SERGIO ELIZONDO
3 SANJGA OF SEOCHON
Set in the north-east Asian mega-city of Seoul, South Korea, the studio is initiated to generate sensitive questions concerning current large-scale development strategies of this enormous megalopolis.
The goal of the studio is to investigate how architecture influences the city by Seoul-specific identities. By traveling to and working within Seoul, the studio is fully engaged and establish a sensible understanding of diverse urban patterns while simultaneously responding architecturally within particular cultural, social, political, and religious pressures. The inquiry testing begins with a series of analytical studies of composition, form, and spatial qualities, and use in diverse conditions.
FIELD MEASURE
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
IDEA MODELING
SURFACE AFFECTS PATH
Events occur in different spaces created by the transformation of three operational boxes. These boxes open or close two of their vertical surfaces generating extensions or reductions in the communal spaces. They slide on tracks in two different directions providing more specific and configured spaces depending on the event type.
These operations and configurations respond to seasonal conditions too. Isolated enclosed spaces are occupied during the winter while completely open spaces are used during the summer. 3 Sanjga of Seochon provides three different positions that accommodates for six different spaces for people to interact, experience, and learn about Seochon’s culture.
