Chungcheongnam-do, Korea[finalist, invited competition] In the past authoritic image of museum used to be enhanced by strong presence of façade and main entrance. Then, how we redefine the presence of museum. LINE, instead of heavy oppressive volume of the building image, the museum can be read as a line and the volume emerged beyond like […]
Seoul, Korea The strategy of the Pyeongchang Larchiveum is to preserve the original slope of the site, providing a new natural experience defining the Arts Complex. By working with the character of the slope, construction costs can be minimized. Secondly, the strategy creates a path of movement that encompasses both the urban and natural character […]
Heyri, Korea [ AIANE Design Award, AIA/BSA Honor Award, American Architecture Award ] The White Block Gallery is a 1500m2 exhibition and cultural space at the heart of the Heyri Art Valley in South Korea. A matrix of 3 solid gallery volumes carefully positioned creates 7 additional galleries in a compact but open ended configuration. Designed […]
Heyri, Korea [ Featured in Domus and the CreatorsProject ] ‘Cloud’ is an interactive light and sound sculpture that takes what is usually secretive one-way surveillance data and turns it into public art. By tracking to the movement of passerbys as well as to the dynamically changing weather patterns of the Heyri Art Valley, three […]
Gainesville, Florida[ 2nd Place, National Competition ] The needs of museums are shifting: Instead of merely being places of display, they are becoming places of interactive learning that promote multidisciplinary, synthetic ways of thinking. Many institutions like the CADE are also shifting the definition away from the passive to the active tense with the mission […]
Seoul, Korea[finalist, invited competition] Water, digital technology, and sustainability are merged in this new reinterpretation of the iconic but now underutilized Seoul Olympic Stadium. A temporary structure to house the international Seoul Design Olympiad (SDO) events, an inflatable arch is held away from the structure of the historic stadium. Through a simple process of condensing […]
Prague, Czech Republic [international competition, jury selection] As both a secure repository of books and a symbolic civic building, a national library must negotiate the spatial dichotomy between storage and display. Through a strategy of ‘light monumentality’ the book stacks are formed into a curved two-way truss that protects and defines a public winter-garden […]
Gwangju, Korea [honorable mention, international competition] The act of encircling has both literal and metaphorical meanings: In an urban environment like Gwangju, encircling implies both the demarcation of a special precinct within the city’s existing fabric as well as the creation of a new public common ground. Providing a porous, non-hierarchical edge to the urban […]
Boston, MA[RFP winner] A new undulating screen of recycled polyester seat belts engages traffic flows while providing new places for the experience of education and the arts. The screen itself has a dual purpose: The vertical straps produce a Moiré illusion by interacting with a silk-screened base layer. First, these Moiré patterns convey information […]
Providence, RI[finalist, national rfp] An electronic “cloud” canopy formed of an array of LED’s and speakers are triggered by passerbys and weather patterns heightening otherwise invisible relationships between publics and their environments. As groups begin to gather, the interactive electronics intensify, promoting impromptu performances and conversations. Urban landscape mounds form lounging areas as well […]
Boston, MA [honorable mention, international competition] It is the reciprocal edge between water and land that makes an island an extraordinary natural resource and public amenity. As an urban gateway to the Boston Harbor Islands, the structural roof-form or this design becomes a literal/metaphorical reference to this junction of water and land. Where the ‘actual’ […]
