Cultural project in architecture

Cheung Ju City Hall design competition - idea to embrace historical building thru pavilion design

Art Complex in Pyeung Chang Dong, Seoul, South Korea. The main concept of our design is the fusion of the old and new. From the material used to the form of mass, its outcome expresses the work of art, the contemporary architecture through traditional Korean architecture metaphorically. In addition, open terraces of each function make the building more vibrant and accessible. For more ingo, please visit: http://www.theeae.com The materials used for the building façade are copper and silver perforated metal panels, which go under different finishing. Some copper panels have a rust finish, demonstrating the past times; on the other hand, the smooth and clean silver metal panels represent present. We will be using refurbished recycled metals and new ones, giving a more varied and random patterns for the façade design. This might be an effective promotion of environmental issues. Moreover this building itself will be educational and contributive to the environment. The building is composed of two main types of mass and shape: the ones covered with copper panels are mimicking traditional Korean eaves, smooth curves with elegant shapes, creating a contemporary mass; on the other hand, the silver ones have boxy mass, giving a sense of modernism. The masses interlocked, creating a complex, showing a variation of spatial quality and ideas. This is a fusion of old and new. We hope to remind people about the tradition while promoting new creations, encouraging the art center to grow in different perspectives.

Location : Los Angeles, CA, USA Title : HILLACMA for Lacma not LACKma Communities often comprise a diverse mix of individuals from different districts, towns or cities, considered collectively, especially in the context of social values and responsibilities or a society at large. The built form we offer is a stage for these communities to visit and use, thus foster a sense of belonging through social interactions and communication. Ultimately, it will be a new cultural platform that connects people from different walks of life. Designing a public building allows us to explore ideas to benefit the community in the most efficient way. The existing LACMA has its value as it has served the public for over 4~5 decades despite its current outworn functionality. The experience and memories it has offered to communities are undeniably invaluable. Regarding this, the old surpasses the new – what takes us into the new development may be too luxurious or too disrespectful to the past. However, in light of the potential improvements of the current site, a transformation is deemed necessary to enhance the function of the museum in the future. In consideration of the communities’ needs on this matter, we believe the emphasis on preserving the historical value should give a way to future-proof architecture. Our aspiration that the newborn will create a joy over the old has to be proved through the outcome of the design. Furthermore, communities should be encouraged to be open to the transformation and possible changes to their daily lives. Weighing heavily on the circumstances above, our vision assures us to move forward in creation of the new development to make better communication and interactions with the surroundings – Hancock Park, Wilshire Blvd. and associated outdoor corridors. All in all, we believe our newly proposed development will open an unprecedented cultural platform offering the best use of the museum, as well as public space altogether.

Library design proposal for international design competition. Location : Gwang Ju, South Korea Title : City Main Library G.J. Architect : TheeAe LTD. The city of Gwangju is the sixth largest city in South Korea. The city is a transitional zone between the west flatland and east mountainous area. By its locational and regional aspects, the city has gone through many historical events along with the rapid development of the country. As the development has started from late 1900’s until now, the modern architecture has been placed past 30 years. Hence, the urban fabric present is relatively modernistic, as it also embraces a range from small scale to large scale housings; public and private architecture; especially vast natural farmlands and mountains around. Among this context, the new downtown area as a part of the competition is centered on how nature of the city is able to offer a new story on this urban framework. The architecture of this urban area is well clothed by the mix of modernistic and traditional form of architecture. Pitched and sloped roofs, siding panels, stone finished wall, red bricked façade, painted housing complex wall, etc. Since the new city main library is an institutional structure that is highly valued by the local community, it is a prominent location next to the main spatial landmark, Sangmu Sculpture Park, and Sangmu Citizen Park, and 5.18 Freedom Park. Its location is at the intersection of Cheon Byeun Jwaharo and Sangmu Nuriro. This adds extra importance on the new City Main Library building which will be seen by any passing through the city passengers. The strong feature of the site is located at the front of Cheon Byeun Juaharo, a wide pedestrian zone defined by Gwangju Creek. This urban feature is the major importance for the composition concept, because it belongs to the pedestrian network that links surrounding building areas and acts as a gathering place for the new downtown of the city of Gwangju and the new library. Therefore, it becomes an opportunity for the new library building to bring this open public square in front, by fostering most of activities, events and exhibitions to communities.

Location : Song Do, Incheon, South Korea Title : Writings on Landscape - Museum of World Writing “Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion with signs and symbols. In most languages, writing is a complement to speech or spoken languages. Writing is not a language, but a tool developed by human society.” It is a great task to trace back cultural heritages through studying and developing forms and styles from various ethnic backgrounds of each different writings and writing systems. In this immediate understanding on the matter, we are overwhelmed by the fact the expression on the museum of world writing can be too vast and tremendous. However, creating the architectural form for the Museum of World Writing will be very much rewarding historical event, if we can express, as architects, into a form of conglomeration that brings the sense and beauty of the world writings. The location of the museum is centered at ‘The Central Park’ of the city and it provides a place for people around to relax and enjoy open green nature of the town and sceneries around the city to view from their high-rise residential or office towers. By the given context, we intended to use the landscape as a major part of the design element and wanted the museum building a simple form to reflect the surroundings together with characteristics of writings and their various systems. Hence, we simply start to draw our imagination on the site as if we are writing various written characters from countries in the world on a notebook. Parts of written characters on landscape are vertically erected to be viewed from the horizontal landscape by preserving parking space underground to minimize waterproof issues due to excavation on the reclaimed land. Vertically standing letters are engraved to the wall. Two main rectangular exhibition areas are inter-connected through this wall which becomes bridges of two buildings; thus, they become transitional space from A to B exhibition, library to cafeteria, office to canteen, etc. giving various and continuous exhibition space in sequential circulation. Façade materials, reflective corrugate metals, are chosen to reflect surroundings to be well mingled into the landscape. The existence of the form is invisible into the nature, yet it stands still. At the end, The architecture of the world writing is concluded as an art of conglomeration implicitly in landscape and explicitly behind built facade.

Location : Hypothetical location in Abu Dhabi Title : Cool Abu Dhabi Challenge - Misthology Heat is transferred between two substances at different temperatures, from the substance of higher temperature to the other of lower temperature. Heat transfer occurs by three mechanisms: conduction, convection, and radiation.• Conduction is the transfer of heat between atoms and molecules in direct contact• Convection is the transfer of heat by movement of the heated substance itself, such as by currents in a fluid• Radiation is the transfer of heat by way of electromagnetic waves. In these mechanisms, heat transfers occur through surfaces of street pavement, building façade, cars and other unknown objects from outdoor environment. To alleviate the effect of heat transfers to the environment, it is crucial to make an effort to impede such transfer process. Hence, not only shall we make sure that the new installation should not be the medium which causes heat transfer from the material itself, but also it shall create a cooling element to resist the stagnant heat from surroundings. Based on materials characteristics, the most effective substances to minimize heat generations are water and green plants. These materials could set off the standard heat gains to the lowest point. In order to utilize these materials, we designed a green wall system on one façade and waterfall system to the other. As green wall itself blocks heat gain, waterfall system will be constantly circulated in order to reduce heat transfer. Fallen water basically enters the tank underground and passes through refrigerant cooling and filtration system. This cooled and filtered water (drinkable water) shall be used for the waterfall. In addition, we employ a mist cooling system to enhance the cooling effect in a height of 3 to 4.5 meter above the ground. Also, canopies are added to block sunlight. While waterfall and green wall system would slow down heat transfers, the mist cooling system will extensively add cooling elements to the surroundings. On top of these functional strategies, most importantly, the installation shall offer a unique feature to Abu Dhabi. A tower to include the functions mentioned above can be duplicated or multiplied to create a monumental form that expresses, in this given site, mountains above clouds which we refer as a mythological image of coolness. At the end, we believe, the final installation would be an epic which generates a functional and aesthetic cooling system to the city.

The Elevated Elf Land is a nature friendly theme park for Human and Horse for the expression of new identity of Horse Park in Korea. Our intention on its purposeful driven Park is to create a unique development to attract family groups rather than individual gamblers who are from the town in local, other cities and even overseas. Thus, we believe the bringing the theme into the race environment with physically elevated platform to preserve nature and its environment for horse and people will change the Korean's paradigm on horse race culture which is "Gamble" into family oriented theme horse race. For more info, please visit http://www.theeae.com The existing site has its various height differences on each mountain from 25m to 45m, as their differences make the site very much unique as they are. Placing the horse track on its mountainous site, the track smoothly landed on the site by creating higher level to approach to the site from the parking area as naturally elevated land so as to be a unique identity of Let’s Run Horse Park which is a unique to its only location in Yeoungchen. Besides its structural form of the park, we aim the shift of paradigm by introduction of the Elf Land which is a new story of Horse Park Yeoungchen. We intend iconic landmark castle that will consist of 6 different tribes who are appeared mainly in the Lord of the Ring, one of famous fantasy movies. Its story is about horse race game to be held by one of tribes, the Elf who invites 5 other tribes for the horse race game in her land. In this form, private gamble sports of horse racing will become family oriented game. From the entry of the theme park to utilization of each function on the site is related function to visitors’ benefits on uses of facilities in the theme park.

Location : Kaunas, Lithuania Title Floral Solar Treee Architect : TheeAe LTD. The City of Kaunas, as the second largest city in Lithuania, is vibrant with cultural and academic life. There are eight eminent universities in Kaunas, and the city is full of curious students, educators, entrepreneurs, technologists, scientists and naturalists. With such a diverse set of young minds, thinkers and creators around, the new Cultural and Science Center Building on the Science Island will act as the catalyst for the development of new ideas, philosophies and ideologies. more info. please go to https://www.theeae.com/portfolio/floral-solar-tree/ Project name: Floral Solar Tree Location: Kaunas, Lithuania Use: Science museum Site Area: 230,000m2 Bldg. Area: 13,000m2 Gross Floor Area: 14,000m2 Design by TheeAe LTD. https://www.theeae.com/ Music in this video : FIFTY VINC - HIP HOP & RAP BEATS FIFTY VINC THE WARRIOR'S WAY (Way Of The Warrior PART 3) [AGGRESSIVE STRINGS RAP BEAT Artist : FiFtYVinC

Arch-lay Crafted is Art Museum Complex in a pottery form by stacking three different museums into one form. This swiveled form relates to its neighbor to bring contemporary art with historical design element. For more info, please visit http://www.theeae.com Today’s Shenzhen is not just a modern city, but the merits of its geological location make it also a cultural melting pot. The new public cultural and art center needs modernism to correspond the pace of Shenzhen’s development, yet practices the significance of cultural inheritance. Hence, the concept of our design is to explore Chinese traditional pottery art through contemporary methods. Chinese pottery has a long history and has been world’s leading for long. This will be a suitable theme for the concept of the new public culture and art center. The process of pottery shaping is a metaphor for mixing the three different cultures together. They support each other during development and achieve high. Instead of building three separate buildings, the idea of “Three as one” is more meaningful. Our design is not solely providing Shenzhen with a cultural landmark, but together with the adventurous and prospective shape of the design, the public center will gain reputation around the world and strengthen the cultural influences. This design mainly consists of six parts, which are, from top to below, roof garden, art gallery, museum, gallery, public open space and underground parking respectively. The circulation of the public center is a simple composition of two patterns: the ramps which go through the whole gallery and museum and the vertical circulation. Visitors may choose to slowly walk along the ramp to enjoy the gallery, and then they will continue the visit to the museum by another ramp or the art gallery by stairs or elevators and eventually reach to the roof garden on the top floor; on the other hand, they can simply take the elevator and visit wherever they want. In order to increase the service quality and efficiency, there will be three sets of vertical circulation throughout the whole building. The three sets are located averagely and each set contains stair and elevator so as to make the visit more convenient.

The Creation of Architectural Garden through a Form of Broken Ice; Museum of Guggenheim. The environment present in the city is the cityscape that creates the characteristic of the town. It is a form of elevation that our eye can capture. It may be an expression of our needs to survive in the town. Furthermore, it would generate emotional and sentimental effusion by creating a memory out of it. For more stories, here is the link: http://www.theeae.com/portfolio/floral-ice/ For more of our works, please visit: http://www.theeae.com The environment of the city has been related to the Baltic Sea throughout its history. Its climate, culture, business and life are related to this urban fabric. The design site is located right in-between the Baltic Sea and Tahititornin Park. Its characteristics to render into this city context will be very much excited. By its fine location, the distinctive seasonal change becomes much dramatic elements to bring to the site as a form of architecture. In every season, there is respective own beauty. Especially, the strongest impression tends to happen when there is a dramatic change. When the spring season is near to arrive, frozen ice on the Baltic sea begins to melt away. The Tahititornin Park will be preparing its transformation with its new clothes. The landscape covered the city will change its form. In this regard, we propose a new building on the site to continue to bring this excitement. We intend the form naturally to be generated from melting ice on the sea as structure elements. The elevation lines that has been drawn by trees on the park becomes an architectural enclosure. We imagine planting a native seed on the site. It will grow and become a fine medium to connect the sea and the park. We believe the interpretation that is made from this context shall recall nostalgia that people would see this new architecture as a nature that is not a foreign but a native one. Once it is only a seed and now it will be a grown plant as a part of the cityscape where it has always been.