The form of the building was adapted from a square volume, with sheared levels and holes replaced with green spaces. These green spaces are exposed to the outdoors and create an open circulation plan around the building’s interior program. Culture Forest is like an urban park wrapped up inside of a building with benches, trees, lush vegetation, and places to relax and reflect while looking down at the city. The sun will permeate these green holes and push its way into the building to provide natural lighting.
Inside, the culture and art center features a dramatic wine-colored Flying Theater composed of geometric shapes to enhance acoustics. The center will also provide library programs for residents in addition to concerts, children’s playing areas, and programming that encourages eco-friendly and healthy living. The roof of the building will feature a tree-filled courtyard and will be covered in solar panels to provide renewable energy for the center.
A winning design for a new art and culture center in SeongDong-gu, Korea features an urban forest located within the building that creates a lush and inspiring environment for cultural programs. Seoul-based Unsangdong Architects created the winning lots
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The new culture and arts center will be most noted for the green space inside the building, which is like an urban park wrapped up around the center’s programs.
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Spaces open to the outdoors will hold trees, bushes and lush vegetation, providing space for quiet contemplation above the city streets.
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The center will include one large theater and auditorium called the Flying Theater, which will be wine-colored and be built for enhanced acoustics.
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A walkway and circulation space will wrap around the entire building, offering up space for little courtyards as well as artistic space.
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The roof will feature a number of tree-filled courtyards and more space to soak up the sun.
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Outdoor walkways and stairs will connect the various programmatic areas together.
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Solar energy, coupled with vegetation and daylighting will provide an eco-friendly built environment.
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The Flying Theater will light up at night and project out into the city based upon the activity for the evening.
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Unsangdong Architects won first prize in a design competition for the SeongDong-gu Culture and Arts Center.
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The circulation pathways will connect from the street level with the various programs inside the building, creating a condensed campus like feel.
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