Detail of the project ed. 2024

chang­shin-church / South Korea

Design­er	Dongkyu Choi
Loca­tion	Seoul
Nation	South Korea
Design Team
Year	2016
Pho­to credits	Soook Chai

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Project descrip­tion

The site itself is sur­round­ed by the curvy geom­e­try of ele­vat­ed high­ways, a stream from the moun­tain, and a moun­tain at the back. Although the site offers a beau­ti­ful view of the nat­ur­al moun­tain scenery, it is at the inter­sec­tion of many roads and high­ways. There­fore, noise from pass­ing auto­mo­biles is a pri­ma­ry con­cern for this sacred wor­ship place.
To cre­ate a prop­er sacred wor­ship place, we designed an addi­tion­al lay­er of the wall that sur­rounds the stacked pro­gram of the main chapel, cafe­te­ria, and numer­ous meet­ing rooms for the church.
The curvy geom­e­try of the site, streams, and shape of the high­ways trace the paths of pass­ing cars, inspir­ing the curvy stone facade in front. The main chapel is locat­ed on the sec­ond floor, and two stair­cas­es along the curved walls between the con­crete and cur­tain wall facade facil­i­tate easy move­ment from the main rit­u­al space to the ground floor.
The curvy stone facade has open­ings towards the lob­by and deck area on the sec­ond floor. Wood­en lou­vers are installed to fil­ter the light and views from out­side to inside.
In con­trast to the curved front facade, we have a cubic entrance made of exposed con­crete to dis­tin­guish the main entrance to the wor­ship space.

Explana­to­ry report of the project
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Tech­ni­cal drawings

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