Shipping Container Art School in Korea by LOT-EK
Posted By Bridgette Meinhold On June 14, 2010 @ 11:55 am In Architecture,Sustainable Building | No Comments
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In case you couldn’t get enough shipping container architecture today [5], LOT-EK [6] recently unveiled plans for an art school built from eight shipping containers [7] in Korea. Situated along the river’s edge, the APAP Open Art School in Anyang, Korea will serve as an art school and exhibition space along a popular pedestrian crossway and recreational area. Construction is set to be completed later this month.
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The Open Art School is composed of eight shipping containers set together in a chevron sort of pattern. Sited on a sloping hill near a river, the container structure is built up on stilts, with an amphitheater below it and a staircase leading down towards the water. One of the containers is cut and bent towards the ground and acts as the staircase [9] that provides access to the building. The ends of the containers are sliced off and large windows are installed to bring in light.
Inside, the space serves multiple functions – one large open space serves as a meeting and assembly hall and there is an exhibition space, a work space for Open School researchers, and two studios for the artists [10]. The third level and deck space, which resembles a diving board, is accessed via another tilted container with a staircase leading up for views of the surrounding area and a place for social interaction. The art center project [11] will be painted school bus yellow with black accents and should be very noticeable from the surrounding recreational area.
+ LOT-EK [12]
+ Anyang Public Art Project [13]
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[5] shipping container architecture today: http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/14/puma-city-shipping-container-store-pops-up-in-nyc/
[6] LOT-EK: http://inhabitat.com/2009/05/04/prefab-friday-puma-city-shipping-container-store-comes-to-bostons-fan-pier/
[7] shipping containers: http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/01/08/shipping-container-subway-restaurant-climbs-the-freedom-tower/
[8] Image: http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/14/shipping-container-art-school-in-korea-by-lot-ek/anyang-open-art-school-5/
[9] acts as the staircase: http://inhabitat.com/2010/02/17/beautiful-shipping-container-sunset-observatory-rises-in-south-korea/
[10] studios for the artists: http://inhabitat.com/2010/05/21/gorgeous-shipping-container-art-studio-in-new-york/
[11] art center project: http://inhabitat.com/2009/07/06/platoon-kunstjalle-seouls-shipping-container-subculture-art-center/
[12] + LOT-EK: http://www.lot-ek.com/
[13] + Anyang Public Art Project: http://apap.anyang.go.kr/eng/default.asp
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