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Gansam Architects & Partners proposal for the SILO Recycling International Competition for the Yeosu Expo in Yeosu,
South Korea.
The design includes an expo gallery and visitor’s center that hopes to
establish the feeling of the expo center with the city and its natural
environment.
Read on for more images and information after the break.
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The
design is based on a concept of beginning. The Silo and its concrete
material represent the key ingredient in the history of civilizations,
which, for thousands of years, has been the foundation of technological
advances. Additionally, the ocean is the beginning place of life. With
90% of life beginning in the oceans, it is an essential life giving
habitat which
Gansam Architects & Partners regard as the foundation of beginnings.
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The
Silo is the physical form that wraps the interior space which is
animated by the installation of an optical illusion called the “Moire
Effect.”This effect produces wave-like lights that dance along the
surface of the concrete walls producing mesmerizing effects especially
in the night-time.
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The
Silo of Yeosu city is conceived of as a new landmark that marks the
physical and spiritual presence of Yeosu and those that rely on it. The
exterior form undulates in a skin-system of woven and rolled structural
components. Likewise, the interior spaces weave through one another and
intersect to produce new spaces within its interiority guiding visitors
through digital media, art and lighting performances and ending in an
observation deck. Together the skin system and the spaces are a
reference to the unpredictability of the ocean.
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The
gallery delivers the philosophy of the Yeosu Expo center, uniting the
spirit of new media as it develops with an observation of the city and
its spectacular view of the ocean. The gallery, visitor center and
observation platform work in unity from the base green growth of the
ocean to the outward view at its top.
Architect:
G.Lab* by Gansam Architects & Partners Location:
Yeosu, South Korea Project architect:
Chuloh Jung Design team:
Youn-sook Hwang, Wookjin Chung, Sang-Hyun Son, Seungwon Choi, Song Han, Taewook Kang, Sunghwa Na, Minjung Jung Project area:
3,928.68 sqm Competition Year:
2010 Collaboration with:
Mileseum, Nomura, Meccadesign
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