing the site on a bus. This is Geunsung Chun’s archival work, Memory about Sae-Seokgwan Market in exchange for sesame oil, displayed as part of the exhibition ‘Communal Memory: Sae-Seokgwan Market’. This exhibition, held from Oct. 19 to Nov. 25, took place in the Seongbuk Young Art Space as part of the ‘Seongbuk Documenta V’ project. Seongbuk Documenta, organised annually since 2014 hosted by Seongbuk Cultural Foundation, includes a series of activities intending to investigate and visualise significant…

With buildings of increasing size, complex work systems, and broad and intertwined social network services, contemporary society can be defined as ‘complex’. When cut open, what would this contemporary civilization, embroiled in various structures, look like? ‘Civilization: The Way We Live Now’, at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Gwacheon is a photography exhibition that investigates the collective characteristics found in contemporary civilisation through the keywords ‘Hive’, ‘Alone Together’, ‘Flow’, ‘Persuasion’, ‘Control’, ‘Rupture’, ‘Escape’, and ‘Next’. The exhibition is meaningful in that it thematically presents a culture shared by all in an era where individuality is emphasised. It also displays the work of various groups and cultures from all over the world, 135 artists from 32 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas have participated and…

A work that connects materials with their essential dimensions becomes involved in the process of completing a building. Systems drawn from various fields, such as structure, machinery, electricity, civil engineering, become involved in the process, and the architect mediates between them and attributes a sense of order to space. In the belief that the essential role of architecture is to be found in this shifting space, su:mvie architects strives to understand the method and principle of materials and creates space based on precise technological systems. The balance between light and darkness created by an orderly interior, as it reveals its principle of construction, offers a pleasant experience to the user. Through this FRAME section, SPACE explores the architectural language of su:mvie architects by observing three recent works: Yeongju Swimming pool,…

Architect su:mvie architects (Kim Soo-young) Design team Lim Hyunjin, Lee Konkuk, Kim Dohee, Chun Youngho, Park Yoojung Location 449-1, Munbal-ro, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Programme office Site area 2,369.7m2 Building area 1,178.51m2 Gross floor area 4,341.35m2 Building scope B1, 3F Height 12m Parking 32 Building to land ratio 49.73% Floor area ratio 128.6% Structure reinforced concrete Exterior finishing Euroform exposed concrete, dryvit Interior finishing Euroform exposed concrete Structural engineer Harmony Structural Engineering Construction Dasan Construction & Engineering Co., Ltd Mechanical engineer Bowoo Engineering Electrical engineer Sungji Enc. Design period Dec. 2012 – Apr. 2013 Construction period July 2013 – Apr. 2014 Client FINELINK FINELINK is the office building of a design company that advertises electronics produced by major corporations. The first matters that came to mind when faced with the challenge…

Battles rage around the world. As always, they are conflicts between ‘us’ and ‘them’. Race and kin, sex and gender, language and culture, religion and belief, entangled with nationhood, face each other to spurn the other. Innocent people fall under a barrage of bullets and bombs. Individuals and communities are forever changed by violence and prejudice. These hostilities are obviously not new. They have continued for at least 200 years, when nation, race, and religion emerged in Europe as the primary criteria by which one would draw the sides of a conflict. What is alarming about today’s battles is the fact that globalisation and the rise of information networks have intensified the divisions in identity politics. There is a frustrated sense that we have come to a fundamental limit point…

What a grand and ambitious project. Entitled ‘Japan in Architecture’ rather than ‘Architecture in Japan’, this exhibition aims to explore the ideas of ‘Japan-ness’ embedded in architecture, or, as a further elaboration, the identity of Japan examined through the history of its architecture. In spite of, or perhaps because of, globalisation and cosmopolitanism, the identity of a nation – especially its cultural identity – is still a significant point of discussion. Passing beyond a cultural responsibility to preservation, protecting intrinsic regional qualities against capitalist encroachment and aiming at an integrated market, it is necessary for the state – which still stands as the basis on which political, military, and financial activities are carried out – to promote unity and agreement among its members in search of an identity, while guarding…

Sep. 5, 2018 – Feb. 10, 2019 Huge dandelion puffs are set down lightly in the yard of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA). This work, which looks so light it might fly off into the sky at any moment, is composed of utensils commonly used at home. Choi Jeonghwa, who has been called an ‘alchemist of plastics’, by bringing inexpensive materials such as plastic baskets, piggy banks, and brooms commonly consumed in everyday life into artworks, has now made flowers bloom in the museum. Kim Geumyoung (Kim): Many people call the artist Choi Jeonghwa an ‘alchemist of plastic’. Choi Jeonghwa (Choi): I like the word alchemy, but I do not really care what I am called. There are so many names, such as scientist, artist and…