»Raw space for art!« that is what we suggest to the city council of daegu and the daegu fine arts association, who invited us to an international symposium, about the transformation of the 60.000 qm tabacco-factory »kt&g« into a cultural area. The massive building, near daegu station and near the historical city center, which is  a monumental witness of the korean industrial age and empty for several years, could be a corner-stone for the revitalisation of the whole area. > map

It could be a really symbiotic process, a »long-term interaction between different biological species« to start  using the building as factory for creative & cultural industries >from industrial production to cultural production. The building will survive, the artists will have space for their experimental art production and the neighbours will have vital partner, which effect on the urban space and the quality of the city.

allowing tobacco studios as well as its neighbourhood to develop in a symbiotic process to strengthen not only its identity as a space for art-production, but also the identity of colourful daegu.

coming to daegu 4 months ago, i was totally lost in this city. i had the impression, i will never be able to orientate in this city.  only the green hills seemed to me something  like an orientation mark., maybe one of the most characterizing points, that korean cities don’t seem to have no monumets, no palaces, churches, industrial complexes, …, no landmarks for orientation. we stubled onto this building in september, and for me it was the first building in daegu with real identity. a building like a monument, a massive landmark on the edge of the historical city of impressingly big scale, witness of  korean industrial age, of the enormous economic growing of this country. i can read in this building some part of koreas history, without knowing the language, without studying books.

presented at
international forum on transforming old tobacco factory to cultural area
2011.12.21
daegu gyeong-buk design center
daegu, republic of korea

the results of the integrated architectural design studio, redeveloping a U.S.army-base in daegu/korea, focussing on housing and on the boundaries to a locked-away part of urban tissue is presented at design daegu, attracting daegu’s vice mayors intrest.
integrated studio with prof. lim wei siang freddie [landscape] prof. dr. raffaele pernice [urbanism] prof. steve skorski [interior].

Living Han-Ok in Daegu This project has the main focus on the vitalization of the Han-Ok, which are still existing in the center of the cities, for example in the traditional center of Daegu. The idea is, to develope the existing Han-Ok in the city-center to a convenient living-house for the next generation, by improving the climatic performance in a tectonic, and technological way. That means, preserving the character of the house, but adding new elements, which support the small building in a sensitive way. It´a more creative way and usable way of conversation, than the historical Han-Ok villages are able to offer. With the developing of the neglected Han-Ok the city center will become a more interesting place for living and housing again. 이 프로젝트는 대구의 전통센터와 같이 현재 도심에 남아있는 한옥의 활성화에 그 목적을 두었다. 이 계획은 지질 구조적이고 기술적인 방법으로 주위환경을 개선시킴으로써 도시 중심에 잔존하는 한옥 주택을 다음 세대를 위한 편리한 주택으로 발전시키는데 목적이 있다. 그 의미는 한옥의 특징을 보존하되 새로운 기능을 추가하여 감각적인 방법으로 한옥을 활성화시킨다. 이것은 기존의 한옥에 보다 더 창의적이고 실용적인 소통의 방안이다. 도심 속 소외된 한옥의 활성화를 통해 다시 머물기 위한 더욱 흥미로운 장소가 될 것이다.

Adding two Elements New On-Dol in court-yard & Mobile glass-house system for winter/autem/spring, to make the courtyard a living room in winter. 여름 마당에 설치되는 온돌은 또 다른 기능을 제공. 정원과 화장실에 사용하는 물의 제공을 위한 우수조의 역할을 한다 & 복사에 의한 주택과 바닥의 냉방을 위한 축열제 역할을 한다.

Summer The new On-Dol in the courtyard will offer different functions; being a storage-tank for rainwater, which can be used for the flowers, toilet etc. being a thermal-mass for cooling house by radiation, or sitting on a “cool” floor. 두가지 기능 제안 -마당에 온돌을 설치한다. -봄/가을/겨울에도 마당을 거실처럼 사용할 수 있도록 가변형 유리 시스템 도입한다.

Winter With the mobile glas-house system, you can close the courtyard in winter Sfor extending the living-room. The passive solar-win will heat the house and heat uo the thermal mass in the new On-Dol. 겨울가변형 유리 시스템을 통해 겨울에 마당을 덮어 더 넓은 거실로 사용할 수 있다. 자연형 태양열 시스템은 집을 따듯하게 하고 온돌의 축열제를 따듯하게 한다.

the hanok metabolism
collect > store > enjoy integrated low-tech high-performance in adaptable & adjustable sustainable urban space
도심 대구 한옥 2.0 [중구, 북내동]

collect & protect the tranparent roof (corrugated post-consumer polycarbonate) allows for the hanoks supply of natural light and solar energy, easily controlled by industrial reflective green-house blinds and adaptable cross-ventilation. 투명한 한옥 지붕은 산업용 온실 블라인드를 이용하여 자연 채광과 태양 에너지를 공급하고 통풍을 쉽게 통제할 수 있다.

urban farming fresh vegetables & herbs throughout the year from your own roof and out of your court. 일년내내 신선한 야채와 허브를 자신의 지붕에º 재배할 수 있다.

heat sink the excessive summer-heat collected in the ceiling, used as cooling component is stored in a thermally decoupled heat-sink in the former ondol-housing plynth with optional thermal exchange with ground-water. 과거의 온돌의 원리를 기둥에 적용시켜서 여름에 천장에 모인 과열된 열기를 / 저장해 두었던 지하수의 냉기와 맞바꾸는 역할을 한다.

reedbed sewage treatment grey-water is cleaned in the adjacent linear pond for re-use in the garden. 생활폐수는 정원의 연못에º 정수식물을 이용하여 다시 사용할수 있도록 정가 된다.

fastondol the responsive storage-coupled thin-bed screed avoids delays at heating demands. the thermal storage provides the hanok with time-shifted nocturnal solar heating. the oversized energy-reservoir allows for a small-scale additionally energy-input from continuous, efficient combustion. 열저장고와 빠르게 연결되어진 바닥은열 수요의 지연을 방지한다. 열 저장고는 밤중에 한옥에 태양열을 제공한다. 대 규 모의 에너지저장고는 계속해서 효과적인 가열을 돕는 작은 크기의 부가되어진 에너지의 출입을 허락한다.

rainwater storage seasonal rain excesses is stored in a earth-tank to reduce water-consumption and flooding. 계절별 빗물은 홍수를 줄이기 위해 지하탱크에 저장이 된다.

green filter the desiduous »flying« screen filters climate-responsive the hanoks solar exposure whilst cleaning the air from pollutants. irrigated by post-reedbed-water. 기후에 반응하는 한옥은태양 노출은 날리는 지, 오염물질, 낙엽등을 정수식물을 이용하여 걸러낸다.

convertible court closed in winter, the transformable courtyard minimizes a/v, whilst collecting passively solar thermal energy.
during summer it allows for cross-ventilation in a fully opened position. 변형가능한 안뜰은 겨울에 공기대류를 줄이는 반면, 태양열에너지를 꾸준히 저장할 수 있다.

transulation sliding multiple-wall-sheets from post-consumer polycarbonate as additional shojis increase winterly solar-intake whilst adding living space in the newly created buffer-zone. 과거 창호지와 같은 미닫이 문은 겨울의 집ø양을 증가시켜주고 집안의 새로운 완충공간을 제공한다.

compost toilet modular serving-spaces (kitchen, storage, ..) are plugged-out. the nutritious-rich ordure is transformed to compost on site instead of becoming a pollutant to gaining streams. 모듈단위로 돌출된 공간은 (부엌, 수납공간등등) 영양이 풍부한 오물을 하천으로 바로 보내지 않고 퇴비처리 한다.

[photos © istockphoto]

Because we love crazy buildings, we couldn’t resist this last moment entry which was really way too late…
sewoonsanga – utopia of a monster has been selected for the 2011 edition of the bienal architecture film festival rotterdam.

screenings
→ saturday, 08. october 2011 @ 19:45 hrs
→ sunday, 09. october 2011 @ 18:30 hrs in lantarenvenster, cinema 1

a documentary movie by jan schabert, hyeong-gyu seong, jae-young kim, sang-ryeol kim, seong-hoon heo, wenwen tao
editing consultant: antonia fenn
funding: BISA research fund, Keimyung University

we left the working model of house z. in storage for several months. in this time, house z. was converted into house w. [see also: architecture without architects, bernard rudofsky)

Die Stadt München hat einen neuen Ort für ein internationales »Artist-in-Residence« Programm: Das Ebenböckhaus in Pasing. Wir schlagen vor, mobile Gartenateliers zu realisieren, um den Gastkünstlerinnen und -künstlern die Arbeit inmitten der Natur des großzügigen parkartigen Gartens zu ermöglichen. Die »Garten-Ateliers Ebenböck«.

Der historische Park des Ebenböckhauses könnte als Plattform für  Modellstudien zukünftiger Projekte im öffentlichen dienen. Für einen Workshop zur Modellbildung könnten die temporären Glashäuser als Werkstatt, Ausstellung- oder Lagerraum dienen, gleichsam als Nucleus  gemeinsam zu entwickelnder Konzepte. Eine Ausweitung der städtebaulichen Struktur in den benachbarten Park (der ehemals auch ein Teil des Ebenböckgartens war) ließe eine erweiterte Öffentlichkeit zu, um die Laborsituation des Parkes erweitern. Die Glashäuser thematisieren die Besonderheit des Ortes, transformieren ihn temporär zu einem Ort der Kunstproduktion und erweitern damit das Spektrum der bereits existierenden Nutzung.

Die Glashäuser könnten vom Gartenbaureferat ausgeliehen sein, oder als »Bausatz« vom Hersteller geliefert werden.
Der Auf- und Abbau könnte durch dieTeilnehmer des Workshops erfolgen. [vgl. auch prj. 006 wochenendhaus]

[luftbild: quelle: google earth]

allgemeine überraschende erkenntnisse zu daegu. daegu, als vertreterin einer koreanischen stadt hat keine monumente. die grünen hügel sind die einzigen »objekt/skulpturhaften« monumente von öffentlicher relevanz. unverzichtbar für die orientierung in der stadt.

vermutungen zu den hügeln. wir vermuten, daß die hügel deshalb unantastbar sind, weil sich die, wiederum auch hügelartigen grabstätten auf diesen befinden. nur die paläste und universitätscampii dürfen die hügel »betreten« und somut einen »weichen« übergang zwischen sstadt und lanschaft herstellen.

camp walker und apsan. das militärgelände »camp-walker« , ort unserer untersuchung ist geprägt vom »hausberg« daegus, dem apsan. meiner meinung nach sollte diese besondere situation genutzt werden, um eine neue, »moderne« antwort auf das verhältnis von stadt und hügel zu geben. der berg sollte in die stadt fließen, um einen großen park zu schaffen und möglichst vielen einwohnerinnen und einwohnern, die nähe und den zugang zum apsan zu ermöglichen. der park soll das größte kirschbaum feld in korea werden. coming soon…

[source: naver]

coming soon…

Kein anderer Architekt des 20. Jahrhunderts war in Korea einflussreicher als Kim Swoo Geun. Während er aber in seiner Heimat bis heute eine Berühmtheit ist, stellt sich uns – auch 25 Jahre nach seinem Tod – noch immer die gleiche Frage, die bereits 1979 ein Time-Life-Redakteur formulierte: „Ob er wohl jemals auch internationale Bekanntheit erlangt?“ (…) Kim Swoo Geun wurde 1931 in Cheongjin, in der Provinz Hamgyong-Namdo im Norden Koreas, geboren. Zum Studium schrieb er sich an der National University von Seoul im Fachbereich Architektur ein, für einen von seinerzeit nur zwei Studiengängen mit vierjähriger Dauer. Sein Studium währte noch keine drei Monate, als der Koreakrieg ausbrach. Nicht in der Lage, aus Seoul zu fliehen, wurde Kim von nordkoreanischen Soldaten zum Militärdienst beordert. Mit knapper Not gelang es ihm, sich der Anordnung zu entziehen und er machte sich, gerade 20 Jahre alt, als blinder Passagier auf den Weg nach Japan, um dort seine Studien fortzusetzen. Nach seinem ersten Abschluss am Tokyo Art College, wo er zu den Schützlingen Yoshimura Junjos gehörte, wechselte Kim zum erfolgreichen Masterstudium an die Tokyo University. Im Jahr 1959, Kim war zu dieser Zeit Doktorand in Tokyo, gewann er mit einer Gruppe junger koreanischer Studenten den Wettbewerb für den Entwurf des koreanischen Parlaments. Zwar kam es, da die korrupte Regierung Rhee kurze Zeit später durch einen Volksaufstand gestürzt wurde, nicht zur Verwirklichung des Projekts, doch immerhin versetzte es Kim in den Stand, in seine Heimat zurückkehren zu können. Kim Swoo Geuns Karriere nahm einen steilen Anstieg, als er die Gunst des neuen Militärregimes Park Chung Hees erlangte. Im Zuge der Industrialisierungsbestrebungen des Landes fielen ihm erste wichtige Projekte zu, die er im skulpturalen Stil des Brutalismus ausführte. Zu den herausragenden Arbeiten dieser ersten Phase gehören die Hill Top Bar (1961), das Freedom Center and Tower Hotel (1963), das Buyeo Museum (1965) und das KIST Main Building (1967). Unter Kims Ägide als Präsident der koreanischen Engineering and Consulting Cooperation entstanden umfassende Planungen für die städtebauliche Neugestaltung der Insel Yoido, zur Sanierung des Zentrums von Seoul und für den Bau eines neuen internationalen Flughafens.
[Pai Hyungmin, University of Seoul auf www.aedes-arc.de]

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