Airy Museum | 5th Prize

Project Overview

Clients
Seoul Metropolitan Government

Year
2019

Status
International Competition

Program
Public Bridge + Museum

Team

Collaborators
Miso (Physical Model)

Awards
5th Prize

Project Description

What should we propose on a new pedestrian bridge as an architect if it is located between existing vehicle bridges on Han River which is a major river in one of the densest cities in the world?

500 Meters long with less than a 10 Meters wide bridge on a huge river without a clear destination can make reluctant pedestrians with noise, wind, vibration and etc. So, our main idea is from an architecture typology, museum and is specific to the unique condition, floating from a river. The goal is to propose an exhibition program, where should be circulated in nature not only for display a specific theme as well as for spatial experiencing instead of creating space without clear target programs on the river.

“What if we display all those arts on the floor to make people meander?”

When it comes to the museum, typically arts are hung on walls so that visitors can walk through between those walls and it needs to be routed intentionally for enjoying the arts. Inversely, art display can be unfolded into the floor and the bridge floor can be a platform of displaying art to utilize the linear nature of the given condition. Only a few site-specific programs are carefully allocated along the bridge and most of the surface has remained as a platform for flexible museum(exhibition) space. Structures should be permanent in nature for safety reason, but activities and life on deck should be impermanent to the public for art and culture. The pedestrians and neighbors should have more opportunities for art and Airy Museum can be a platform for artists and venture entrepreneurs. To be flexible with any programs and exhibitions, floor deck has a series of 1 Meter x 1 Meter modular system and it allows to reconfigure for specific necessities in different seasons and a different time. Any types of display can be accommodated on the linear 500 Meters long bridge floor and it can be harmonized with diverse activities and programs not limited to amphitheater outdoor seating for movie night or observation deck at any time, and resting on the grass, etc.

Concept I.
New Architectural Typology for Bridge

Advent New Typology (Exhibition) for Given Linear & Narrow Site

Concept II.
Unconventional Display for Flow

Continuous Floor Display for Natural Fluidity

Concept III.
Unseen Structural System on Han River

Structural System Choice Not Only For Practicality But Also For Visual Impact in Highly Dense Urban Condition, Seoul

Concept IV.
Continuous Public Programs

Contextualized Program Intervention While Preserving Structural Stability

Contexturalized Site Specific While Re-configurable Layout

Re-configurable Multi-purpose Frame
1 M x 1 M Modular Plan

Replaceable Street Furniture Units

Highly Flexible Modular Layout, Re-configurable Space in 10 Meters width
Modular 1 Meter x 1 Meter Boxes can be re-configured for diverse purposes, Seating, Landscaping or Exhibition

Details for Safety and Programs

Inspiration from Buckminster Fuller’s “Tensegrity” Structure

Structural Analysis Results

Staring Unseen Structure, Floating Light Fixture

Juxtaposition Between The Historical Structure, Arch Hangang Bridge, and The Future Structure, New Tensegrity Airy Museum.

Instead of differentiated from the historical arch bridge, Hangang Bridge, new Airy Museum harmonizes with the existing arch bridge at daytime. Yet, at night, compression structures turn into a beautiful, mesmerizing light fixture which is unseen ever on the Han River and shine the central city of the Seoul.

Cruise Tour (Proposal)

Proposed Helicopter Tour is utilizing the current helicopter station in Nodeulseom Island

Airy Exhibition Passageway

1 Meditation Park
2 Viewing Deck to West Seoul
3 Sculpture Park
4 Multi-purpose Sports Court
5 Exhibition I
6 Resting Seats
7 Observation Stair Above Deck
8 Sunset Deck
9 Resting Net
10 Observation Stair Below Deck
11 Sunrise Deck
12 Exhibition II
13 Amphitheater Seats to North Han River
14 Information Kiosk