SPACE-D Pavilion

Located on the hill behind Dongwha High school, the D Pavilion is a small shelter and open-air stage in which students can engage freely with outdoor activities. The structure situates itself within nature, preserving old trees and rocks nearby as much as possible. The space has been created as if the rock formations had been piled one on top of the other on top of the hill, and imagined as a place for open discussion and cultural exchange – where students can freely perform and speak to one another.

The polygonal vertical structures support a single roof. The large vertical structure has a space inside, which serves as a small storage unit to keep equipment used for the outdoor stage. The flat concrete roof creates a gap upon contact with the vertical components – implying that the structure was not built as a single monolithic form, but by lifting the components and laying them on top of each other.

Architect

NAMELESS Architecture (Na Unchung, Yoo Sorae)

Design team

Lee Changsoo, Lee Jungho

Location

Donongdong, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Programme

open air stage

Site area

18.9m2

Building area

140.42m2

Gross floor area

18.9m2

Building scope

6.3(l) × 3.0(w) × 3.6(h)m

Structure

precast concrete

Exterior finishing

exposed concrete, polished concrete

Structural engineer

Teokujo

Construction

Park Sangbum

Design period

Mar. − June 2016

Construction period

July − Oct. 2016

Client

Dongwha High School

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.