The city of Namwon was designated a Cultural City by the Korean government in 2014 ? the first in the country ? and as a consequence, the city planned to build twelve pavilions across the city by 2017 as a way to provide small, cultural ?pit-stops? for the locals and visitors.

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Architects: Boundaries architects

Location: Namwon-si, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

Architect In Charge: Kim Youn Soo

Area: 24.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Hwang Hyo Chel

Collaborators: Shim Hyungsun

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From the architect. The city of Namwon was designated a Cultural City by the Korean government in 2014 ? the first in the country ? and as a consequence, the city planned to build twelve pavilions across the city by 2017 as a way to provide small, cultural ?pit-stops? for the locals and visitors.
Plan

In 2015, five teams of young architects were selected to proceed with the project on five idle sites within the city. We were asked to build a pavilion in front of Namwon Station, where, historically, Namwon?s fortress walls and one of its main gates used to be.

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Our pavilion, ?SanSan? (??), is an amalgamation that means ?mountains and mountains.? The design is a formal interpretation of the well-known Jiri mountains, whose trail begins and ends at Namwon. In the past, Nam...