SPACE November 2024 (No. 684)
Rendering images of ‘Soundscape’
Project Reconfigured Ground, Nodeul Maeul / Soundscape (Nodeul Island)
Architect mmkplus Inc. + Topos design Group Inc. + Dongsimwon Landscape Architects Inc. / Heatherwick Studio
Location Nodeul Island, 445, 446, Yangnyeong-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea
Site area 119,854m2 (upper part: 60,818m2, lower part: 59,036m2)▼1
Building area 9,619m2 / in progress
Gross floor area 9,349m / in progress
Competition year 2016 / 2024
Construction period Oct. 27, 2017 – Nov. 30, 2019 / in progress
Opening Sep. 2019 / in progress
Client Seoul Metropolitan Government
Rendering images of ‘Soundscape’
*The previous timeline was covered in SPACE No. 627
June 2015 Competition for Nodeul Dream Island (1st Phase) held, 10 teams selected for the second round of competition
Sep. 2015 Competition for Nodeul Dream Island (2nd Phase) held, ‘Band of NODEUL’, including Urban Transformer, Record Label Industry Association of Korea, Seoul Fringe Network, and etc wins
June 2016 International Competition for Nodeul Dream Island (3rd Phase) held, ‘Reconfigured Ground, Nodeul Maeul’ by mmkplus + Park Taehyung wins
Jan. 2017 Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) Nodeul Island Specialist Space Development Committee announced the operator of Nodeul Island will be selected through a private outsourcing bid
May 2019 SMG holds the Bidding for the Operation License of a Specialised Space in Nodeul Island, Urban Transformer, Fluxus Inc., and OTD Corp. are selected as operators
Sep. 2019 Nodeul Island opens to the public
Sep. 28, 2019 Nodeul Island Opening Festival held
Oct. 2020 – Feb. 2021 Special event to celebrate the first anniversary, ‘We sum up the culture in Nodeul’, held
Oct. 2021 – Nov. 2021 Second anniversary special performance, ‘The Wonder Weeks’, takes place
2022 The operator of Nodeul Island changes from Urban Transformer to a private agency
Mar. 2023 Idea Design Competition for the Nodeul Global Art Island held, seven plans are revealed, but no winning design is selected
July 2023 Nationwide Idea Design Competition for the Nodeul Global Art Island held
Jan. 2024 The operator of Nodeul Island changes from a private agency to the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
May 2024 International Design Competition for the Nodeul Global Art Island held, ‘Soundscape’ by Heatherwick Studio wins
Apr. – Sep. 2...
