Build ‘Geographical Space’

Condition of the site which is located foot of Bukhan mountain provide a motive of ‘Geographical Space’ that architecture and land can make a harmony. ‘Geographical Space’ is an architectural scenery created when contrast relation between nature and artificial is overcame and coadapted. Justify between space of artificial and nature by responding to the intimate structure of land. It’s a process that spatialize of the topography which was existed as non-spatial or territory through architecture plan. By this, nature and architecture can be a united spatial structure. The process to be a ‘Geographical Space’ follows as below.

1. Site Design as understructure.
2. Plan of Architecture, Topography and Between space
3. Build coadapted ‘Geographical Space’

Start of this plan is select an area that can put building on it with minimal transformation of original foundation. Put volume of architecture building on 1^st minimal transformed topography. Architecture and topo is controlled to make various relationships between inside and outside as they are adhered, gapped or floated. Based on this, nature that existed as non-spatial evolve to topography which is extension of architecture or architectural space as itself.

Program layout as a ‘Continuous Progress’

Analyze provided program as circulation system not as a separated space. ‘Production -  consumption of Cultural art’, ‘creator – audience’ and ‘process – result’ are coexisted and interpret each other as a multi continuous structure. So, focus on design for continuous progress not for layout of each separated rooms.

By Deciding area of space for main programs setting a long horizontal room as a unit and connect these spaces, continuity of ‘Exhibition - Open archive platform - Community Learning space – Archive – Research Lab’ can be created and suggested as a spatial structure supporting cultural production and circulation of reproduction based on Art.

Main Starting point of this building is located on +5.5m. Raise visitors up to the entrance of “pyeongchang 20 gil (street name)” and induce their access to inside of building. Array programs that can be connected continuously to main entrance. Based on the level of Lobby, put special exhibition space under. Make separated accessible route to here from ‘Pyeongchang munhwa ro’.

On the upper area of Lobby, locate programs that is predicted to be mostly used by visitors such as Open archive platform, Community learning center and so on. By locate Book Lounge and Storage facility on the highest area of the site, enhance possibility of connection to Research Lap of C site.

Plate of in and outside function as platform

Each of the all programs are longish plate. These plates are connected and make outside between space. Each outside space function an outside platform by induce access or justify boundary of natural space. Especially, induce natural access to each program from roads is the most important role of it by overcoming 20m of height difference also, as making landscape using topography just itself, minimize damage of land. In short, as inside justify outside and outside function for inside again, whole site can be circulated in one system.

Four sites connected by topographic space.

Four sites are connected by pyeongchang 20 gil. Find a connection between sites using the meeting point of road and topographic area. Each site planed by space system connecting “Road – outside plate – inside” and make natural connection between bridge, underground pedestrian and so on. Especially, in the case A and B site, by locate main entrance and outside area on different side of street and facing each other, make it feels as one area.