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

Pezo von Ellrichshausen

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SPACE July 2026 (No. 704)

 

 

 

 

Only when the soul is freed from its body, when its spirit is elevated to a noble and transcendental domain, does the transition from life to death become a form of liberation. Redeemed from such a cage, the public square is no longer an empty territory but a hardscape surrounded by mute sentinels. We only look up to the sky in wander because there is a solid soil to stand on, because there is an imaginary separation from the rest of the world. Within a crowd or in solitude, following Kazantzakis¡¯ Odysseus or Zorba, every human being is meant to make a unique spiritual journey. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Architect

Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Mauricio Pezo, Sofía von Ellrichshausen)

Design team

Sophia Chen, Hanna Hoffmann, Tuan Pham, Sophia Lee

Location

Médongaule Contemporary Gardens, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Programme

pavilion (performance hall)

Site area

1,500§³

Building area

565§³

Structural engineer

Chang Minwoo Structural Consultants

Construction

C&O Engineering & Constructions

Client

Les Jardins de Médongaule

Lighting design

Guillaume Gosse de Gorre, Design LHYn

construction period

2024 – 2026

Local architect

See Architects

Finishing

stone


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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