On Nov. 16, 2020, Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced the beginning of construction of a ‘New Gwanghwamun Square’ to turn Gwanghwamun Square into a plaza in which people can rest and walk comfortably. The construction is expected to take pl

The institution of a Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture (KMUA), first explored in the article ‘Is the Establishment of an Architectural Museum Farfetched?’, ▼1 is now at the final design stages as part of an international design competition a

On Dec. 14, 2020, Junglim Architecture announced the winners of the ‘Junglim Typeface Design Awards’. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of the founder Kim Jungchul, Junglim Architecture and Junglim Foundation held this competition in

Lo-fi / Nameless / Simplicity / Imperfection / Liquid Modernity / Modern Mythology / Not Being Two / Dependency / Moderate Utopia / Tree / Playground / Boundaries / Liquid Stone / Natural and Artificial / Constructive and Destructive / Bunker / Urban

Choi Eunhwa (Choi): The International Design Competition for Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture (KMUA) intended to create a ‘dynamic museum’ that would sustain future evolution and growth by accumulating and producing a wide range of content

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced on Nov. 11, 2020 that ‘GROUNDSCAPE’ by ONE O ONE architects (principal, Choi Wook), gangheejae architects (principal, Kang Soungwon), and Seoahn Total Landscape Architecture (principal, Jung Youngsun)

Contrary to the imagined fate of other buildings, Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture (KMUA), which represents the cities and architecture of the nation, must set a precedent by which the initial concept continues to circulate inside the body

BARE  This article will summarise the historical situation by which the museum is re-establishing itself as a social and cultural institution through architecture as its medium, and introduce ‘A Mobile Assemblage’, proposed as one of the more meaning

The museums of today must become platforms that seek out new narratives through visitor participation in response to changes in contemporary social values, marking a departure from the role of transmitting established knowledge. In terms of their pro

Yoon Wonhwa, a visual culture researcher, wrote a series of articles. Focus on the place where the exhibition is placed and talk about the exhibition. Exhibitions move places in the form of images and data and change their appearance in various ways.

The new Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture (KMUA) is not a place that prioritses identity in its form. When the concept of architecture as ‘A Recycling Assemblage’ leads to an idea of a connected architecture educational programme, the role o

Everyone has something that they care about. This article is about the things that protect and brighten the everyday lives of architects. Seo Seungmo was born in Kyoto in 1971. He started working as an independent architectur in Seoul in 2004. He re

TM Studio, an architect’s office based in Shanghai, China, has been reforming the surroundings of old urban areas through public projects since 2000. SPACE had an interview with Tong Ming, the principal of TM Studio, about Changli Garden, a landscape

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THE FIRST PENGUIN is a design studio that integrates a wide variety of design works including graphic design, branding, furniture, space, and so on. They are known for creating diverse spatial experiences stemming from operational characteristics. We

Jenny Holzer is a conceptual artist who has spent her career producing artwork that interrogates the use of language in our contemporary media landscapes. Beginning with ‘text work’, such as her recognisable aphorisms, proverbs and adages reflecting

Bang Yukyung (Bang): This building is located on the site of an urban regeneration project in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which has been in progress since 2010. Were any technical, programmatic, or morphological guidelines specified by those managing the

Bang Yukyung (Bang): Your third book came out nine years after the publication of New Imagination of Urban Architecture (2009) and Street Corner Architecture (2012). What story did you hope to add? Sung Hong Kim (Kim): I wrote my first book to point

The exhibition ‘Double Curly Loop’ of the artist duo 25hr sailing (Kim Bokyung and Keem Cheongjin) was on show between Nov. 11 to Dec. 6, 2020 at factory2 in Seoul. 25hr sailing research images taken from daily life to those from society at large and

Architect Kengo Kuma & Associates (Kengo Kuma) + NTT FACILITIES, INC. (Kazuhiko Matsubara) Design team Yuki Ikeguchi, Kenji Miyahara, Hiroaki Akiyama, Takumi Nakahara, Ryuya Yamawaki, Yohei Mochizuki Location 586-2 Banocho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Kim Yeram (Kim): Thank you for inviting us to visit the site of your current project. Lee Dami (Lee): We are at a small villa in Sindang-dong, Seoul. An acquaintance requested that I renovate this house. The building is quite old, so there are a lot

The 20th SongEun Art Award exhibition has been on show at SongEun ArtSpace since Dec. 11, 2020. SongEun Art Award is an award held to seek out and support young artists in Korea. The host, SongEun Art and Cultural Foundation, has been hosting exhibit

Kim Yeram (Kim): Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation carried out an urban development project named ShinPuhKan Complex. Tell us about the aims of this urban development project and the history behind the complex. Kengo Kuma (Kuma): In 1926,

After establishing his Realrich Architecture Workshop in 2011, Realrich Sjarief is currently involved in architectural activities that emphasizes locality and handcraft. He graduated from the Institute Technology of Bandung in Indonesia, did his mast