Year: 2022
Type: Multi-purpose Complex | Church, Office, Retail, Residence
Location: SangDong Church, Seoul, Korea | 37°56‘08.4” N 126°97‘90.1” E
Instructor: Sangwook Park, GyeongEun Kwon
The site is reimagined as a gateway connecting people, community, and nature. Voids restore interaction and continuity within the building and with the city. The former barrier becomes a bridging place for the public, creating moments of flow, encounter, and pause. A mass timber structure lightens the building while introducing warmth and extending urban heritage.
Densely packed buildings and wide urban arteries create sharp boundaries and functional flow. Within this condition, Sangdong Church further interrupts the city’s visual and spatial continuity. A strategic ‘fissure’ transforms a rigid boundary into a porous buffer. Acting as an urban anchor point, it blurs the edges between private and public zones while reconnecting the fragmented layers of the city through a shared void system.
