In the design proposal for the Asian Culture Complex, UnSangDong Architects + Kim Woo II constitutes a stage that acts as a new container for the culture and everyday events. If the new stage for the city is creating an empty open space out of penetrations pathways and plazas, making the new ‘city stage’ is the same as to conduct an enormous mapping operation with penetrating programs and landscape. They propose the Asian Culture Complex as the earth in between creation and disappearance. The earth that is transformed into fragmented pieces and become urban landscape filled with memories of the site and historical evolution of various spectrums of relationships. More images and architects’ description after the break.
We provide a culture canvas that can be filled in by the citizens of Gwangju. Setting up the open space as the platform to hose. “audience-driven” acts. Not just empty and void, the open space acts as a sheet of canvas to host constant change in time and media. This canvas is filled and generated by the audience’s participation. Each audience becomes a protagonist in this “Plaza of Participation”. Through changing boundaries and shifting programs, the plaza is a set of infrastructure that provides diverse range of experiences to the citizens. It opens up to host various events at regular intervals including indoor/outdoor exhibits and performances, while flexible enough to accomodate the needs for the special occasions.
