This building’s site is located on an elevation facing the shore end, the sea, and beyond. The site is exposed to a high levels of wind from the sea. The client requested a facility that would accommodate cafés, restaurants, and small craft shops. At the same time, the client also wanted the building to be an eye-catching feature of the shoreline.

What Kind of Church is Welcoming? This building is located between a newly-developed apartment district and a residential area. Instead of a classic church building with a cross on its rooftop, the pastor requested a different kind of church which is open not only to its church members but also to non-churchgoers.

Camp Long, Gangwon-do, which was returned from US force in December 2019, was originally planned for redevelopment as a culture and sports park. However, with the instigation of the participatory exhibition ‘CAMP 2020: Contemporary Arts & Mutational Plans’ (hereinafter CAMP 2020), these construction plans have been temporarily postponed.

The big problem in contemporary cities is the absolute distinction between private and public space. In traditional Korean architecture, there was a space known as a toenmaru. An ambiguous space that was neither purely interior nor exterior, this space was used as a place of communication between the building users and the people outside. Nowadays, however, as glass and concrete walls have come to replace balconies and terraces, interior and exterior spaces are clearly demarcated. As a result, pedestrians exist in a desolate environment, and occupants of buildings live in suffocating spaces. We designed an intermediary space that would transform the building façade.