Bricks are artificial stones made for architecture; the arch is a simplest and the most structural method to frame a space with bricks. An Arch consists of two types of bricks: one is a traditional brick made from the soil, the other is a transparent brick made of glass. Two different types of bricks are used to build a single arch. Traditional bricks form a space of darkness, and transparent bricks cast light into the dark space. Darkness and brightness are interdependent. The two different types of bricks that are used to create a single space form a boundary that is strong and weak, dynamic and static, and empty and filled – beyond the polarized visual scale of being dark and bright.
Architect
NAMELESS Architecture (Na Unchung, Yoo Sorae)
Design team
Lee Jungho, Hong Goeun
Location
Clayarch Gimhae Museum
Programme
pavilion
Gross floor area
12.4m2
Building scope
5.2(l) × 2.4(w) × 3.4(h)m
Structure
reinforced masonry
Exterior finishing
black Brick, glass Brick
Interior finishing
black Brick, glass Brick
Structural engineer
Teokujo
Construction
Blueprint
Design period
Nov. 2015 − Feb. 2016
Construction period
Feb. − Mar. 2016
Client
Clayarch Gimhae Museum
NAMELESS Architecture
NAMELESS Architecture is a concept-based design practice with offices in Seoul and New York. Na Unchung and Yoo Sorae each graduated from Hongik University and Korea University. They both received M.Arch. from the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. After establishing NAMELESS Architecture in New York, they expanded their office into Seoul. They run a practice committed to simplicity in an unpredictable world, where they explore the worlds of architecture, city, and global cultural phenomena. NAMELESS’s work has been widely published and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Center for Architecture New York, Parsons the New School, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Seoul Museum of Art and National Museum of Korea. The office has received numerous awards, including AIA New York Honor Awards, The Architectural League Prize for Young Architect, AIA New Practice New York (NPNY), Kim Swoo Geun Prize Preview Award and Design Vanguard Award from Architectural Record.
