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Establishing Order and Relation in the Les Jardins de Médongaule: PATH | Pezo von Ellrichshausen

Pezo von Ellrichshausen

written by
Pezo von Ellrichshausen
photographed by
Lee Jeongwoo (unless otherwise indicated)
materials provided by
Pezo von Ellrichshausen
edited by
Park Jiyoun
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SPACE July 2026 (No. 704)

 

 

 

 

The path design is meant to celebrate the movement and interaction of visitors through an irregular and diverse set of patterns. The large scale of the project is reduced to small blocks and slates, with multiple shapes and finishes. The resulting overall texture appears as a rather improvised set of rules that adapt themselves to the particular circumstances of the site, while introducing symbolic elements. The proposed irregular pavement can be read as an expression of an organic-human settlement, of small pieces that have been carefully crafted and put in place over time. The various patterns are arranged according to a precise geometric system. The centrality of the ring becomes one more object within the garden. Considering the linear extension of the path, the pavement is formalised according to a regular series of transversal sections.  

 

 

 

 

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Architect

Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Mauricio Pezo, Sofía von Ellrichshausen)

Design team

Beatrice Pedrotti, Lennard Lippert, Sophia Chen, Sarah Eusemann

Location

Médongaule Contemporary Gardens, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Programme

pavement design

Site area

16,400§³

Building area

2,938§³

Construction

CMA Co., Ltd.

Client

Les Jardins de Médongaule

Design and construction period

2024 –

Local architect

Design LHYn

Finishing

stone, concrete


Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Pezo von Ellrichshausen is an art and architecture studio founded in 2002 by Mauricio Pezo and Sofía von Ellrichshausen. They live and work in southern Chile, in a farm at the foot of the Andes Mountains.

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