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Designing the Natural Landscape with Public Art Projects: SOAP

SOAP, a design studio founded by Kwon Soonyup and Chang Dongsun, oversees an architectural firm and an art gallery. Identifying the problems inherent to public art projects, two joint design organisations have suggested alternatives that will focus on a user’s spatial experience.

Sept 24, 2020
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Reinterpretation of Traditional Element, Tatami...

Dan Dan Dan House is located in an industrial area in Hamamatsu, Japan. The architect, Tsukasa Okada, inten...

Sept 22, 2020
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Restoring the Role of Architects: A System for ...

In June, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that they were putting a new ‘System for Implementatio...

Sept 18, 2020
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[Essay] Rest-ism

Chung Isak has taken these sometime neglected aspects found throughout the city into his own hands. He deal...

Sept 09, 2020
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[Interview] Consistency as a Magic Formula: zer...

zerolab (co-principals, Kim Donghoon and Jang Taehoon) says ‘we do everything a person can do’, and the stu...

Sept 03, 2020
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A NEW NAME IN GLAMPING: THE GLAM TREE RESORT

In the Seorisan Mountain in Gapyeong, where chestnut trees are dense, the Glam Tree Resort opened in March ...

Aug 27, 2020
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The New Architectural Method of Drawing from th...

BARE, led by Jeon Jinhong and Choi Yunhee since its establishment in 2014, has carried out research-install...

Aug 21, 2020
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[Essay] In-between Space Between City and Archi...

Hyunjoon Yoo emphasises the significance of the ‘in￾between space’ and the ‘communication between th...

Aug 18, 2020
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[Critique] At the Boundary Between Architecture...

Hyunjoon Yoo stresses the importance of relationships and communication. Some of the urban solutions he has...

Aug 18, 2020
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The Function of Beauty, and Life: flat.m

flat.m has created spaces of varying genres and scales since 2005. SPACE contemplates the spaces and experi...

Aug 12, 2020
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Memories preserved in a Dry Terrain: KU Landscape

Shenzhen, a small fishing village in China, designated as a Special Economic Zone in 1980, has since grown ...

Aug 06, 2020
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Eaery Summer Beach: CAMP 2020

Camp Long, Gangwon-do, which was returned from US force in December 2019, was originally planned for redeve...

Jul 31, 2020
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[Interview] Repetition and Variation: Fict Studio

Hea Kyoung Jang, who majored in product and industrial design, founded Fict Studio in 2016, a name that sta...

Jul 22, 2020
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The Policies and Limitations to the Invalidatio...

From the 1st of July 2020, the invalidation of long-delayed city planning facilities (Urban Park Invalidati...

Jul 06, 2020
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Depth of Surface, Potential of Space

At times, the view outside the window—Namsan and the surrounding scenery of Haebangchon—look li...

Jul 06, 2020
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Publicity and Sustainability in Rural Areas: Pa...

Recently, LUO studio in China completed the project to relocate and extend a village committee office in Yu...

Jul 01, 2020
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The First Adoption of the Korean Ondol Principl...

Last July, Jacobs House I by Frank Lloyd Wright was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. This house is t...

Jun 29, 2020
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[Interview] A Little More Slowly, a Little Deep...

Piknic, which since opening in May 2018 has achieved wide popularity for its refreshing exhibition programm...

Jun 25, 2020
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[Interview] The Root of Form: Kwak Chulan

Kwak Chulan has created biomorphic furniture and sculpture by bending and knotting wood and metal. Pursuing...

Jun 19, 2020
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Reading Poetry in the Old Church : Sinan Books ...

The Chinese design studio, Wutopia Lab, has renovated a church built in 1932 for its new life as a bookstor...

Jun 15, 2020
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[Roundtable] Architecture and the City in the A...

SPACE x Cho Jaewon (principal, 0_1 Studio) x Choi Doin (executive director, metaa) x Hwang Doojin (principa...

Jun 09, 2020