Housing And Cultural Centre | Xi Gallery | Pusan | Korea | Mass Studies

Located in Yeonsan-dong, Pusan, this building was constructed for the purpose of promoting "Xi," a brand of apartments. In addition to the standard type of an apartment unit exhibition space (a common practice in Korea to publicize and market prospect constructions), a even larger share of the floor area is allocated as a variable cultural space for the locals, which as a result creates a brand-new building typology: a Housing Cultural Center.......more

Pavilion Design | Open Pavilion - Public Living Room | Anyang | Korea | Mass Studies

The Open Pavilion was constructed in Hakwoon Park along with LOT/EK's Open School and Raumlabor's Open House as part of the 2010 Anyang Public Art Project, run by Artistic Director Kyong Park. The three significantly different structures form a small campus within the city's park, promoting and supporting various community activities. Nestled within the park, the Open Pavilion is a resting place as well as a gathering place—a new kind of pavilion, or "jung-ja" (정자: 亭子) for the community..........more

Hotel Design | Handsome Hotel | Gyeonggido | Korea | Mass Studies

On a breakneck expansion for the past few decades, Seoul needed places in the surrounding areas for its citizens to get away to escape the tension inevitably generated from such condensed development. Add to that the astronomical rise in the number of cars in the past 20 years, and today's urbanites have both the reason and the means to seek out quiet areas yet untouched by the ravages of development. Unfortunately, the condition was ripe for ill-planned and indiscriminate establishment of "motel villages" and "food villages" in areas proximate to Seoul, including Namyangju (where the proposed hotel is located). As a result, in most of the areas with good accessibility and scenery are "pseudo cities" densely packed with crudely built structures.

The onset of the five-day workweek means that there will be an ever-increasing demand for a greater variety of leisure activities, quality environment and services around large cities.........more