1st Prize. Mapo Oil Reserve Base
12/10/2013.
Competition
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA, ÁNGELA SOLÍS
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA, ÁNGELA SOLÍS
International Idea Competition for the Mapo Oil Reserve Base in Seoul, Seoul Metropolitan Government. The first step to changing the Mapo Oil Reserve Base, a International Competition for Professionals and Students.
Prologue: Senses, Time, Nature. Design concept. Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
First prize entry: Resonance of Light: Proposal for Mapo Oil Reserve Base. Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
Resonance of Light: Proposal for Mapo Oil Reserve Base. Exterior perspective. Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
Interface: Gentle Movement of Fiber Optics. Spatial section. Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
A Rhythmic Spatial Sequence: Gentle Waves of Light and Sound. Site section. Image courteA Rhythmic Spatial Sequence: Gentle Waves of Light and Sound. Site section. Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.sy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang. Click above to see larger image.
Climax: Whiffle of Sound. Interior perspective. Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
Development: Figures and Senses. Concept diagram. Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
Playground: Flexible for Exhibition or Acoustic Performance. Ground floor plan. (+4.00m). Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
Reminiscence: Return to the Nature. Site plan. (+15.00m). Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
Flow: Open-ended Spatial Experience. Floor plan. (+8.00m) Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
Development: Figures and Senses. Concept diagram. Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
Development: Figures and Senses. Concept diagram. Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
Development: Figures and Senses. Concept diagram. Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
Epilogue: Resonance. Interior perspective. Image courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
The Public Development Center of the Seoul Metropolitan Government recently announced the winners for "The first step to changing the Mapo Oil Reserve Base" international competition. The ideas competition challenged student and professional participants to repurpose the Mapo Oil Reserve Base in Sangam, Seoul, South Korea, which has been out of use for the past 10 years.
Sunggi Park, a graduate student at Harvard Graduate School of Design, and Hyemin Jang, an undergraduate architecture student at Cornell University, won the first prize of $10,000 for their project "Resonance of Light." Their project transforms the Mapo oil tanks formerly used for military purposes into a welcoming multi-functional space where public programs can be held — all while keeping the surrounding natural environment untouched as possible.
A local judging committee of scholarly experts in architecture, urban planning and design, landscape, and social science evaluated the submissions in a three-stage procedure from Aug. 29 - Sept. 9. Jung Gon Kim, professor of architecture at Konkuk University, was chairperson of the committee.
The awards ceremony will take place on Oct. 8 at the Taepyeong Hall, Seoul Citizens Hall (B2F Seoul City Hall Main Building).
All images and text courtesy of Sunggi Park and Hyemin Jang.
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