Namwon Pavilion - SanSan / Boundaries Architects
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.
© Hwang Hyo Chel
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
© Hwang Hyo Chel
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.
© Hwang Hyo Chel
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...
© Hwang Hyo Chel
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
© Hwang Hyo Chel
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.
© Hwang Hyo Chel
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...
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