Innehållsförteckning för February 2017 från Space

Hyundai Card Design Library host the Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF: Seoul) until Feb. 19. ADFF: Seoul is conducted under five themes that confront the contemporary problems of architecture and present an easily accessible subject for the general public. It looks into the history and future of architecture, along with the creative driving force of architects. ADFF started in New York in 2008, and also took place in Los Angeles and New Orleans, introducing the consideration of architecture and space through film. ADFF: Seoul features a total of 20 films, including My Architect: A Son’s Journey (director, Nathaniel Kahn), Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (director, Matt Tyrnauer), and Getting Frank Gehry (director, Sally Aitken). Korean Architecture Today_ THE HOUSE (director, Giraffe Pictures) and Korean Architecture Today (director, Giraffe…

A solo exhibition of Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, who has been presenting animation works with text and sound, opened on 6 Jan. at Art Sonje Center. The exhibition is composed of video installations, web pieces, leaflet, and banner works on the facade and the rear of the museum. The video installation works are the main part of exhibition. From the 1st floor to the 3rd floor, the works are installed one on a floor. The theme of the first floor is ‘Family’. All Unhappy Families are Alike is inspired by the first line of Anna Karenina of Tolstoy, ‘All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.’, shows the unique Korean family. The scene of conversation seems like a dining table of a family. Elders…

In late November of 2016, two newly prepared parks near Geumcheon-gu Office opened to the public. In the 1151 Doksan 1-dong area, an army camp was stationed for more than 50 years, but now a commercial and business complex alongside new urban infrastructure have been introduced to the site of 191,689m2 following the announcement of the plan in 2006 and the relocation of the army camp to Icheon, Gyeonggi-do in 2010. Roads, parks, cultural and sports facilities have been created from 29.9% of the Contributed Acceptance. Geumnarae Central Park and Doha Park are among the results of this programme. The parks can be differentiated from the other existing parks as they have been constructed through land donation from the very beginning. In this report, we will glimpse a future vision…

Architect: JUNGLIM ARCHITECTURE (Jinwoo Lim) Design team: Woo Soyoung, Lee Myungjin, Jung Jaeseon, Kim Dongkwan, Yun Sunghan, Lee Woomee, Oh Jeongkeun, Kim Dohyun, Kim Hyunki, Kim Hyojung Location: 111, Oksan-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, Korea Programme: office Site area: 9,638.9m2 Building area: 3,637.12m2 Gross floor area: 37,055.34m2 Building scope: B3, 10F Parking: 392 Height: 55.94m Building to land ratio: 37.73% Floor area ratio: 167.24% Structure: RC, SRC Exterior finishing: THK36 Low-E glass with expanded metal, THK30 angola black, exposed concrete Interior finishing: THK18 insulated glazing unit, THK30 napoleon gray, THK15 bubinga Structural engineer: I’ST Mechanical engineer: WOOWON M&E Electrical engineer: JUNGWOO Engineering Construction: Hwasung Industrial Co., Ltd Landscape design: SOLTOS Landscape Architecture Design period: July 2012 – Oct. 2013 Construction period: Dec. 2013 – Apr. 2016 Construction budget: 75 billion KRW Client:…

Academic Opinions on the Current Status of the Architectural Design Field Lee Chungkee (professor, University of Seoul) It has been fifteen years since the architecture curriculum was separated from architectural engineering. The two subjects had been taught together for five decades. Can we say that the change to architectural education, which was a revolutionary attempt to meet the international standards of design education, has affected the architectural design industry in a positive manner? So far it has produced very negative results. After all, it is all about a matter of quality of life. They hesitate when deciding whether to go into an architectural design firm, even if they are about to graduate soon—and not because they cannot find a job in such agencies. They are worried about making a living…

Mille-Feuille de Camélia Arko Art Center Dec. 9, 2016 – Feb. 12, 2017 This exhibition first caught my eye because of its title, which incited a sense of curiosity and a sense of nostalgia, mainly arising from the exhibition leaflet’s quotation concerning the Blue Marble Game (a Korean version of Monopoly based on world cities rather than locations within cities). Not only had I never before thought of the combination of camellias and mille-feuille, but I was also pleasantly surprised to realise that in the very familiar game of Blue Marble it was only possible to get to Taipei from Seoul by taking a full-fledged route around the world. The three curators of the exhibition explained this effect by quoting Lévi-Strauss’s The View from Afar—the act of observing something close…

The demolition of the Ahyeon high-level road (2014) and Seodaemun high-level road (2015) were two events that realty changed the cityscape of Seoul. Since the start of high-level road constructions in the 1970s, a total of 101 high-level roads were built in Seoul alone, and stood their ground ever since to become safety and aesthetic degradation concerns. Starting with the removal of the Ddeokjeon high-level road in 2002, a total of 18 roads were demolished, with an additional 8 planned for dismantlement this year. The participation of the citizens at the people’s walk event a day before the removal of Korea’s first high-level road in Ahyeon was more than sufficient to tell us how attached we have become to the high-level road. That might be the reason why Seoul’s symbolic…

‘Spatial approaches and design solutions should change according to the industrial environment and the specific working method’: a word from Jinwoo Lim (CEO, JUNGLIM ARCHITECTURE), who asks for a period of new spatial transformation in our time by focusing upon the intimate relationship between the spatial environment and the corporate operation strategy. This architecture firm attempts to step out of the frame offered by the past, which is to build an urban identity primarily through façade design, to reveal the public value of the corporate company by opening up a communication window towards the local residents, nature, and the city under the basic assignment of ‘creating a new spatial environment’. Let us explore the fundamental spatial changes with which they have been concerned, in order to better appreciate the particular…

Architect: NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD (Okamoto Keiichi) + JUNGLIM ARCHITECTURE (Jinwoo Lim) Design team: NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD – Ko Isogimi, Mutsuo Kadota, Takuji Hiroshige, Kim Daijung, Kim Eunhee / JUNGLIM ARCHITECTURE – Yoo Jongwook, Na Hyeyeon, Park Minho, Kim Taegon Location: 295, Pangyo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Programme: research center, office Site area: 5,732.9m2 Building area: 3,106.82m2 Gross floor area: 44,984.63m2 Building scope: B6, 9F Parking: 303 Height: 40.26m Building to land ratio: 54.19% Floor area ratio: 335.29% Structure: RC, SC (for a skylight) Exterior finishing: THK3 aluminium anodizing panel, THK24 Low-E insulated glass, exposed concrete Interior finishing: floors – vinyl tile / walls – eco-water paint on plaster board / ceiling – rockwool sound absorption tex Structural engineer: CROSS STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT Mechanical engineer: DOUL Engineering Electrical engineer: JUNG WOO…

Architect: Urban Intensity Architects (Wee Jinbok) Design team: Jeong Sungeun, Lee YoungJun, Sung Sejong, Yoon Eunah, Kim Bokyeon Construction: SG ShinSung Construction Co., Ltd. (president, Lee Myongkeun) Location: Anam-dong 50-1, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, Korea Programme: educational research facility Site area: 1,328m2 Building area: 539.47m2 Gross floor area: 999.04m2 Building scope: A — 4F / B — 5F Height: A — 11.1m / B — 14.4m Parking: 5 Building to land ratio: 46.61% Floor area ratio: 86.31% Structure: steel, container structure Exterior finishing: chlorinated rubber paint Interior finishing: fire resistance gypsum board Branding identity design: Kerb Furniture design: Kwangho Lee Structural engineer: Dongyang Structural Engineers Group Mechanical and electric engineer: Daedo engineering Design period: Dec. 2015 — June 2016 Construction period: July — Oct. 2016 Client: Korea University (president, Yeom Jaeho) Client…

The terms the ‘sampo generation’ and the ‘880,000 KRW generation’ are used to refer to our younger generation and their present reality. Overlaying this is the sad reality of architecture school graduates, who have been forced to give up the work they love. Even though they have managed to enter architecture firms because of their affinity for the craft, the reality is that after only a few years one-by-one they leave the field. The climate of the discipline—for those who stand at the starting line, full of their visions and dreams for design, hoping to grow into a professional architect—is rough, dry and downright barren. For a long time a strong sense of self-determination was prevalent, but as complaints spread the situation has only become more widespread. The older generations…

Vancouver has featured prominently on the international art scene for the last four decades. Located at the far west of the Atlantic Canadian coast, supported by a wealthy Chinese community, and museums, art institutions and schools, it is the hometown of Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Stan Douglas, Ken Lum, and Rodney Graham, to name the better known artists. A few days before the year 2016 came to a close, Rodney Graham’s name appeared on the official list of new recipients of the Order of Canada, one of the most prestigious distinctions given to significant Canadian figures. His father, a lumber camp foreman, gave him a chance to experience the vast forests of British Columbia, as well as to attend to the film screenings organised for the timber workers in…

Gwangju City and Gwangju Biennale announced the start of the Gwangju FollyⅢ. The Gwangju Folly, as a part of the series of urban regeneration projects, started from 2011 in order to regenerate the fading old city center, including not just the ornamental roles, but also the functional roles within public spaces. The Gwangju FollyⅢ is themed ‘Folly & Everyday Life—Taste & Beauty’ and is comprised of largely five sections (View Folly, Gwangju Dutch Folly, Cook Folly, FunPun Folly, and Mini Folly) and eleven posts will be installed around Sansu-dong and Chungjang-ro. The eleven Follies were completed based on the principles of popular appeal, participation, and surprise. Instead of having separate Follies, this time the Follies were planned as a participatory urban Folly to symbolically be interconnected or combined, crossing over…

An invitation exhibition of three young artists had opened at Gallery Hyundai. ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ from Dec. 7, 2016 – Jan. 15, 2017 concentrated points of various relationship and communication. The title was from a poem of Robert Frost in 1922, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Standing Workers No. 17 of Yang Jung Uk greeted the visitor at the entrance of gallery. Yang created kinetic sculptures with analog sensibility using wood, motor and thread and put a piece of independent narrative into them. The work gets life from others and runs by itself. The material of work varies from wire telephone to the blind. Kelvin Kyung Kun Park who works on film and video as artwork presented Stairway to Heaven that transmits opening performance…

What can we do in an era in which the cutting-edge is redefined every second, with a faster rate of innovation taking place than that of the past? The corporations that drive industrial progress mull over this question. In particular, digital media, automobiles, and Internet based businesses are driving change and innovation to restructure and lead the market. This is signified through the construction of new buildings. Last October, Hankook Tire completed construction of its new central research facility, TechnoDome, upholding a commitment of becoming the linchpin of tire technological development rather than remaining a mere manufacturer. The futuristic architecture is also the first project of high-tech architecture maestro Norman Foster. What new creations of tomorrow will occur in this new beating heart of Hankook Tire, which has made leaps…

Architect: JUNGLIM ARCHITECTURE (Jinwoo Lim) Design team: E Euijin, Park Jaewan, Choi Dongsik, Kim Minae, Jung Jin, Lee Minki, Jung Kyelim Location: 112-51, Mado-ro, Docheok-myeon, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Programme: training institute Site area: 18,108m2 Building area: 7,058.64m2 Gross floor area: 25,399.68m2 Building scope: B2, 4F Parking: 171 Height: 28m Building to land ratio: 38.98% Floor area ratio: 74.23% Structure: RC, SRC Exterior finishing: THK30 granite stone, THK24 Low-E insulated glass, THK20 terracotta panel, THK3 aluminium sheet Interior finishing: THK30 marble, eco-water paint on plaster board, tile Structural engineer: The Naeun Structural Engineering co. ltd. Mechanical engineer: DOUL Engineering Electrical engineer: JUNG WOO Engineering Construction: Hyundai E&C Landscape design: HAK associates landscape architecture Design period: Dec. 2013 – Nov. 2014 Construction period: Apr. 2014 – June 2016 Client: Hyundai Marine…

Architect: DATA Design team: Léonard Lassagne, Colin Reynier, Sylvia Bourgoin, Raphaël Boursier, Clementine Debaere, Edouard Guyard Location: La Seyne-sur-Mer, France Programme: cultural and leisure facility Site area: 5,873m2 Building area: 2,950m2 (footprint of the building) Gross floor area: 8,150m2 Parking: 90 Height: 18m Structure: mixed structure – concrete + metal frames Economist: Mazet & associés Study structure: Batiserf Structural engineer: Batiserf (facade engineer : VP&Green) Acoustician: Génie Acoustique Electrical engineer: Artelia Lyon (fluids + electricity) Design period: 2011 – 2013 Construction period: 2014 – 2016 Client: Casino de La Seyne-sur-Mer, JOA SPACE: When talking about casinos in general, we tend to think about the postmodern architectural style typically observed in Las Vegas. However, the Casino de La Seynesur-Mer exudes a very different modern feel. How do you reflect on the…

2016 Seoul Focus ‘No Longer Objects’ SeMA, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art Dec. 20, 2016 – Mar. 19, 2017 Industrial Products Become an Issue On 20 December 2016, ‘No Longer Objects’ opened at SeMA, Buk-Seoul Museum of Art. Little is known about the exhibition other than this title. Visitors may feel dizzy from seeing several repetitive alphabets laid out across the entrance wall. This abstract identity (icon) using an English title for the exhibition, created by the graphic designer Na Kim, makes people reserve their hasty judgment. What is the object that is ‘no longer objects’? ‘This exhibition begins with the reflection upon standardised products which form the foundation of our industrialised cities. It shows the commonality between minimal components which symbolise industrialisation, such as bolt and nut, reborn in contemporary…