Büro Ole Scheeren proposes a project built around a central idea: creating a gallery without traditional thresholds. Rather than dividing the gallery into separate compartments, the project is conceived as a continuous gradient field that generates a multiplicity of spatial conditions through expansion, contraction, and meandering.
Digital art is generally still exhibited in spaces inherited from other media, arranged sequentially in individual, neutral rooms that isolate each artwork within a distinct experiential setting. However, the digital experience is not defined by separate, autonomous environments, but by overlap, connection, and continuous transformation. At Suseong Continuum, change occurs seamlessly. The interior unfolds as a spatial gradient in which light, sound, enclosure, and immersion gradually transform along the visitor’s journey. Curved walls open out into expansive spaces or narrow to form passageways; atmospheres evolve rather than shift abruptly.
What begins as a natural landscape gradually transforms into a digital media environment. The visitor’s journey starts outdoors and leads into an immersive realm of digital abstraction, a transition made tangible through the building’s surfaces.
The gallery is constructed from exposed concrete with a rough texture that preserves the imprint of pinewood formwork sourced from the site itself. Inside, this texture gradually softens, giving way to a smooth, white space designed for digital projection.
The layered ceiling extends along the entire length of the building, concealing both the lighting and the technical infrastructure. This design allows artists to reposition equipment anywhere along the visitor’s route, keeping the exhibition spaces free of visible devices.
The gallery responds formally to the triangular geometry of the site through a twist that orients it towards the lotus pond and the park’s pathways. The building adapts to the different ground levels and integrates with the topography through variations in height. In addition, its partially underground configuration allows the surrounding earth to act as passive insulation, helping to reduce heating and cooling demand.
Suseong Continuum will open to the public as a permanent addition to the city during the next edition of the Biennale in 2028.
