Inhaltsverzeichnis für December 2020 in Space

What is the architectural element to which we relate most closely in our everyday lives? Considering it from the point of contact time, it must be the ground beneath our feet. The force of gravity places us in contact with it all the time. The floor is something we do not always recognise or think about because it is out of our view and we take it too much for granted even though it supports our weight at every moment. An exhibition, ‘Stepping on the Ground, the Floor Is Raised’, which allows us to contemplate floors opened at Arumjigi Culture Keepers Foundation (hereinafter Arumjigi) on Oct. 16. This exhibition observes the changing history of the ground or floor in traditional Korean architecture and reconsiders its function and forms today. Arumjigi…

On Oct. 30, the 30th conference of the Young Architects Forum Korea was held at the Untitled Void in Jongno-gu, Seoul. With winners of the Korea Young Architect Award, staffs, and thirty pre-bookers in attendance, the conference was broadcast live through an online video service to share the event with many people. The event, held under the theme of ‘Meeting and Space in the Non-face-to-Face Era’ consisted of presentations of four architectural firms which were finalists for the Korea Young Architect Award this year, followed by questions and answers. The presentations were given by Woo Seungjin, Park Jihyun, and Cho Seonghak (co-principals, B.U.S Architecture), Jung Woongsik, (principal, On Architects Inc.), Kim Sejin, (principal, JIYO Architects), and Park Jeonghwan (co-principal, Simplex Architecture). Cho Seonghak listed a series of his imaginations under…

OPEN HOUSE Seoul, which every October been hosted a programme of opening various buildings and venues throughout Seoul, was held from Oct. 24 to Nov. 15. This year’s event has axed its site visits due to the ongoing Coronavirus Disease-19 pandemic. The building opening programme, ‘Open House’ was replaced by video visits, while the ‘Open Studio’ that allows to visit architects’ offices and talk with them was switched to online contact-free programmes. The theme this year was ‘house’ and ‘greeting’. Considering the current situation, in which we spend more time in our homes than ever, it aims to rethink the space we call ‘home’, to examine its grey areas, and to rediscover the value of the space. Videos in the series ‘Space of Houses’ are uploaded each day – one…

The proposal was made for a ‘Slothophical City’ centred on prioritises a culture that realises a slower pace of life by putting the natural terrain to good use in a small city where the hills and rivers are in harmony. A road network sensitive to the topography disperses traffic and lowers the speed of the pedestrian-oriented city. The waterway is at the centre of a leisurely pace of life, reaching the waterside within five minutes from anywhere in the city and leading to a subway station. In order to create a human-scale city in which the city and nature can coexist, we laid a discrete path between small and medium-sized blocks. A three-dimensional pedestrian bridge was placed where the three waterways meet, in order to create a specialised area that…

We proposed three visions: coexisting with neighbouring areas, symbiotic relationships with urban nature, and self-sustaining the next generation. The target site is between fragmented cities, villages, nature and historical sites. We distribute the main functional bases throughout the area and connect them centrifugally to the outside, while each of the bases are centripetally networked through the blue (water) – green (greenery) network. It is to induce the acts of movements and life in the city to become the act of taking care of nature. Green spaces that have grown together with their host cities could form a sustainable and resilient urban base. Now, cities need to explore new ways of interacting with different ways of working, living, leisure, and non-face-to-face environments. We intend to secure the settlement of the next…

Cities Are Long, While City Plans Are Brief As it turns out, cities have a longer lifespan than many other man-made fields including states and systems. Despite the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, founded by Romulus and Remus, it legacy lives on. Hanyang, founded as the new capital of the Yi Dynasty, is now the capital of Korea and one of the most impressive metropolitan destinations in the world. Relying on cities endure across the centuries, the notion of the Anthropocene has entered academic discourse, creating states and systems, developing a science, technology, and economy of the anthropocene, and supporting the lives of its communities and individuals. In Korea, urban design and development began in earnest with the Ansan New Town in 1977, devising a cluster of structures…

Na In-Hye keywords: John Hejduk, voided center, void, masque, authentic program, New England House, Lancaster/Hanover Masque, Wall House Abstract Na In-Hye is a researcher cum architect in OAA architects, who works on both architectural practice and research. She has dedicated herself to performing the architects’ social role and cultural practice through architecture. She is also the editor of ACA, the magazine of the Architectural Critics Association. 1. Introduction This study was triggered by the following statement by Hejduk, made during a talk with Don Wall in the mid-1980s: ‘All my projects have voided centers. The center has been eliminated [...] No center. Void. Maybe my contribution to architecture is the voided center.’ ▼1 What is this voided center mentioned by Hejduk? And what is the architectural achievement that he claims?…

Nowadays it is easy to spot designer furniture and objects in cafés, select shops, pop-up stores, and exhibitions. If one were to look up the designer’s name, there would be a high chance of discovering whether the artist participated in ohdear’s exhibition. Ohdear is a design collective overseen by Kim Byungkook (principal, MARCSOSA), Kim Hyoungsul (principal, LAB.CRETE), and Kwon Euyhyun (principal, one two chachacha). In order to create a consolidated platform that allows various artists to exhibit their works, these individuals organised the exhibition ‘ohdear weekend in Myeongdong’ at PAGE Myeongdong that is on show between Oct. 30 to Nov. 30. Ohdear had put an exhibition between Sep. 19 – 28 in a space on the outskirts of Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, and after receiving widespread acclaim they organised this follow-up exhibition…

In recent weeks the finalists in three successive design competitions were announced by the government department and local autonomous governments. On Nov. 4, the National Agency for Administrative City Construction announced that they had selected ‘Recycling Assemblage’ designed by UKST Architecture (principal, Kim Yukyung) and AZPML (principal, Alejandro Zaera-Polo) as the winner of their Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture design competition. Designed with the idea of a building as an exhibition hall for architecture materials in mind, ‘Recycling Assemblage’ is equipped with a wide exterior space to cater to a diverse range of outdoor architecture exhibitions. The examining committee concluded that the winning design ‘proposed the architecture museum’s time-specific role by adopting a challenging posture’. The Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture will open its doors in 2025. On…

Chae Jeongwon (Chae): Could you tell me about the urban transformation project in Kiruna? Why do you think that this has become an important topic today? Carlos Mínguez Carrasco (Mínguez Carrasco): Kiruna – a city in the northernmost part of Sweden – is undergoing one of the biggest urban transformation projects in recent history. The city is being relocated by 3km due to the expansion of the iron ore mine around which it was built. A third of the population must leave their homes; buildings are being demolished or moved, and a new city is taking shape. First, this is important for the residents of Kiruna as their lives have been transformed over the past 15 years. It is important for Sweden as a whole as it’s a part of…

Architect Studio Zhu-Pei (Zhu Pei) Design team You Changchen, Han Mo, He Fan, Shuhei Nakamura, Liu Ling, Wu Zhigang, Zhang Shun, Du Yang, Yang Shengchen, Chen Yida, He Chenglong, Ding Xinyue Location Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China Programme exhibition, auditorium, amphitheater, multi-function hall, Ming dynasty ruins, bookstore, café, tea room, office, loading dock, storage Site area 9,752m2 Building area 2,920m2 Gross floor area 10,370m2 Building scope B2, 1F Height 9m Building to land ratio 29.4% Floor area ratio 106% Structure reinforced concrete arch shell, brick arch Exterior finishing old and new kiln brick masonry Interior finishing wood, carpet, granite stone Structural engineer Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University Construction China Construction First Group Corporation Limited, Huajiang Construction CO., LTD of China Construction First Group Landscape architect Studio Zhu-Pei, Architectural Design…

As a part of the plan to initiate the ‘development of 300,000 housing units in metropolitan areas’, the design competitions for 3rd Generation New Towns hosted by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) and Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH) were completed, the sketches of the new cities were also finalised. The image of a ‘new city’ is now lying in front of us, but it is not easy to perceive what has changed and how. SPACE would like to carefully unravel the background and procedures to promoting these 3rd Generation New Towns, which were advanced based on the experience of promoting the 1st and 2nd Generation New Towns, through the voices of various concerned parties including the competition planners, competition winners, urban researchers, and participating designers. It is…

We propose a new type of shared city in which citizens’ leisure activities, daily lives, and workplaces coexist, while also securing the sustainability of the natural environment. We found the solution in farming, namely in the ‘Irang (ridges) and Gorang (furrows)’. Irang is a space full of the necessary facilities, while Gorang is a space that connects nature to nature within the city, both becoming places for exchange and community activities in which people flow and settle. The inclusive white zone built upon the natural flow, tore down the physical boundaries and connected the city to nature, while the human-scale street courses through the landscapes of different cities and natural landscapes to connect nature, the city, and the lives of citizens. Along the way, the urban community is revitalised, and…

We proposed a city centred on five concepts in collaboration with architects and urban designers. First, an eco-friendly city that will preserve traces of and the governing shape of the land. Second, a transportation-friendly city that respects the existing street system and develops a new multidisciplinary and multi-centred system. The green pedestrian axis formed by subway and S-BRT lines creates a white necklace that connects to the centres of other residential areas. Third, a child-friendly city that provides a diverse and rich experience by forming a living area with pedestrian-centric streets. Fourth, a city of opportunities and self-sufficiency through self-organised or self-evolving multi-use spaces, white zone. Lastly, it is a city in which gradually changing lifestyles are realised, from residences to living spaces.…

We proposed a city that would coexist with the surrounding area by drawing on the ecological characteristics of the original landscape. The junctions in the city contain the natural landscape and the surrounding fields, while the inside of the city is a multi-use band through which life, work and play commingle, creating a lively city contiguous with the surroundings in the existing isolated zone. First, a symbiotic city is made manifest through establishing connection to the surrounding areas and industries; second, an urban framework is formed that complies with the remote water circulation system and the shape of the land; third, a multipurpose band is planned in connection with the surrounding local industries to promote the city. The fourth is to compose a living area along the preceding three themes,…

Cyprien Gaillard, French artist opens a solo exhibition at Atelier Hermès. Based in Berlin, he covers various media such as video, photography, sculpture, and live performance. The Fondation d’entreprise Hermès explains the background of the exhibition ‘Exploring many countries around the world, he has captured conflicts between civilization and nature, sublime and subculture in our times.’ He has paid attention to the phenomenon such as buildings in the early and mid-1900s treated as relics because of their decreased utility, and underuse of cities created at the expense of nature. Calling massive buildings and landscape produced by large urban planning as ‘modern ruins’, he describes the brutality of the capitalism that drives a city in his photographs and videos. This exhibition presents his works including 24 photographs, 2 sculptures, and 2…

Thin white pillars form a cluster on a low-rise hill. The umbrella-shaped, small circular roof at the end of the pillars evokes the image of an artificial forest. This is none other than The Surface designed by stpmj (co-principals, Lee Seungteak, Lim Mijung), which can be found at the slope leading to Modern and Contemporary Art Gwacheon (MMCA Gwacheon). In order to invigorate these natural exterior spaces, MMCA organised a design competition entitled MMCA Gwacheon Project 2020 focused on the keywords ‘breathing, relaxation and enjoyment’. After considering recommendations and examinations in a number of proposals as to whether it would allow visitors to experience the museum’s site-specific conditions as a ‘museum in nature’, the submissions were narrowed down to four teams. The winning team stpmj introduced a design depicting a…

The award ceremony for the 33rd SPACE Prize for International Students of Architectural Design was held on Oct. 23 in SPACE GROUP’s main building. Lim Hyoungnam, Roh Eunjoo (co-principals, studio_GAON), who was the examining committee member, proposed the theme ‘Warmth in Architecture: Humanity’ for multi-housing. The grand award went to L’enfer, c’est les autres designed by Song Eojin, Lee Euijeong, and Jo Yoonji (Chung-Ang University). The first runner-up prize went to Min Geunho, Lee Wootae, and Choi Jihyeon (Dankook University)’s Eunma One and All-As a Part, while the second runner-up prize was awarded to Jang Kyeongcheon, Park Hayoon, and Lim Sangha(Hongik University)’s School : Back to the Children, Jeong Jiwon, Kang Minji, and Jeong Euiryeong (Seoul National University of Science and Technology)’s CO-MUNITY, and Choi Minjoon, Woo Seungwoo and Yoo…

Architect Aisaka Architects’ Atelier (Kensuke Aisaka) Location Fukushima, Japan Programme nursery school Site area 1,252.83m2 Building area 748.6m2 Gross floor area 962.14m2 Building scope 2F Parking 5 Height 9.87m2 Building to land ratio 59.75% Floor area ratio 70.75% Structure wooden structure Exterior finishing galvalume steel plate, ceramic siding Interior finishing oak flooring Structural engineer Kanebako Structural Engineers Equipment P.T.Morimura & Assosiates, LTD Lighting design Komorebi Design Sign design Morld Design period Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2018 Construction period Mar. – Dec. 2019 edited by Park Semi Future-Looking Nursery School Kensuke Aisaka principal, Aisaka Architects’ Atelier × Park Semi Park Semi (Park): Tesoro Nursery School is a nursery school built on a 962m2 residential site in Fukushima city. I am curious about the unique features to be found in this region…

Experience and Achievements in New Town Construction The surge in housing prices in Seoul in the late 1980s resulted in serious social problems such as housing shortages and an increase in suicide. The government proceeded with the development of the first-generation new towns in the metropolitan area, such as Bundang, Ilsan, Pyeongchon, Sanbon, and Jungdong as a means of stabilizing the housing market by expanding housing supply and suppressing real estate speculation. In the first new towns, Korea Land Corporation and Korea Housing Corporation became the development agents and suppliers with the establishment of the Housing Site Development Promotion Act and the Housing Construction Promotion Act. Since then, the government has turned its policy direction towards the decentralised development of small housing sites and small private developments. However, as the…

The northeastern area of the metropolitan is lacking in self-sufficient industries, public cultural and arts facilities, so to supply the need for these functions one much turn to Seoul. We proposed ‘Economic city, Ecological city, Hyperconnected City, Happy City’ through the 4D land use plan, specialised green system and transportation system. The construction of the three-dimensional structure of the S-BRT route, in which the upper S-BRT route, the lower bicycle route and the pedestrian route are merged, is at the heart of the plan that considers connectivity with neighbouring cities. Through a three-dimensional multi-use band, a park-centred educational cluster, and a social-mixed space plan that minimises physical divisions between classes, a three-dimensional multi-city was created to erase physical or psychological discrimination.…

We planned a 60m wide homogeneous linear space called the P-PATH (Park Path) that could penetrate the entire complex in line with the future city that demands a comfortable, open and safe movement. The P-PATH is an attractive space in the ‘front of house’ that attracts scattered individuals and is connected to the S-BRT stop or public facilities. This is a strategy through which to realise a pedestrian city, and a medium space for a shared symbiosis city. The main arterial road, S-BRT, and P-PATH are all combined to form an urban centre space called ‘Terra (a new site)’, creating a pedestrian space separated from the vehicle. ‘Terra’ was planned as a three-dimensional multi-use facility in the central space where green axis, road axis, and S-BRT are combined.…

Participants Kee Hyosung director, Han-A Urban Research Institute Kim Saehoon professor, Seoul National University Lee Jaeseung professor, Seoul National University Jung Sanghoon professor, Gachon University Hwang Gayeon manager, Han-A Urban Research Institute Kim Saehoon (Kim) Recently, a rough sketch of the basic design for the 3rd Generation New Towns was publicised. The President Moon Jae-in administration announced their Policy of Providing 300,000 Houses in the Metropolitan area in order to stabilise the housing market. These include the five different districts that have been designated as 3rd Generation New Towns: Wangsuk-Namyangju, Gyosan-Hanam, Changneung-Goyang, Daejang-Bucheon, and Gyeyang-Incheon; and public housing districts: Gwacheon-Gwacheon and Jangsang-Ansan. In general, what do you think of the location, size, and defining characteristics of the 3rd Generation New Towns? Kee Hyosung (Kee) In terms of their location and…