PROJECT: Element HouseLOCATION: Anyang Art Park, Kyunggi-do, Korea
DATE: 2006 (Project Completion), 2008 (Video)
CREDITS: Diego Grass P. (Footage), Camila Medina N. (Editor)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This architectural structure, situated in a river valley marking an edge of a forest park and the Seoul metropolitan area, is made to offer a shelter and an experience for all senses to the people on their way to nature or returning back to city; it is an invitation space for the users of the Anyang Resort.
The larger main space is a cubical space made of steel. It leads to four smaller wooden rooms situated in four different levels, from a cellar to an attic. Each small space includes a suggestion for use and the symbolic presence of one of the basic elements (fire, water, air, earth). The chosen main materials, rusty steel and wood, imitate the colors of the surrounding nature. In one of the rooms is an art work made of colored concrete by Norwegian artist John Roger Holte. The project wishes to create an inner world where memories and even dreams may have their moment and place. It is bringing together an archetype of a house, movement in space and the expression of four basic elements into a three-dimensional collage.The Element House is made for passers-by who wish to halt, rest and make their own understanding and use of a simple space made of matter and light. This architectural structure, situated in a river valley marking an edge of a forest park and the Seoul metropolitan area, is made to offer a shelter and an experience for all senses to the people on their way to nature or returning back to city; it is an invitation space for the users of the Anyang Resort.
The larger main space is a cubical space made of steel. It leads to four smaller wooden rooms situated in four different levels, from a cellar to an attic. Each small space includes a suggestion for use and the symbolic presence of one of the basic elements (fire, water, air, earth). The chosen main materials, rusty steel and wood, imitate the colors of the surrounding nature. In one of the rooms is an art work made of colored concrete by Norwegian artist John Roger Holte.The project wishes to create an inner world where memories and even dreams may have their moment and place. It is bringing together an archetype of a house, movement in space and the expression of four basic elements into a three-dimensional collage.
The Element House is made for passers-by who wish to halt, rest and make their own understanding and use of a simple space made of matter and light.
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VIDEO DESCRIPTION:
This is a video of a residential structure designed by Finnish architect Sami Rintala in Anyang Art Park in Korea. If you haven't heard of the Anyang Art Park, it is a government sponsored development where they invited renowned architects, artists, etc. throughout the world and asked them to build a project for select locations throughout the mountainous park in Anyang.
This project is one of many and is located near the top of the park. The project is essentially several smaller cubes attached to a main larger cube. Major materials include corten steel and wood.
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