Sommaire pour November 2020 de Space

Upon entering the exhibition hall, we are met by a scene resembling an archaeology dig opposite a white wall. A collection of digging tools and tongs have been scattered across the mustard yellow dirt ground. Who is behind this? What and why are they excavating? The space behind the glass wall, where human trails can be found, invites all kinds of wild expectations and imaginative hypotheses. This space, which has transformed the museum into a stage, is a site for performance. Performance, which is a genre that has risen in popularity in the contemporary art scene, is an all-inclusive genre that expands the boundaries of art by using various media and free forms of physical expression. Seoul Museum of Art has picked performance as the theme behind this year’s exhibition…

Flowers, butterflies, animals, waves, and topographical contours have been embroidered across the walls, floor, and ceiling of the exhibition hall at low illumination. When you approach and touch the wall on which a deer appears to be walking, the deer slowly disappears with a sound, and the fish swimming in the water moves away if you touch it with your feet. Even though a giant flower taller than a human fills the walls of the exhibition hall, it withers over time to sprout up again. This is the mercurial space of ‘teamLab: LIFE’, an exhibition about the power and cycles of life. This exhibition is composed of interactive art works by the media art group, team-Lab. TeamLab, founded in Japan in 2001, is made up of 400 professionals from around…

The 36th Busan Space Forum was held on Sep. 28. It operated under the theme ‘The Beginning of a Balanced National Development: The Port of Busan’. The event was broadcast live on YouTube. First, Jung Sungki (director of Busan North Port Integrated Development Division, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries) noted that it had come to ‘include an opera house, a marina, and a marine sports complex’. Also, he emphasised that ‘an expansion in transportation and infrastructure must be achieved in tandem with these changes’. Furthermore, for hosting the Busan World Expo in 2023, ‘the government, local governments, civil society, and so on. must work together to achieve feasible public projects and viable businesses. We will all cooperate so that these ventures can be promoted in a balanced way’. Jung Juchul…

On Sep. 25, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) announced that it would execute the 2nd round of its improvement plan of the Electronic Architectural Administration Information System (EAAIS, more at: cloud.eais.go.kr). It is an online national information platform for civic affairs such as issuance of the building register, building license, housing license, building ledgers, building maintenance projects, operator registry, construction commissioners’ committee, green building, deregistration and destruction. The website was relaunched on June 1 by building up the administration system that had been individually operated by the existing 245 local governments into an integrated system, renovating the old system, and improving the system problems caused by different operating environments for each local government. Subsequently, the main thrust of the announcement of this launch of the project focused…

Choi Eunhwa (Choi): How and when did THE TOKYO TOILET project begin? Ueki Mihoko (Ueki): Japan is known as one of the cleanest countries in the world. Even the public toilets maintain a higher standard of hygiene. However, the use of public toilets in Japan is limited because of the stereotype that they are dark, dirty, smelly, and scary. To dispel these misconceptions, The Nippon Foundation decided to renovate public toilets. The Nippon Foundation has always dedicated itself to improving society through various projects, supporting people with disabilities, areas affected by disaster, and children. Through these activities, we have discovered whether public toilets are truly ‘public’ in the sense of the word and whether or not they are accessible to everyone. To embark upon this project, The Nippon Foundation concluded…

Archschool Leader Lim Geunhye, Kim Hyoungkook, Hong Sungchun Member Oh Eunmi, Kim Bohyun Period of operation 2012 – ongoing Main programme lesson, lecture Operational aims To run architectural education programs for increasing integrated thinking abilities. Website archschool.org e-flux Leader Anton Vidokle Period of operation 1998 – ongoing Main programme journal, review Website www.e-flux.com Oh Eunmi has worked in Arts Council Korea since 2017. In 2020, she works at Art Center Arko as Museum Manager & Educator responsible for Archschool. Kim Yeram (Kim): How do the three institutions cooperate in the running of this educational platform? Oh Eunmi (Oh): Since 2012, Archschool have overseen the organisation, operation and content development of this platform by dividing up these roles. Arts Council Korea provides business promotion, budget support, educational venues, and equipment based…

LALA (Living Architecture LAb) Chief producer Lee Kichul Member Kang Jingyu, Kim Mingyu, Kim Seongryoul, Kim Yoojin, Baek Jiyung, Shin Hyukhyu, Won Hosung, Jo Jaeduk, Heo Jinwoo, Yu Changwook, Lee Jae, Jung Woogsik Period of operation Nov. 2016 – ongoing Main programme seminar, open house, talk concert, sight seeing Operational aims A causal meeting between familiar colleagues who work in the architectural field. Busan Architecture Festival Chairman Seo Euitaek Period of operation 2001 – ongoing Main programme launching design competition, supporting project for creative activities and professionals, international exchange project, architectural culture event Website biacf.or.kr Lee Kichul graduated with a BArch in architecture at DongA University and received a MArch in architecture from UC Berkeley. He trained as an architect at Frederic Schwartz Architects, New York, USA and Space Group,…

The exhibition ‘Pavilion Laboratory’ was on display at Domansa, in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, between Aug. 28 to Oct. 31. The theme of this exhibition was the architect’s pavilion, explored through works such as Lifethings (principal, Yang Sooin), NAMELESS Architecture (co-principals, Na Unchung, Yoo Sorae), stpmj (co-principals, Lee Seungteak, Lim Mijung), and SoA (co-principals, Kang Yerin, Lee Chihoon, Park Youngseo). This exhibition focuses on architectural experiments conducted through the form of the pavilion, rather than introducing the plans through which pavilions were created and run. Lifethings introduced Gyroid Trefoil located in Seongsu-dong, Seoul. The work was guided by the concept of an intersecting ‘gyroid’ structure, which is a three-dimensional curved surface that is infinitely connected, and a ‘tripol’ known as a three-leaf knot. More than 5,000 modules were derived from the adjustment…

Recently, the number of people living with companion animals has increased significantly. The question of whether one owns a dog or cat was even included in a recent Population and Housing Census. Under these circumstances, from Sep. 4 to Oct. 25, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Seoul opened ‘Museum for All, Museum for Dogs’, inviting dogs in particular to enter their spaces, which account for the largest percentage of companion animals in Korea. This exhibition is the first domestic exhibition to invite dogs as part of its audience. Sung Yonghee (curator, MMCA) who curated this exhibition explained that ‘our social awareness has improved quite a lot as we use the expression of companions rather than pets, but we have a long way to go as…

The award winners of the Korean Architecture Awards 2020 were announced on sep. 24. The completed building track was further divided into public, private, shared residences, and general residence categories. Haeahn Architecture’s National Assembly Communication Building, Yeoneu Architects and TPL Architect’s Rain Avenue, ANU Design Group’s Kolon Haneulchae in Gyeongbuk Provincial Government Office City, and Gansam’s Multi-housing in Gugi-dong were chosen as finalists in these respective divisions. The National Assembly Communication Building, which was proposed to accommodate the lack of workspaces in the Yeoui-do National Assembly Building, stood out for its appearance as a stack of plank-shaped masses. The yard and terrace of the project Rain Avenue were positioned adjacent to the alleyway to promote a notion of ‘publicness’ at the neighbourhood facility. Three projects were selected for the main…

On Sep. 25, WISE Architecture (co-principals, Jang Youngchul, Chun Sookhee) was selected as the final winner in the design competition for the Ang-gang Bay Archipelago Observatory Deck Construction Project. Namhae-gun hosted this design competition with the aim of creating a building that would blend into the landscape rather than conceived of yet another lofty observatory from which visitors can admire the surrounding seascape. In a site of 3,500m2 located in Murim-ri in Idong-myeon, participants in the competition were asked to submit a design proposal that included an observatory, a pavilion, a children’s play area, and food and beverage facilities. The design competition was held for design offices that had previously been awarded the Korea Young Architect Awa rd . The participating teams included WISE Architecture, SoA (co-principals, Kang Yerin, Lee…

Babahoyo: An Urban Site Ecuador is a country at the antipode of Korea, north of the equator in South America. Located on the Pacific coast, Guayaquil is a commercial and industrial metropolis that has long been at the head of Ecuador’s economy. Many satellite cities have sprung up around Guayaquil, as the population of this area is more than just the inland capital Quito. Babahoyo is one of these cities. Natura Futura Arquitectura (hereinafter Natura) was established 2014 in Babahoyo, a small city with a population of 150,000. José Fernando Gómez (principal, Natura Futura Arquitectura), who grew up in Babahoyo and studied architecture at the University of Guayaquil, explained his decision to dedicate his energies to this project: ‘A small city like Babahoyo is a place in which you can…

ziptalk Leader Kim Donghee Member Kang Mihyun, Kang Jeyong, Bahk Joungyeon, Shin Hyunbo, Oh Sinwook, Chung Yerang, Jung Hyobin, etc. Period of operation Oct. 2014 – ongoing Main programme seminar Operational aims To communicate with public by sharing the architectural informations. Website www.ziptalk.co.kr PHM TV Leader Gong Gyeongtae Period of operation Apr. 2016 – ongoing Main programme video Website www.youtube.com/channel/UCfN4xUd6rU3crutmjItsYzQ Kim Donghee established KDDH after becoming independent from Junglim Architecture in 2010. He is practicing healthy living with designing houses. Kim Yeram: Ziptalk is a group made up of 26 architects. What common interests brought these members together? Kim Donghee: In October, 2014, I directed a seminar with Kang Joohyung, Mun Young-a and Seo Kyunghwa. At the time, we had just opened our firm and were working on a series…

The ‘MMCA Hyundai Motor Series 2020: Haegue Yang – O2 & H2O’ has been on show at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Seoul since Sep. 29. Yang is the central figure in this year’s annual exhibition, which highlights the notable Korean artist, a visual artist based in Berlin, Germany. Creating installation works that use materials encountered in everyday life, she scrutinises major contemporary themes such as migration, tradition, globalisation, and war. The title of this exhibition, ‘O2 & H2O’, is identical to the title of her solo exhibition held in Germany in 2002. Yang said that the title was conceived in the sense of air and water crossing each other’s boundaries according to changes in temperature. It is a title that expresses her way of…

Seoul Museum of History organised an online conference titled ‘A Museum for Everyone’ on Oct. 8. In response to the prevailing trend in the expansion of museums in terms of their functions and roles, this was an opportunity for professionals in the field to discuss the concrete methods to make Seoul Museum of History. Beginning with a welcome speech from the Bae Hyunsook (director, Seoul Museum of History), the conference featured a keynote address and presentations on architecture, visual communications design, and museum case studies research. The first presenter Kim Insoon (department of head, Universal Design Environment of Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute) presented on the aspects one must consider when designing a museum’s physical environment in terms of its topography, form, accessibility, and architecture, particularly as Korea transforms into…

Architect Nic Brunsdon, Craig Nener, Michelle Kar, Adam Reynolds, Jaxon Webb Location North Perth, Western Australia, Australia Programme single house Site area 230m2 Building area 190m2 Gross floor area 190m2 Building scope 2F Height 8.3m Parking 2 Structure precast concrete panels with timber and polycarbonate infills Exterior finishing precast concrete panels Interior finishing concrete, American black walnut, polycarboate sheet Structural engineer Talisman Consulting Construction Collier Homes Design period 2017 – 2018 Construction period: 2018 – 2019…

People Documenting Cityscapes Principal Park Kyungsun Member Jung Eunhee, Jeong Daeun, Han Haeyoung, Park Sungjin, Yoon Solhee, Ahn Haemi Period of operation May – Sep. 2020 Main programme video, archive Operational aims To shoot the people who are documenting the Seoul through their own methods. Website www.youtube.com/channel/UClhAtQDuTUW_NPZ8jiDUzEg Discovery of Records, Manifestation of Records Leader Cho Yeongsam Period of operation Mar. 2019 – Dec. 2020 Main programme archive, exhibition Website archives.seoul.go.kr Park Kyungsun has been in charge of the director of the Seoul Center for Architecture & Urbanism (SCAU) since January 2020, overseeing the operation of the SCAU and the Seoul Hall of Urbanism and Architecture. She graduated from the Korean National University of Arts, majored in architecture, and received a master’s degree in architecture and urban design from Columbia University,…

Archi-Station Leader Woo Jihyun, Choi Youngjoon Member Kim Dayoung, Kim Minsun, Kim Soyeon, Kim Junheon, Park Sangjoo, So Namoo, Lee Sanghyun, Lee Sunwoo, Lee Hwaeun, Jang Jimin, Hwang Seontae Period of operation Sep. 2019 ‒ ongoing Main programme reading of books Operational aims To pursues further study and knowledge through reading, exploration, research, and exhibition based ventures on a common theme centred around selected cities and architecture. Website www.facebook.com/archistation053 CAMPO Leader Gianfranco Bombaci, Matteo Costanzo, Luca Galofaro, Davide Sacconi Period of operation 2015 ‒ ongoing Main programme talk, exhibition, workshop, publication Website www.campo.space Woo Jihyun is the co-principal of OFFICE ARCHITEKTON, a Korean and Dutch architect, an adjunct professor at Kyungpook National University and a public architect in Yeongcheon. She studied at Keimyung University and Hanyang University Graduate School of…

Archat is a quarterly magazine first published by architecture students in Seoul in the autumn of 2017. According to the Archat Editorial Team, their aim is to ‘introduce the latest architectural trends through their own text, looking into the reality of our architectural community and creating an open platform for young architects to share their ideas’. They want to be considered as a ‘young architectural magazine’ that explores architectural discourses from the perspective of a student and freely expresses personal opinions on architectural issues in writing. The Archat Editorial Team is composed of about 20 editors, designers and media creators. The team selects a topic for the magazine in their weekly editorial meeting, conducts ‘casual conversations’, and they write and edit articles accordingly. They have published the magazine on a…