Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2024

yeo­n­­g­­jong-do-onnu­­ri-church / France

CLAI­RE SHIN

Pro­get­ti­sta CLAI­RE SHIN
Loca­tion 49 Unnam-ro, Unnam-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea
Nazio­ne Fran­ce
Desi­gn Team

Team lea­ders :
Clai­re SHIN and Tche­ly SHIN Hyung-Chul.
Desi­gners : Javier Gar­cia Gonzales,Taewoo HA
Con­sul­ting : Seung Yeul CHOI
Anno 2023
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Descri­zio­ne del progetto

The Yeon­g­jong­do Onnu­ri Church near Seoul, South Korea, fuses reli­gious sym­bo­li­sm with sustai­na­ble desi­gn. Inspi­red by Noa­h’s Ark, the church incor­po­ra­tes recy­cled steel from disman­tled ships, with the poin­ted bow echoing the bibli­cal ves­sel. This pro­ject cham­pions upcy­cling, sho­w­ca­sing the poten­tial of repur­po­sed mate­rials. Frag­men­ted sec­tions of the shi­p’s hull beco­me inte­gral parts of the chur­ch’s struc­tu­re, whi­le the stee­l’s inhe­rent strength and beau­ty are empha­si­zed in its cur­ved forms.

The con­cept ori­gi­na­ted in 2016 and aims to unlock the archi­tec­tu­ral poten­tial of decom­mis­sio­ned ships, pro­mo­ting eco-con­­scious con­struc­tion. This approach finds inspi­ra­tion in move­men­ts like Mar­cel Ducham­p’s “Rea­dy­ma­des,” which chal­len­ged tra­di­tio­nal notions of art by giving new mea­ning to eve­ry­day objects.

The Yeon­g­jong­do Church embo­dies a phi­lo­so­phy that con­si­ders our envi­ron­men­tal impact. The word “oikos,” mea­ning “hou­se,” is the root of both “eco­lo­gy” and “eco­no­my,” highlighting the inter­con­nec­ted­ness of the­se con­cerns in modern architecture.

Beyond mere recy­cling, the church repre­sen­ts crea­ti­ve tran­sfor­ma­tion. The frag­men­ted desi­gn reflec­ts the shi­p’s decon­struc­tion, with stra­te­gic cutou­ts crea­ting func­tio­nal spa­ces. The wea­the­red steel adds a uni­que cha­rac­ter, imbued with histo­ry and a sen­se of authen­ti­ci­ty. Upcy­cling ele­va­tes the mate­rial, tran­sfor­ming it into some­thing poe­tic and beautiful.

The Yeon­g­jong­do Onnu­ri Church is a testa­ment to col­la­bo­ra­tion, with each pro­ject refi­ning the upcy­cling prin­ci­ple. The goal is to crea­te sustai­na­ble and aesthe­ti­cal­ly plea­sing archi­tec­tu­re throu­gh eco­lo­gi­cal and eco­no­mi­cal means.

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